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Salinas City High School this certifies that Elmer P. Alexander

Description: Image of the allegorical woman figure Eureka with bear, spear, and cornucopia at the top center of a diploma certificate from Salinas City High School issued in 1889 to Elmer P. Alexander; elaborate oval border with interior library and exterior building views, "Lux mentis scientia" motto, and sun breaking through clouds.
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Date: 1889
Call number: priJLC_EDU_001927
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Oakland High School this certifies that Edward A. Ellsworth

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Image of the allegorical woman figure Eureka with bear, spear, and cornucopia at the top center of a diploma certificate from Oakland High School issued in 1886 to Edward A. Ellsworth; elaborate oval border with interior library and exterior building views, "Lux mentis scientia" motto, and sun breaking through clouds; City of Oakland Department of Education seal at bottom center.

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Diploma : This is to certify that the trustees & faculty of Pulaski Academy

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Image of a group of allegorical women holding various symbolic items (laurel wreaths, hand scythe, hammer, sextant) at the top of a diploma from Pulaski Academy issued in 1871.

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A cuspide corona

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Image of a certificate presented by the State of California for service in the Spanish-American War; several vignettes showing various fighting soldiers, ships, marches, and battles frame the central image of the goddess Columbia in front of a large American flag with a spear and laurel wreath in her hands next to a columned monument with certificate text; state seal of California with motto "Eureka" and goddess Minerva (Athena) and a California grizzly bear at top of monument.

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Western High School Baltimore

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Image of a blank diploma from Western High School in Baltimore, Maryland; elaborate frame border with portraits of influential women (including Martha Washington and Mary Washington), vignettes representing various school subjects, and a small eye-level view of the school building.

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Department of Public Education the Board of Education of the city and county of San Francisco

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Image of a diploma issued in 1881 to Julia L. McCarthy from the San Francisco Girls' High School; three allegorical women (one with art supplies, one with a torch and eagle, and one with a book and quill pen) above San Francisco seal at bottom center; decorative border made up of "poetry" and "philosophy" columns and portraits of Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Morse, William Shakespeare, and Alexander Humboldt surrounding text.

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Worthington & Warner's commercial college

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Image of an allegorical seated woman offering a male graduate a laurel wreath near farmers and other tradesmen and women at the top of a diploma from Worthington & Warner's Commercial College of Concord, New Hampshire, issued in 1865.

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Salinas City High School this certifies that Elmer P. Alexander

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