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Robert Raikes. This certifies that Miss Sarah Scheirer

Description: Image of a Sunday school honor roll certificate issued to Miss Sarah J. Scheirer of Schnecksville, Pennsylvania, on January 22, 1883; bust-length portrait of Anglican layman Robert Raikes at top center; elaborate border made up of angels, plants, and 11 captioned vignettes from Raikes' life as a proponent of Sunday schools; bible with anchor and branches on top of a globe at bottom center.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1883
Call number: priJLC_REL_002894
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
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Geburts-und Tauf-Schein

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Image of a birth and baptism certificate; baby being baptized by a priest at top center with several people looking on near the baptismal basin; elaborate decorative frame for text with vignettes of a man being baptized, tablets with the Ten Commandments, a chalice and cross, Jesus Christ speaking to a group of children, doves with Bible verses on banners, and a cross and anchor.

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Geburts-und Tauf-Schein

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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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Our Father which art in heaven…

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Image of the Lord's Prayer interspersed with illustrations of the text; YHWH in Hebrew surrounded by rays and worshipped by kneeling angels at top center; priest in a pulpit, the Eucharist; a debt collector at a home, a man shunning temptation offered by two others, a man cowering before a devil, and two angels with wings outstretched over "Amen" at center; elaborate decorative columns with carvings of Saints Matthew, Luke, Mark, and John at left and right.

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Salinas City High School this certifies that Elmer P. Alexander

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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 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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The celebrated oxygenated bitters a sure remedy for dyspepsia asthma, and general debility

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Image of a bust-length portrait of a man at the center of an advertisement for Celebrated Oxygenated Bitters; elaborate decorative border with eye at top center.

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Robert Raikes. This certifies that Miss Sarah Scheirer

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