Reward of merit cards, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 96 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated

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GUSN-246107

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Ephemera collection
Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
Education
General
Education - General - Folder 2
Reward of merit cards, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 96 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated
(current record)

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Ephemera collection
- Advertisements, billheads, and trade cards
  - Education
    - General
      - Education - General - Folder 2
        Gentleman's ticket, Plymouth Institute Lectures, location unknown, undated
        Advertising card for White's Business College, Waite Building, William Street, New Bedford, Mass., undated
        Card for Lizzie G. Fairfield, location unknown, undated
        Bookmark for the American Sunday School Union, 7 Bible House, New York, New York, undated
        Exercises of the Minervian Society, Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hampshire, June 13, 1872
        Reward of merit card, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 96 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass., undated (current record)
        School Souvenir, Dailey Hollow School, Bridgewater Tp., Windsor Co., Vermont, 1898-1899
        Public exercises, graduating class, Vermont Methodist Seminary, Montpelier, Vermont, June 16, 1887
        Braille alphabet and numerals, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass., undated
        Rose Alumni House, Yale University, 232 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut, undated
        Advertising card for Gray's Portland Business College and School of Shorthand and Typewriting, Portland, Maine, undated
        Ribbon for Cambridge Schools, Cambridge, Mass., 1896
        Public exercises, Aethenian Society, Fairfield Seminary, Fairfield, New York, undated
        When eyes take holiday, Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass., undated
        Public Exercises of the V.E.A., People's Academy, Town Hall, Morrisville, Vermont, May 11, 1858
        Brochure for the Freshman Camp, University of Vermont Christian Association, North Hero Island, Vermont, September 13-16, 1929
        Invitation to an open house, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., dated April 18, 1927
        Excelsior! This is a certificate of fifty merits presented to Charlie W. Lord for good conduct from Alice M. Bradstreet, teacher, c1876, 1889

Description

The card verso identifies the image as Landseer's "Waiting for Master" with a poem and admonishment to school boys and girls to be kind to animals. One card has handwritten text "Purchase 2007 G.S." The second card has stamped on it "Given Feb. 28, 1928, Wm. S. Appleton." Handwritten text on the card reads "First card at school. Sept. 1883."

Details

Descriptive Terms

students
education
societies
rewards of merit

Physical Description

2 reward of merit cards : color illustration ; 3 x 5 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.034.01.02.006

Image Dimensions

3 x 5 1/4 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Purchased from Greg Smart, 2007.

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

J.H. Bufford & Co. (Printer)

Material Type

rewards of merit

Other People

Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873

Other Organizations

Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Subjects

Animal welfare
Tremont Street (Boston, Mass.)
Horses
Dogs
animals

Description Level

Item

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