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Bostonian Society membership certificate

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1880s

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 291-300

GUSN

GUSN-250624

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Description

A blank certificate for life membership in the Bostonian Society, incorporated on December 1, 1881. It has a map of Boston in the background and a building in each corner of the certificate: the Old and New State Houses, the Hancock House and the Province House.

Details

Descriptive Terms

historical societies
maps
certificates
prints (visual works)

Physical Description

1 certificate

Collection Code

GC002

Collection Name

Prints and engravings collection, 1830s-1920s

Date of Acquisition

1934-03-20

Reference Code

GC002.02.295

Acquisition Type

Gift

Image Dimensions

15 x 18.75 (HxW)(inches)

Credit Line

Given by Mrs. Walter K. Watkins, 1934

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Heliotype Printing Co. (Printer)

Material Type

certificates
prints (visual works)

Other Organizations

Bostonian Society

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Vertical file 4: OVR 291-300

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