Certificates
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents giving authoritative recognition of a fact, qualification, or promise.
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Association membership certificates, 1899
Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1899
Brooklyn Parent Washington Temperance Benevolent Society, 1845 December 29
Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1845 December 29
Certificate of membership in the Washington National Monument Society, circa 1849
Item — Box 1, Folder: CERT 1
Identifier: 2018-SC-039
Scope and Contents
Printed certificate featuring vignettes of George Washington, the Washington National Monument obelisk and pantheon, and the tomb at Mount Vernon. Lithograph by E. Weber & Co., Baltimore.
Dates:
circa 1849
Certificate stub of contribution toward the purchase of an engraving of Stuart's Washington, 1900s
Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1900s
Diploma presented to William Johnson of Cranberry Middlesex County, New Jersey for successing catching Cat Fish, 1863
Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 1.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1863
Document, Society of the Cincinnati certificate for James Williams of Virginia, 1787 March 1
Item — Box 34, Folder: 1787.03.01
Identifier: RM-838; MS-5366
Scope and Contents
Engraved Society of the Cincinnati certificate for James William, Esquire of Virginia. As president of the Society, George Washington signs the document at Mount Vernon on March 1, 1787. The document is also signed by secretary Henry Knox. Certicate is mounted to a board and has some staining and a tear.
Dates:
1787 March 1
Gift certificate, Chamber of Commerce Tenino, Washington, 1932 April
Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1932 April
Share certificate in the American Mining Company, Vermont, 1850 March 28
Item — Box 1, Folder: SHARE 1
Identifier: 2018-SC-035-003
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes ephemera from 1796-1986, and contains a variety of formats that primarily relate to the portrayal of George Washington.
Portions of this collection have been digitized, as noted in the item-level descriptions.
Dates:
1850 March 28
The Washington Headquarters Association membership certificate, 1908 June 3
Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1908 June 3
Washington National Monument Society membership certificate, circa 1850
Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
circa 1850
Water Works Bond, State of Michigan, County of Cass, the Village of Cassopollis, 1892 March 1
Item — Box 4 OV, Folder: 1.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Ephemera collected by Geo. Gregory Smart related to the memory and popular image of George Washington. The collection includes postcards, calendars, cigar boxes covers, stamps and first day covers, programs for anniversary events, books and pamphlets, hat stands, billheads, stationary, cartes-de-visite, playing cards, and puzzles. Some items are catchy such as a hat stand touting the motto “friends you can hang your hat on,” while others are designed to be more educational such as...
Dates:
1892 March 1
