Certificate, Pennsylvania Business and Shorthand College
Description
Printed certificate for efficiency in rapid calculation awarded to Lydia G. Carpenter presented by the Pennsylvania Business and Shorthand College, Lancaster; dated November 13, 1912. Round gold seal on bottom center. All within a red border.
Half-tone print, "Remembrance of the First Holy Communion" of "John Tragesser / Holy Trinity Church, Columbia, Pa , 11 June 1916." Signed in ink by the pastor (faded and unable to read).
Picture of Jesus Christ holding a glowing circular medallion with a cross and IHS. Distributed by "The Diederich-Schaefer Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin (No. 2022); and "Printed in Germany."
Marriage certificate for Jacob K. Umble and Amanda Esbenshade
Description
Large paper marriage certificate, pockets in rear hold photographs visible through cutouts in front. Lithograph in block ink with gold accents. Jacob K. Umble / Amanda Esbenshade / Lancaster, PA.
Photographs are marked on back, "b. Frank Saylor / 45 West King Street, Lancaster, Pa"
Copyright H. M. Crider, York, PA / Thomas Hunter, Philadelphia, PA, litho.
A. Copper-colored medal with relief image of Thaddeus Stevens 1792-1868 on one side and "Champion of Free Schools Friend of the Poor and Down-Trodden" on the other.
B. Enclosed in a green velvet box with an American eagle in gold set into lower right hand corner.
C. Cardboard sleeve with gold ink circle on top stamped: "Treasury/ United States Mint."
Bronze-colored metal coin. Face: Head of Thaddeus Stevens with his name and years "1792" and "1868." Interior border of tiny dentals around circumference of coin on both sides.
Reverse: Torch, top center; beribboned curved bough with leaves and berries on lower left. "1792 to 1868 / Champion of the Free Schools, Friend of the Poor and Downtrodden"
