Image of an agricultural exhibition or fair on a certificate from the Valley Agricultural Society of Winchester, Virginia; livestock being shown to onlookers at center, including horses, cows, sheep, and pigs; tents and grandstand full of people in background; produce, birds, and farming implements as well as intertwined wheat stalks make decorative borders. "This is to certify that M [blank] of [blank] County Is hereby entitled to an award of Merit for [blank] exhibited at the Valley Agricultural Society held at Winchester Virginia at the [blank] annual show & fair of the [blank] days of October 185_[blank] Secretary [blank] President."--text, center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 40.01 x 28.89 cm (15 3/4 x 11 3/8 in.)
Agricultural exhibitions--Pictorial works Agricultural implements--Pictorial works Horses--Pictorial works Livestock--Pictorial works Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Certificates. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Agriculture Large Size Implements & Supplies The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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