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Title
Western High School Baltimore
Creator
A. Hoen & Co., printer
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1852
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Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of a blank diploma from Western High School in Baltimore, Maryland; elaborate frame border with portraits of influential women (including Martha Washington and Mary Washington), vignettes representing various school subjects, and a small eye-level view of the school building.
Single-color print. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history and item text; E. Weber & Co. was renamed A. Hoen & Co. in 1852, and the certificate provides a blank space for the year beginning with "eighteen hundred." "Lith. by A. Hoen & Co. Baltimore,"--text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 47.63 x 40.48 cm (18 3/4 x 15 15/16 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_EDU_001929
409586
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/4357
Language
English
Subject
Schools--Pictorial works
Washington, Martha, 1731-1802--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Lithographs--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Diplomas. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
Education
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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