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[Certificate of Award: Best Exhibition of Grape Vines, 1885]

Description: Certificate awarding a "first degree of merit" to T. V. Munson for "Best Exhibit of Grape Vines" at the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition. The text is surrounded by a decorative border and by illustrations of Native Americans with a shield and a bald eagle (center, top) and of a group of Greek women (center, bottom).
Date: May 30, 1885

[Certificate of Award: Grape Exhibit, 1893]

Description: Award certificate issued to T. V. Munson in recognition of his display illustrating all of the parts of the grape vine, with other documentation about viticulture. There is detailed text in the center of the certificate describing the exhibit, surrounded by extensive illustrations. Among the images, there is a canoe at the bottom with a series of seals on the side with persons in the boat representing various cultures; at left, a woman is holding a trumpet and lifting a laurel wreath; and at … more
Date: 1893
Creator: United States. World's Columbian Commission.
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