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[Jersey City fireman's certificate].
1885
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
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Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 31/Drawer 11/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists G-O GA 2008.00258
- Publisher
- 1885/05/15.
- People
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- Related Name
- Oertel, Johannes Adam Simon, 1823-1909
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Certificates—Specimens
- Jersey City (N.J.)—History—19th century—In art
- New Jersey—History—19th century—In art
- Fire fighters—New Jersey—Jersey City—19th century—In art
- Manners, David Stout, 1808-1884—Autographs
- United States—History—19th century—In art
- Symbolism in art
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- [Jersey City fireman's certificate].
- Call Number
- A Middle 31/Drawer 11/GC024/Half Folio/19th c./Artists G-O GA 2008.00258
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dccc08ht90m
- Publisher
- 1885/05/15.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1885
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 38 x 48.2 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Allegorical figures presenting key to fireman.
- Inscribed in plate: "This is to certify that [Richard C. Sherman] is pursuant to law nominated and appointed one of the firemen of Jersey City, State of New Jersey".
- Signed in plate, center: "Engd. by W.L. Ormsby N.Y.".
- Signed by Jersey City Mayor, David Stout Manners, and others.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Certificates—Specimens
- Jersey City (N.J.)—History—19th century—In art
- New Jersey—History—19th century—In art
- Fire fighters—New Jersey—Jersey City—19th century—In art
- Manners, David Stout, 1808-1884—Autographs
- United States—History—19th century—In art
- Symbolism in art
- Printed ephemera—United States—19th century—Specimens
- Ephemera—19th century
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 1
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/69e9b67e-f046-498d-9260-7081bbe2bb36/manifest