Print shows a membership certificate for the "Pilots' Charitable Society" showing pilot boats at the entrance to New York Harbor and a vignette at top center showing a female figure as Charity with three childr More
Alternate title showing the name of the member, the chairman, and the clerk, as well as the date inscribed in ink represents the Library's copy. Attributed to artist Benjamin H. Day, Jr. in "Currier & Ives : a More
Print shows an angel among clouds, holding an open bible illuminated by rays of light breaking through the clouds. Redactions in ink paritally obscuring the names of the "Recording Secty." and "President" at b More
Caption continues: This is to certify that A. Walter Haviland was admitted a member of this Society in conformity with the constitution on the second day of December AD one thousand eight hundred and seventy-e More
Print shows a blank membership certificate for the Grand Army of the Republic, Dept. of Pennsylvania, Lieut. Geo. P. Scudder Post, No. 340, with a infantry soldier holding a rifle, standing on the left, a caval More
Print shows two men standing at a table on which is a pledge, one of them is offering a feather pen to another man who is standing with his wife and child. 155 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed at bottom: A certi More
A large ornamented membership certificate for a Philadelphia nativist organization. The motto "Beware of Foreign Influence" appears on a streamer above a bust portrait of George Washington. The Washington portr More
Print shows an elderly man receiving an "honorable discharge" after years of public service at the fire department. U17180 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed above scroll: Well done good and faithful servant. Prin More
Betsy Ross memorial association. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 5 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfoli More
Betsy Ross memorial association. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 5 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfoli More
A large, illustrated membership certificate for the Order of United Americans, a nativist secret society founded in New York City in December 1844. Originally called the American Brotherhood, the organization c More
A large, illustrated membership certificate for the Order of United Americans, a nativist secret society founded in New York City in December 1844. Originally called the American Brotherhood, the organization c More
A membership certificate for the Wide-Awake Club, a Republican marching club formed in February or March 1860 and active throughout the North during the election campaign. The club was dedicated to the preserva More
A membership certificate for the Wide-Awake Club, a Republican marching club formed in February or March 1860 and active throughout the North during the election campaign. The club was dedicated to the preserva More
A membership certificate for the Wide-Awake Club, a Republican marching club formed in February or March 1860 and active throughout the North during the election campaign. The club was dedicated to the preserva More
A certificate for the nativist fraternal organization the Order of United Americans. The central illustration shows one of the society's ceremonies in the interior of a massive neoclassical building with dome a More
A certificate for the nativist fraternal organization the Order of United Americans. The central illustration shows one of the society's ceremonies in the interior of a massive neoclassical building with dome a More
On a pedestal in an oval a woman is seated with three children under the caption "God assisting us, nothing is to be feared." To the right stands a woman holding a staff on which is a liberty cap, to the left a More
On a pedestal in an oval a woman is seated with three children under the caption "God assisting us, nothing is to be feared." To the right stands a woman holding a staff on which is a liberty cap, to the left a More