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[The Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition: Certificate of Award] (open access)

[The Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition: Certificate of Award]

Certificate of award from The Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition awarded to T. V. Munson on May 30, 1885 for "Best Exhibit of Grape Vines, including types of native and foreign species, with hybrids and crosses growing in pots."
Date: May 30, 1885
Creator: Breawl, I. A.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Certificate of Award: Best Exhibition of Grape Vines, 1885] (open access)

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

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
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[American Pomological Society Medal]

Round medal with a left-facing bust portrait in the center, labeled "H. Mitchell, Sc." with text around the outside: "American Pomological Society - Founded 1848 - Marshall Pinckney Wilder, Pres." On the reverse, there is a basket at the bottom, with images of grape leaves and fruit around the outside; in the center, text has been etched: "Prof. T. V. Munson for 12 Seedling and Texan Grapes ~1885~."
Date: 1885
Creator: American Pomological Society
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The Portal to Texas History