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[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