Object Details
Description
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Grand Prize certificate awarded to Mrs. Edy Verporte, Spokane, Washington on October 16, 1909 for the needle-lace medallion 2003.0186.01 she designed and made. The lace medallion and the printed certificate depict the official seal of the exposition, highlighting the five industries being celebrated. The vignettes show fishing; the Trans-Pacific trade by a woman dressed in a kimono and holding a ship; the Klondike gold rush and mining by a woman holding a large gold nugget; the railroad by a woman holding a train engine; and logging. The certificate is signed by four officials of the exposition and is adorned with a gold colored embossed seal.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret Lee Feliz Sherlock & Warren C. Sherlock
date made
1909
Associated Date
1909
ID Number
2003.0186.02
accession number
2003.0186
catalog number
2003.0186.02
Object Name
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE, lace
certificate, lace
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
printed (overall production method/technique)
embossed (overall production method/technique)
hand written (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
overall: 15 1/2 in x 19 3/4 in; 39.37 cm x 50.165 cm
place made
United States: Washington, Spokane
associated place
United States: Alaska
Canada: Yukon
made at
United States: Washington, Seattle
Associated Place
United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
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Textiles
Data Source
National Museum of American History
general subject association
Expositions and Fairs
Subject
Lace
related event
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1394456