Printing plate used by the R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
date: label: Date
content: after 1906
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Unidentified
label: Used by
content: National Baptist Congress, American, founded 1906
label: Subject of
content: R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, American, founded 1896
notes: label: Description
content: Printing plate for a diploma mounted on wood. The plate has a thick border around the edges. The plate is a reverse image of the final printing. The top has several lines of text that read “National Sunday School And B.T. U. Congress / of The / NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION to AMERICA / Presents This.” Paragraphs of text are on either side of this. A small graphic of an open book is also at the top of the plate. Text in the graphic reads “CHRISTIAN WORKER'S DIPLOMA.” The lower half of the plate has additional text with blanks provided for the recipient’s information, the date and the conveyor’s signature. A narrow rectangular hole is in the wood backing at the top.
place: label: Place used
content: Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Technology
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture; Gift of Dr. and Mrs. T.B. Boyd, III and R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.208.3
objectType: label: Type
content: printing plates
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: metal, wood
label: Dimensions
content: 15/16 × 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (2.4 × 27.3 × 21.6 cm)