1899 Retirement Certificate for Miss Bruce, Headmistress of Dunlap School
date: label: date made
content: 1899
notes: label: Description
content: This is a framed retirement certificate presented to a Miss Bruce, Headmistress, by the Dunlop School Board, dated June 6, 1899. The documen, written in very legible script, praises this well loved teacher who resigned due to ill health. It was presented to her by the local school board, representing the community, and is effusive with praise of her devotion to students and skill as a teacher. It is richly decorated with intricate, multi-colored floral illustrations in the margin and mounted in a gold-toned wooden frame. We do not know the particulars of the Dunlop school, but the inscription at the bottom appears to be that of the printer or peson responsible for the creation of the commendation, C.H. Mailer with the place as Blairgowrie, which is in Scotland.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: Scotland, Blairgowrie
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.388
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.388
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: certificate, retirement
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (document material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (document material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (frame material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (framed): 22 in x 17 3/4 in x 5/8 in; 55.88 cm x 45.085 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: certificate (unframed): 14 3/4 in x 10 7/8 in; 37.465 cm x 27.6225 cm