Name/Title
Baptismal CertificateEntry/Object ID
1999.031.001Description
Certificate, baptismal in painted grain wood frame. Completed for Minni Alverda Boose, Myers District, Carroll County. Printed black, red, blue, yellow, and green inks several Biblical scenes arranged in a rectangle around center block containing birth information on white paper. Reads: "TO THESE TWO PARENTS AS Ephraim Boose and his Wife Elizabeth a daughter of David Crouse was born a daughter on the ninth day of December in the year of our Lord 1878. This child was born in Myers District in Carroll county, in the State of Maryland in North America; was baptized by the Rev'd Elder Metzler and received the name of Minnie Alverda." Entire object, including frame, measures 17.75" x 14.75" x 1.25". Printed and sold by Theodore F. Scheffer, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (this is printed at the bottom of the certificate). Frame is .75" wide and is painted with a brown and dark brown grain design perpendicular to all the frame members. 1878.Acquisition
Accession
1999.031Source or Donor
Graybeal, Jay A.Acquisition Method
Gift