Reward of Merit, 20: Hoboken Public School, No. 2, Female Department. Roll of Honor. Alice Ketcham. Various dates, 1886 to 1889.
Entry/Object ID
2013.005.0046
Scope and Content
Reward of Merit, twenty: Hoboken Public School, No. 2, Female Department. Roll of Honor. Alice Ketcham. Various dates, 1886 to 1889. Printed heavy cardstock, 1-13/16" high x 2-1/2" wide.
Inscribed ink name of student Alice Ketcham and date. No notation for specific award is stated which is typical. Reverse of all are blank except those for 1889 which have the written name, S. Schrader.
Number from each year:
1886: seven
1887: seven
1888: one
1889: five
School No. 2 was at 918 - 922 Garden St.
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Rewards of Merit were commonly used throughout the nineteenth century. While generic versions were commercially available for purchase and use, those here were apparently printed locally with the possibility that they were printed at this school or another one. The slight variations in trimmed size, changing color stock and the occassionally misprinted ones suggest amateur printers.
Acquisition
Accession
2013.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
