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This series of certificates was awarded to the New York State Museum for a variety of exhibitions representing New York State in several international expositions. Expositions include the Pan-American Exposition (1901), the Universal Exposition / Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904), the Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915), and the World Colombian Exposition (1893). Certificates are ornate lithographs ranging in size up to ca. 26 x 34 inches. Most prizes relate to paleontology. Prizes were given for such exhibitions as insects; paleontological specimens and publications, fossil sponges and crustaceans; mineral resources; lime and cement; and models of mines and geological formations.
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