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Union District

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Union High School Most Valuable Player medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

Union High School Most Valuable Player medal awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1932. The medal is clover shaped, bronze colored, and has a round bezel attached to a jump ring. In the center of the obverse of the medal is a relief depiction of a male football player in full length and facing the viewer. The football player is depicted mid-run with his proper right arm extended at his side and a football

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Union High School, Frederick A. Doll Award awarded to James Peacock

Union High School, Frederick A. Doll Award awarded to James Peacock in 1926. The medal consists of a gold toned bar pin holding a red, white, and blue ribbon attached to a silver medal. The pin has “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar that hold the ribbon. The ribbon is crimped to the front of the bar at each corner. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is an octagonal, silver colored medal hel

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Union card for Cab Calloway

A membership card for Cab Calloway in the Musicians' Protective Union, Local 208 of the American Federation of Musicians for the year 1948. The orange, rectangular card has rounded corners and is printed in black, red, and green ink. The front top left corner is stamped [No. 692] in red ink. The top reads [THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT / CAB CALLOWAY #58 / IS A MEMBER OF THE MUSICIANS' PROTECTIVE UNION,

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Unionville (Subassistant Commissioner)

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Unit badge for Ira Fields of Unassigned Company A of the U.S. Colored Infantry

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An identification badge for Ira Fields of Company A, Virginia Colored Guards. The badge is copper alloy in a pentagonal star shape. Engraving around the edge of the badge reads [Ira / Fields / Va. / Colored / Guards] with [Co. A] appearing at center. There is a decorative border around the center and along the wide side of each section. Hinged pin on the back slides into fastener. There are no mar

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United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett

This is a United Nations ID card belonging to Etta Moten Barnett. It is a plastic laminated card with a color photograph of Etta Moten Barnett in the top left hand corner. In the photograph Etta Moten Barnett is depicted from the shoulders up. She is wearing a black top, a pink scarf around her neck and glasses. Under her photograph is an illegible signature and a date that reads “ DEC 31 1989.” I

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United States Army Honorable Discharge from World War I for Walter Thomas Wood

An Honorable Discharge document from the United States Army for Walter Thomas Wood, Private Company G, 2nd Development Bn. Engineers dated December 18, 1918. The pre-printed form has been completed by hand and notes that Wood was born in Stormont, Virginia, enlisted at 26 years of age when he employed as a waiter. The form was completed at Camp A.A. Humphreys in Virginia, signed by the commanding

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United States Department of State Distinguished Honor Award

A United States Department of State Distinguished Honor Award issued to Ambassador William Beverly Carter, Jr. This medal is a composite object: a bar pin with a safety catch, holding a white ribbon attached to a gold medal. The ribbon is looped over the front of the bar pin. The ribbon is white with three (3), thin, vertical, navy blue stripes. The bottom of the ribbon is threaded through the bai

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United States passport belonging to James Baldwin

A United States passport (.1) issued to James Arthur Baldwin on August 2, 1965. There is a photograph of Baldwin and multiple immigration stamps with dates ranging from 1965-1968 on the third page. The word [CANC'L'D] is hole punched through the front cover. Two extra passport photographs (.2 and .3) are included with the passport.

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the Mile Relay event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1931. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar that holds the ribbon. The ribbon is looped over the bar and stitched into place with thread. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a round, silv

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the Broad Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1931. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar that holds the ribbon. The ribbon is looped over the bar and stitched into place with thread. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a round, silv

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