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OBJECT TYPE: DIPLOMA/MEDICINE
DATE: 1924
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0901.003

MANUFACTURER: Providence Hospital
MODEL: House Physician and Surgeon
LOCATION: Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 53.8 cm
Width: 41.2 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Providence
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Michigan
City: Detroit

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1924- 1978
Canada: Issued in 1924 by the Providence Hospital, Detroit Michigan to Dr. Walter Herbert Woodrow.
Function: Statement of academic accomplishment, designed for public display.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Text on document front reads: "PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL/ DETROIT, MICHIGAN./ [illustration]/ TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME/ GREETING:/ Be it Known that Walter H. Woodrow M.D. having served in/ the capacity of HOUSE PHYSICIAN, AND SURGEON from July 1, 1923/ to July 1, 1924~ and having performed his duties faithfully and satisfactorily/ is granted this/ DIPLOMA/ In Witness Whereof we have affixed our hands and the seal of the Hospital/ on this the 1st day of July~ in the year of our Lord one thousand/ nine hundred and twenty-four./ [seal]/ [signature]/ PRESIDENT./ [signature]/ SECRETARY/ [signature]/ SUPERINTENDENT OF HOSPITAL./ Medical Staff/ [signature] [signature]/ [signature] [signature]/ [signature] [signature]".
Missing: None.
Finish: Black handwritten text [script] and goldtone seal appear on heavy off-white paper.
Decoration: Round embossed goldtone paper seal with serrated edge fixed to lower left corner of document face. Black illustration of hospital building appears in upper portion of document.

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Providence Hospital, Certificate, circa 1924, Artifact no. 1985.0901, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1985.0901.003/

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