Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Grand Prize certificate awarded to Mrs. Edy Verporte, Spokane, Washington on October 16, 1909 for the needle-lace medallion 2003.0186.01 she designed and made. The lace medallion and the printed certificate depict the official seal of the exposition, highlighting the five industries being celebrated. The vignettes show fishing; the Trans-Pacific trade by a woman dressed in a kimono and holding a ship; the Klondike gold rush and mining by a woman holding a large gold nugget; the railroad by a woman holding a train engine; and logging. The certificate is signed by four officials of the exposition and is adorned with a gold colored embossed seal.
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