A family member recently came across this bit of printed ephemera:
It's from 1940, and the person it was awarded to only got a sticker that one year when he was 10, though there were spots for nine more.
Based on the design, I'd say it was around more than two decades before this one was awarded just before World War II. The Wisconsin Reading Circle started in 1915, and this artwork has a kind of Arts and Crafts/World War I vibe. Check out the organic shapes in the tree at lower right, for instance. The lettering (it's not type, since this is a lithograph) is also consistent with that time period.
Oh, and it was only while studying the design more closely that I realized there's a W shield at lower left that has a stylized badger on it.
Friday, June 21, 2019
Put a Badger on It
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Nine: maybe first grade through middle school (if middle school went to ninth grade)?
The only thing is, for this particular case, is that the recipient would have been 9 or 10 when he got the certificate. I don't know for sure they were meant to be annual - could have been semester- or quarter-based (though I guess ten wouldn't have been a good number to use with quarters).
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