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| MS4 FRAKTUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE, Margaretta Buckvalter , 1842, watercolor and ink on paper, signed and dated , featuring traditional birds, tulip, other flowers, and vines. Most Fraktur work was personal, a record , a reward, a greeting, a blessing, a note of ownership.. It was not usually framed or hung as house decoration, but depending on it's form, was keep tucked between the leaves of the big Family Bible.
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