Diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded to James A. Parsons Jr.

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A diploma from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute awarded to James Albert Parsons on June 16, 1922. The diploma is printed in black text on off-white paper and has a large header reading [Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute / Founded / In The Year Eighteen Hundred Twenty Four / in the City of Troy and the State of New York] in multiple fonts and decorative flourishes. The names have been completed by hand in black ink and the diploma states "said James Albert Parsons has been admitted to the degree of Electrical Engineer." There is a red seal near the bottom right corner and the signatures of the institute's president and secretary at the bottom.

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