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2-Dollars, "Educational" Series of 1896 (Fr. 247; Hessler p. 107), face Proof in black, india paper on card, a clean and attractive impression, one of two known to Hessler, the design "Science presenting Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture" was designed by E. H. Blashfield for the 50-Dollar note; it was adapted to the 2-Dollar note by Schlecht and Smillie despite Blashfield's strenuous objections when W.H. Low's design was rejected

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2-Dollars, "Educational" Series of 1896 (Fr. 247; Hessler p. 107), face Proof in black, india paper on card, a clean and attractive impression, one of two known to Hessler, the design "Science presenting Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture" was designed by E. H. Blashfield for the 50-Dollar note; it was adapted to the 2-Dollar note by Schlecht and Smillie despite Blashfield's strenuous objections when W.H. Low's design was rejected
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Edwin H. Blashfield (1848-1936) was among the first sixteen students to attend MIT when it opened in 1865. In Paris he studied under Gerome, Chapu and Bonnat. He and other muralists decorated the Manufacturers Building and Liberal Arts Building at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.