Paper Weaving for Little Folks: Simple, Instructive, Amusing: To Keep Busy The Little Hands and Little Head

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  For the Kindergarten, For Little Folks, Drawing Made Easy

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  One boxed set of paper stencils entitled For the Kindergarten, For Little Folks, Drawing Made Easy, manufactured by [McLoughlin Bros.], ca. 1890. The set is comprised of 6 large paper stencils. The scenes of the stencils are named on the box lid: "Dutch Wind Mill, German Village, French Convent, New Navy, Old Navy, Summer Home." Accompanying the stencils are 4 illustrations made using the stencils. The stencils are housed within a paperboard box that bears a chromolithograph-illustrated label on the top lid. The label image depicts a boy who is drawing at a table. This image is surrounded by the title and a decorative border. The manufacturer's name is not present on the box nor on the stencils, but the set is very similar to sets 3 and 4 in Box 81, and was probably made by the same manufacturer. Also accompanying this set are four additional, smaller, paper stencils.

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  Colouring and Sketching with Metal Stencils

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  One boxed set of metal stencils entitled Colouring and Sketching with Metal Stencils, manufactured by W & S B., ca. 1890. The set is comprised of six tin stencils, four colored pencils, one Gillette razor blade (only its wrapper remains) and 5 blank postcards. The stencils were to be used on the postcards; only one postcard has been drawn upon. The set is housed within a paperboard box, which has a paper label mounted to the top lid. The label is illustrated in color with an image of three children playing. "W & S B" and "No. 1241" are printed in the lower left and right-hand corners, respectively, of the lid. "Made in Germany" is printed on the label also. The tin stencils include images of a ship, a train, a windmill and a house.

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  Animal Stencils: Easy and Simple Designs for First Steps in Drawing in the Home or School

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  One boxed set of paper stencils entitled Animal Stencils: Easy and Simple Designs for First Steps in Drawing in the Home or School, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1915. The set is comprised of 17 paper stencils, each with "Bradley" embossed in the lower right-hand corner. Also included are 12 sheets of brown and green paper for drawing/tracing the images; most of them have been used. Some of the animals represented by the stencils are: a fish, rabbit, cow, horse, turkey, a horse. There are two fish stencils. The set is housed within a paperboard box; the box is illustrated with a chromolithograph of a horse, a cow, and a dog in a field. "4306" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the lid; "Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Mass., U.S.A." is printed in the lower right-hand corner. Directions for use are printed on the underside of the lid. Some of the stencils have been used.

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  Crayola-Picture-Tracer

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  One boxed tracing set entitled Crayola-Picture-Tracer, manufactured by E.I.H. Co., ca. 1911. This tracing set is comprised of one metal drawing and tracing "tablet", 11 chromolithograph cards for tracing, and a roll of tracing paper mounted into the metal tablet. These items are housed within a cardboard box with a hinged lid. Illustrated instructions are printed on the underside of the top lid. A listing of the contents is also given: "This outfit consists of an enameled steel hygienic tracing and drawing tablet of simple construction. (See explanatory cut.) Seventeen Crayola Crayons in different colors, and one black Crayon for outlining; Twelve colored pictures (Fairy-Tale Series); a roll of tracing paper; Crayon sharpener." The sharpener, crayons and one colored card are missing. On each of the cards is printed "Copyright, 1913, by Binney & Smith Co., N.Y." "Crayola-Picture Tracer Pat'd Oct. 24, 1911" is embossed on the metal tracing tablet. Also included are 9 additional images, 7 of which are a newspaper cartoon series. The lid of the box is illustrated with a chromolithograph copy of one of the tracing cards. The label reads: "Do not call a toy for children perfect until you look inside and see the Crayola-Picture Tracer, everything a toy should be--and nothing it should not be." Much of the roll of tracing paper is intact; one completed traced and colored image is within a protective envelope, and another image is "in process" on the device itself.

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  Water Color School Box

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  One boxed set of watercolor paints entitled Water Color School Box, manufactured by Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1895. The set is comprised of 10 small cakes of watercolor paint set within two rows of metal supports, one quill brush, one wooden stick, and a small stick of charcoal. The set is housed within a metal box; the lid is divided into four sections: the top two sections contain the manufacturer's name and address, the bottom two contain the title. The box is colored green and has gold lettering. A printed slip of paper is laid into the bottom of the box underneath the two rows of paints, so only a portion of it is legible: "When you need more of any of the colors in this box we will furnish them at short notice. Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc."

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  Cracker Jack Painting and Drawing Book for Crayon and Water Color Painting

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  One boxed painting set manufactured by Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, New York and Chicago. The set is comprised of six small cakes of watercolor paint in wooden tubs, two metal dishes, a paintbrush, a box of 8 (5 are missing) wax crayons, and a painting and drawing book. Printed on the top lid: "It's an Ullman Coloring Outfit" and "The Ullman Mfg. Co., N.Y." The book has been colored in, but not completely; the paints have been used.

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