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Little Wonder Pictures to Color and Draw: Easy Steps for Children in Coloring and Drawing
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Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons
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One painting book entitled Young America Painting Book: for Young People with Easy Drawing Lessons, published by Platt & Nourse Co., New York, 1913. This painting book is composed of unnumbered pages containing color and outline illustrations; the latter were meant for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of three children painting a mural. "Copyright 1913, The Platt & Peck Co." is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the image. The back cover is blue, and is not illustrated. The front and back pastedowns are illustrated and have been colored in with crayon. Printed on the verso of the title page is : "Copyright, 1913, by the Platt & Peck Co." This is followed by three pages containing an introduction and illustrated definitions of terms used in drawing and painting. The sample color images and those for coloring include scenes of children at play, toys, animals and flowers. Many of the images have been colored in with crayons.
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Objects to Color or Paint
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One 12-page painting and drawing book (No. 068 B), published by Platt & Munk Co., comprised of color and outline images, including a clock, a bed, socks, a dress and a television. None of the images have been colored.
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Fun-Time Drawing
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One drawing book entitled Fun-Time Drawing, by George Carlson, published by The Platt & Munk Co., Inc., copyright 1937. This book is comprised of 14 pages (including the insides of the front and back covers) of either step-by-step drawing instructions for line drawing or colored and uncolored images for coloring, copying, or tracing. The front cover is an image of a clown drawing a picture of a dog. "No. 3500" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. "$1.00" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. Some of the illustrations in the book have been colored in with crayon.
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Easy Drawing for Little Ones
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One manufacturer's advertisement/drawing book entitled Easy Drawing for Little Ones, published by Fleischmann Co., New York, ca. 1885?. This 8-page promotional drawing booklet contains an illustrated "story" of a little girl who makes bread using Fleischmann's yeast. Each page contains a few lines of rhyming text. Bound in between the images are leaves of tracing paper. The chromolithographed front cover features an image of a young girl and boy who are making bread. "No. 16" is printed in the lower right-hand corner of the front cover. The insides of the front and back cover contain advertising text for Fleischmann's yeast, as does the back cover. Some of the images have been traced.
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Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children
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One drawing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children, published by Standard Varnish Works, New York, ca. 1900. This promotional booklet is an 8-page illustrated advertisement for Lacqueret household lacquer. Each page is illustrated and has rhyming text. Each of the pages is also covered by a sheet of tracing paper. The chromolithograph front cover pictures a little girl in a floor-length purple dress who is holding a can of Lacqueret and a paintbrush. The back cover is blank. Some of the images have been traced.
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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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