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Child's Drawing Book
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Schaeffer Piano Drawing Book
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One drawing book entitled Schaeffer Piano Drawing Book, published by Schaeffer Piano Mfg. Co., Chicago, ca. 1895?. This 12-page promotional booklet advertises Schaeffer pianos. Each unnumbered page contains one or more drawings and is covered by a sheet of tracing paper. The front and back covers feature chromolithograph illustrations; on the front cover is a little boy in a brown suit playing a violin. On the back cover, an image of two children peeking over a circular advertisement for Schaeffer Pianos is at the center of the cover. Some of the illustrations within the book are advertisements themselves: such as images of "Style 30" and "Style 40" of the pianos, and an image of the Schaeffer Mfg. Co. warehouse. Other images include an "American Indian Chief"; "Capitol Washington", and "A Street Group in the Philippine Islands." Advertising text is on the insides of the front and back covers. None of the images have been traced.
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Little Darlings' Drawing Book
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One drawing book entitled Little Darlings' Drawing Book, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd., London, ca. 1900. The chromolithograph image on the front cover shows a young girl, with a rabbit in her lap, drawing in a book; the lower-left corner bears the series title Father Tuck's Little Artists' Series. The back cover features a girl running next to a hoop. The company's trademark and "No. 3625" are in the lower left-hand corner above design and printing locations--England and Germany, respectively. The book has 16 pages of outline images, and tracing paper overlays. The images depict children at play, or are scenes from children's stories and are variously signed "MB", "EH". "M Bowley" or "Edith Taylor"; some are unsigned. Seven of the outline images have been filled in using colored pencils or crayons; others have been traced. Across the top of the front cover, the name "Miss Hazel Wheeler" has been written in pencil. Inside the front cover, also in pencil, is "Hazel Wheeler. Christmas 1904." On the back cover, in the upper right-hand corner, is a price sticker with "8--" written in ink.
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Our Country Drawing Book
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One drawing book entitled Our Country Drawing Book, by Alfred G. Bauer, published by Sprauge Warner & Company, Chicago, copyright 1903. The front cover shows a young girl sitting at a desk in a classroom, drawing in a book; the lower-left corner bears the series title Bauer Series No.1. The back cover features an image of a can of coffee, labeled "Richelieu, the Finest Product." The book is a promotional piece for the Richelieu brand of canned foods; on the inside front cover the company states "In presenting 'Our Country' Drawing Book, we do so with the assurance that we are adding another educational feature to our advertising methods." The back inside cover shows images of several Richelieu goods. The book contains 16 pages of outline images. It was originally published with tracing paper inserts; only one remains. The image below the tracing paper was meant to be filled in or traced and then filled in. The images include maps of the United States, individual cities, the U.S. Caribbean and Pacific possessions, as well as Nicaragua, Panama (and the proposed canal routes through both countries) and Venezuela. Each of the images includes an advertisement for a Richelieu product. None of the images have been filled in; one of the maps has been traced in pencil. The name "Margaret" is written in ms., in pencil, above one image.
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Tiny Tots Drawing Book
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One manufacturer's advertisement/drawing book entitled Tiny Tots Drawing Book, published by Emerson Piano Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1885. Printed at the bottom of the front cover is "4- Little Pets." This 8-page booklet contains several images on each of the 8 pages, with leaves of tracing paper bound in between each leaf, for tracing. The front and back covers are chromolithographs; the front cover features a little girl holding two rabbits; the back cover features a smaller image of a little girl near a rosebush. Printed on the back cover is: "Compliments of Emerson Piano Co., 110 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. Western Branch: 195 Wabash Ave., Chicago." Images for tracing include a horse, a pony, chickens, birds and rabbits. Some of the images have been traced. A blue ink stamp on the back cover reads: "Frank M. Grow, Sole Agent, Rutland. VT." "Winslow Bowen" is written in ms., in pencil, along the outer edge of the front cover.
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The Child's Palette: A Painting Book, Book No. 1
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One painting book entitled The Child's Palette: A Painting Book, Book No. 1, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1897. The cover of the book shows a group of animals dressed as children in a classroom and their stork teacher. The inside front cover has "a few practical instructions for young painters" including suggestions on what colors to include in the student's watercolor set. The book is designed so that the student could study a colored image and then practice on an "outline" (uncolored) image. A second uncolored image is also provided "giving opportunity for a second trial on the same design." There are a total of 24 images: eight in color and sixteen in outline. The images depict children and animals with tag lines at the bottom. None of the images have been filled in.
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Drawing Book of Butterflies
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One drawing book entitled Drawing Book of Butterflies, published by (compliments of) L.M. Brock & Co., Lynn, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. This drawing book is a promotional piece for Mrs. Dinsmore's Cough and Croup Balsam. It contains 8 pages of black and white images of butterflies and tracing paper in front of each page, for copying. The front and back covers are chromolithographs; the front cover features several butterflies and paint brushes, the back cover image is a little girl in a pink hat, standing next to a vase of roses. The inside front and back cover feature promotional and advertising text. Some of the images have been traced onto the tracing paper, and some of the traced and original images have been colored in with crayons.
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