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The Lone Ranger Paint Book
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Flowers, A Paint Book
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One 32-page painting book, illustrated by Pru Herric, published by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, of outline drawings of flowers. Each of the pages for coloring features a single type of flower that is identified by its common name; color suggestions are below the name of the flower. Some of the images have been colored in with chalk.
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The Easy to Paint Book
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One 48-page painting book, by Helen Schwarz and published by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin, of colored and black and white illustrations for painting. Throughout the book, illustrations appear as pairs of colored and uncolored images. Many have been filled in with watercolor.
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Betty's Painting Book
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One painting book entitled Betty's Painting Book, published by Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, New York, 1917. This book is composed of 12 unnumbered pages of chromolithograph and outline illustrations, the latter meant for painting. The front cover is a vivid chromolithograph of a seated girl, painting in watercolor. The words "Instructive, Entertaining" are printed at the top of the cover, one word in each corner. "No. 38" is printed in the lower right-hand corner, and the cover illustration is signed "Maynard Evans Price". The back cover is the same image, in reverse. The title of the book is repeated at the top of the inside front cover; beneath it is a 6-stanza rhyme which provides instructions for using the book. On the inside of the back cover is the last outline image for coloring. Each page contains a child or pair of children from different countries; some pages contain just an outline image, others contain both a chromolithograph image and an outline image. Each is accompanied by a brief rhyme; for example: "This English mite is shy tho bright, And always kind to pets you'll find." None of the images have been colored.
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Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book
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One drawing/painting book, ca. 1905, entitled Little Folks' Painting and Drawing Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York. This book is 32 unnumbered pages in length and is comprised of chromolithograph and black and white lithographs in outline form for coloring. The front cover features an image of two children wrapping a gift box. "0701, McLoughlin Bros. N.Y." is printed in the lower left-hand corner beneath the image. The back cover is not illustrated, but the paper is decorated in a simple pattern. "Directions" are printed on the front pastedown, and the title page is illustrated with a black and white image of a boy painting a fence. All of the illustrations are of animals; some have been colored. A ms. inscription in ink is on the title page. "2.-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.
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Box of Pictures to Paint
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One portfolio of painting sheets entitled Box of Pictures to Paint, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1892. This set is comprised of 4 chromolithograph and 5 outline (black and white) plates, housed inside a wood and paperboard box. The front cover/lid of the box is decorated with a vivid chromolithograph of two boys painting together; one is seated on a chair, the other is standing on the same chair. This image, within an oval frame, is surrounded by a blue and gold chromolithographed marble pattern. The title is within a decorative fan above the boys' heads. The back cover of the box is decorated with the same marbling, and contains a centered image of a box of paints, with some water and paintbrushes, on a table. The plates are unnumbered. Some plates are duplicates of one another (one in color and the other in outline, for coloring), and others are a lone color plate or images in outline form. All of the outline plates have been colored in with watercolor. On the inside of the box's lid are printed "A Few Practical Instructions for Young Painters." "Archie F. Jones" is stamped, in blue ink, at the top of this mounted sheet.
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Hood's Sarsaparilla Painting Book
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One 36-page painting book, published by C.I. Hood & Co., of Lowell, Massachusetts, of images, chiefly in outline form for painting, with colored images to serve as a guide for student in the appropriate use of color. The book advertises Hood's Sarsaparilla, a patent medicine, and the company itself. There are images of children playing, of Hood's Factory and Hood's Farm, and even of Merry Maiden, the prize cow from Hood's Farm. The majority of the outline images have been filled in using watercolors.
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