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A boat for Peppe

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    When his family sells its California ranch and returns to Italy, a little boy wears his Indian chief suit on the trip and in the Italian village, where he makes a great hit with all the children

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    Father Serra and the Indian boy who accompanies him on his journeys watch their dream come true as the missions are built in California

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  • Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses

    Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses

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    One joint drawing and tracing book entitled Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. The cover title reads: Drawing and Tracing Book. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph plates of images for tracing and drawing, with 8 leaves of tracing paper bound in. The front cover is a chromolithograph image of a boy and a girl in a rowboat. Both are wearing hats, and the little boy is rowing like a gondolier. The back cover is a green and white mesh pattern. The images for tracing are of various types of boats and houses. "81" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. None of the images have been traced or copied. "Bertie from Emily Jan. 11-1911" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the title page. "2.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.

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  • Pontoon boats and wagons, s. 2557

    Pontoon boats and wagons, s. 2557

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    Stereograph showing an African American boy sitting on the ground between two pontoon boats resting on wheeled carts. The boats will be moved to a location and used in the construction of a pontoon bridge.

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  • Boy watching boats from pier, Avalon Bay, Catalina Island

    Boy watching boats from pier, Avalon Bay, Catalina Island

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    Image of a boy watching a steamer ship come into Avalon Bay as seen from the second pier on Santa Catalina Island, California.

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