Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper Kit

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  Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper Kit

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  One tracing book entitled Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper Kit, manufactured by the Embree Manufacturing Company, Elizabeth, New Jersey, copyright 1940. The front cover bears a color illustration of a family of four using a Kopeefun kit; the title is below the image. The back cover contains promotional text for the drawing kit, and declares Kopeefun kits "Fun for Everyone from 5 to 55." "Pat. pending, Copyright 1940" is printed on the bottom of the back cover. The book contains 24 unnumbered leaves of images and partial images for copying by rubbing. The kit includes several sheets of "magic paper", which are placed over an image and then rubbed with a hard edged tool (such as a butter knife). The printed image is transferred to the magic paper, which, in turn, can be transferred to another sheet of paper or any surface. The first few pages of this book contain directions and suggestions for use, and the remaining leaves contain elements of cartoons and images. For example, there is a leaf of hairstyles, another of hats, another of mouths, etc. These can be combined to create a wide variety of images.

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  Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper

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  One package of transferring paper entitled Kopeefun Magic Copy Paper, manufactured by the Eastern Distributing Corp., Malden, Massachusetts, copyright 1972. This is a sealed package of transfer paper: "Large supply of extra sheets both giant size and standard size"; "3.5 ozs." is printed on the bottom of the back of the package. The cover of the package is illustrated and printed in red and blue against a white background. Printed on the back of the package are directions and suggestions for use.

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  Magic Dots for Little Tots

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  One paper dot kit entitled Magic Dots for Little Tots, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. The set is comprised of five cardboard cards, a packet of colored paper dots, and a set of printed instructions. The set is housed within a paperboard box; a chromolithograph image of a girl holding up a finished dot picture is on the top lid. On each of the 5 cards is printed an image with holes in the card; the images are to be "colored" by placing the colored dots within the holes which complete the image. The colored paper dots are removable, and the cards are reusable. The printed instructions accompanying this kit also serve as an order form for other sets; this set is No. 4482, Set 2. "Patented 1907, Patented in Canada 1910" is printed on the instruction sheet. Laid into the box is an empty sample box of cold relief and laxative pills.

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  Color Magic

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  One painting book entitled Color Magic, published by Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, 1929. This book is comprised of 44 unnumbered pages of both color and black and white illustrations. Silhouettes against a rainbow of colors are featured on the front cover; the title appears below the illustration. The back cover duplicates the front cover. "No. 207" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The pastedowns are illustrated. "Copyright, 1929, The Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, Ohio" is printed on the verso of the title page. Page [5] is informational text entitled "How Colors are Made." The remainder of the pages are illustrations, many of which have been colored in with crayon. "From someone that would love to be your Auntie, Mary [?]" is written in ms., in red crayon, on the front flyleaf. "Helen V." is also written on the front flyleaf, in ms.

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  Modern Color Magic in Dress and Home Decoration

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  One pamphlet entitled Modern Color Magic in Dress and Home Decoration, by Mae Martin, published by Wells and Richardson Company, Incorporated, Burlington, Vermont, 1937. This pamphlet is 32 numbered pages in length and advertises Diamond Tints & Dyes. It is illustrated with color images of the wide variety of uses for these products, including clothes, curtains, upholstery, towels, lingerie, etc. The front cover features an image of a woman in a pink dress with a multicolored peacock-like flourish who is appraising herself in front of a mirror . This vibrant image is set against a black background; the title is within a banner at the top. The back cover is black, with a diamond-shaped center of nine colored components. "Copyright 1937 Wells and Richardson Company, Incorporated, Made and printed in U.S.A." is printed on the inside of the front cover. A representation of an "Award of Honor to Diamond Tints & Dyes for Distinguished Service at the South Pole" is featured inside the back cover. Both an order form and a letter from the company addressed to Mabel Spofford are laid in the pamphlet.

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  Myrianthea, or Numberless Groups of Changeable Flowers. Superior Edition

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  One boxed set of paper flowers entitled The Myrianthea; or Numberless Groups of Changeable Flowers. Superior Edition, published, and manufactured, by John Burgis, of London, published [1823]. The set is comprised of 61 paper cutout (and watercolored) images of flowers and leaves, flat sticks to mount the paper cut outs onto, three composition sheets with slots for insertion of the flowers (to create a paper floral arrangement), and an instruction booklet. The accompanying booklet is entitled Myrianthea; or, Numberless Groups of Changeable Flowers: Intended to Teach, by the most ready and easy means, the Art of Composing, Drawing, and Colouring Groups of Flowers; with Directions to Assist the Student in Copying from Nature. To which is added, The Method of imitating Bronze Vases, Shading and Varnishing Gold Ornaments used in Ladies Fancy Works, &c.&c.&c.. The dedication is signed "John Burgis." The 22 page booklet includes instructions on the use of the flowers, and how to paint the vases and background flowers over which the cut outs are placed. The instructions include color samples that have been hand painted in watercolor. [The paper in this book is watermarked 1823; no other dates of manufacture or publishing have been printed on other parts of the kit.] The kit is housed within an elaborately decorated paperboard box.

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