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Two items, one promotional letter and one blank order form, from the

Description: Two items, one promotional letter and one blank order form, from the O-P Craft Co., Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1940. The first item is a typed letter, addressed to Mabel Spofford and signed by A. L. Opie of the O-P Craft Co. The letter was laid into an O-P Craft Co. catalog entitled A Catalog of O-P Craft creative crafts.... (HEH RB# 603450). The second item is a blank order form from the O-P Craft Co., printed on yellow paper. It is accompanied by a pre-printed return envelope. This item was laid into an O-P Craft Co. catalog entitled Art Teaching Helps, 1940-1941 Catalog, (HEH RB# 603449). Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date: circa 1940
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Order Sheet

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One order sheet, dated 1924-1925, for the D.M. Campana Art Co., printed by the D.M. Campana Art Co., Chicago. This is a blank order form printed on one side only of a sheet of green paper. The item was laid into a D.M. Campana catalog entitled Artist's materials of all kinds..., (HEH RB# 603447). Title supplied by cataloger.

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Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc

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One envelope from Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1885. This item was laid in the Wadsworth, Howland catalog, (HEH RB # 603399). The print on the envelope reads, in part: "From Wadsworth, Howland & Co., Inc. ... Hardware, Paints, Brushes, Varnishes, Floor Polishes, Artists' Supplies- Drafting Materials." Several patches of red watercolor paint and a few lines of pen ink are on the back of the envelope.

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Please Consider This: An Invitation From Jacob Trump & Bro

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One manufacturer's advertisement flyer, ca. 1885, entitled Please consider This: An Invitation From Jacob Trump & Bro. This leaflet is an advertisement for furs and cloaks, manufactured by Beifield Chicago Co., and was laid in the F. Weber Co. catalog entitled Price List of Artists' Materials and Draughtsmen's Supplies, (HEH RB # 603418). The advertisement is illustrated, and is 4 pages in length. Styles and prices for jackets, capes and cloaks are listed.

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Advertisement flyers from the O-P Craft Co., Inc., of Sandusky, Ohio

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Two advertisement flyers from the O-P Craft Co., Inc., of Sandusky, Ohio, circa 1935. Env. 1 contains a 4-page reprint from Everyday Art Magazine entitled "The Growing Popularity of Home and School Crafts" by Earle F. Opie. The magazine excerpt describes the "pleasures and possibilities" of art craft work and promotes the use of O-P Craft products. The flyer is illustrated with both completed and incomplete projects (e.g. examples of crayonexing, carving). Envelope 2 contains a 6-page (i.e. a single sheet folded into thirds) illustrated flyer/catalog of O-P Craft products and supplies entitled "O-P Craft Articles for Hand Decoration: Projects of Beauty for Home, Gift, or Profit." Some of the items offered for sale are O-P Craft color charts, Crayonex crayons, paint-by-number fabric designs, Prang tempera paints and craft mats. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Fabik Home Outfit for Batik Workers

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One partial manufacturer's advertisement for the Fabik Home Outfit for Batik Workers, a home batik-making kit, ca. 1935. This advertisement is illustrated with a photograph image of the kit and two sample designs of batik patterns. It appears to be two-thirds of the whole (the last third of the advertisement is missing). This item was laid into an Industrial Arts Cooperative Service catalog, (HEH RB# 603445). The dimensions provided are for this advertisement, unfolded. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Announcement: Turner Picture Studies and Picture Study Prints

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One order form entitled Announcement: Turner Picture Studies and Picture Study Prints, published by Horace K. Turner Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. This 4-page form (1 sheet folded to create a 4-page leaflet) organizes images for sale by school grade, from Grade 1 through "Fourth Year High." The last page is the actual order form, with a printed date of "190_". A pencil ms. note at the bottom of the last page reads "1935". This form was laid into a catalog entitled Turner Art Catalogue, HEH RB# 603411.

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