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Two publisher's advertisements from Studio Publications, Inc., New York, circa 1937

Description: Two publisher's advertisements from Studio Publications, Inc., New York, ca. 1937. Both advertisements are 4 unnumbered pages in length, and contain a black and white illustration on the first page and an order form on the last. The first flyer promotes Animal Drawing, by John Skeaping, Vol. 10 in the company's "How To Do It" series. The third page of this flyer lists other titles in the series. The second flyer is an advertisement for Masterpieces of Figure Painting: Twenty Color Plates, with an introduction by Eric Newton. The third page of the flyer advertises other works issued by Studio Publications. Accompanying these two flyers is an envelope, on Studio Publications stationery, addressed in ms. to "Miss Mabel Spofford, Art Dept. Bd of Educ., Gloucester, Mass." Title supplied by cataloger.
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Date: circa 1937?

Three manufacturer's advertisements from the O-P Craft Co., Sandusky, Ohio

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Three manufacturer's advertisements from the O-P Craft Co., Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1935. Each of the flyers is printed on one side of a sheet; one of the advertisements is in color. The colored flyer, entitled O-P Craft Articles for Hand Decoration, is divided into two halves; each half shows images of hand-painted items against a black background. The represented are listed in the center column: "bracelets, rings, plates, buttons, napkin holders, buckles, mats, trinket boxes, No. 1700 Box, book-end, candle holder, and No. 1700 hinged box." No prices are given. The second flyer, entitled Ideas-Helps: O-P Craft for Designing-Decorating, illustrates craft projects. Rings, wooden bowls and plates, boxes, and craft mats are arranged on the flyer in groups with suggestions for use. Prices are not listed. The third leaflet, entitled New: O-P Craft Glass Holders, features five images of painted glass holders along the right-hand side and an image of an unpainted wooden glass holder on the left-hand side with descriptive text between the two. Suggestions for their uses and prices per dozen are printed on the leaflet. Title supplied by cataloger.

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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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Two publisher's advertisements for a book entitled An Introduction to Art Education by William G. Whitford

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Two publisher's advertisements for a book entitled An Introduction to Art Education by William G. Whitford, published by D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1929. The smaller of the two is a postcard-size advertisement, printed on both sides of the sheet. This piece contains an abstract of the book, and a listing of the contents and an order form on the other side. The book is advertised for $2.25. The second publisher's advertisement is 2 typescript pages (single-sided), on "Appleton Book Chat" letterhead. These two sheets contain a quotation/reprint of a book review of the same book from a December 1929 issue of Teacher's Chronicle, as well as several endorsement quotations from various art teachers. Title supplied by cataloger.

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Publisher's advertisement for a portfolio of images entitled Art Ages by Pedro J. Lemos

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One publisher's advertisement for a portfolio of images entitled Art Ages, by Pedro J. Lemos, published by School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, [1929]. This illustrated advertisement is 4 pages in length; it describes the content (plates illustrating the 'ten great art periods of the world') and possible uses of the portfolio. The flyer is addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, Art Supervisor, Gloucester Public Schools, Gloucester, Massachusetts." Title supplied by cataloger.

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Class in Drawing and Painting From Nature; Composition and Design

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One flyer entitled Class in Drawing and Painting From Nature; Composition and Design, by A.G. Randall, Commonwealth School of Art and Industry, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1906. The subtitle reads: "At Boothbay Harbor, Maine, from July 9th to August 11th, 1906." This brochure is 4 unnumbered pages in length, and describes the classes offered, as well as the housing costs, terms and location of the summer program. The school logo, centered on the first page, features an outline view of the eastern half of Massachusetts; Cape Cod is represented by a human arm holding artists' implements. "3-" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.

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The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts

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One fragment of a flyer entitled The Rankin Studios, Summer 1935, School of Applied Arts, published by Rankin Studios, New Hartford, Connecticut, 1935. This piece is a single sheet, clearly detached from the remainder of the leaflet. It appears to be an informational or promotional brochure for summer art courses.

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Two publisher's advertisements from Studio Publications, Inc., New York, circa 1937

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