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Soldier Handicrafts

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Description: One booklet entitled Soldier Handicrafts, published by the Government Printing Office (War Department), Washington, copyright 1942. War Department Technical Manual TM28-325. This manual is 186 pages in length, and contains black and white illustrations. Also included is a 13-page select bibliography, providing additional references for further study of each of the handicrafts covered in the manual. The 27 chapters provide instructions, both visual and textual, for a wide variety of handicrafts, including: woodworking, metal work, block printing, drawing and illustration, clay modeling, painting and photography. This book is intended for use by military personnel in the special services program; it includes basic principles of methods and procedures for full scale, small group or individual handicraft operations.
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Date: 1942

The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled The Manual Arts Crayon, No. 2, manufactured by The Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1930. The sliding box contains 8 colored, wax crayons. The box is gray with blue printing.

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Soldiers of Many Nations Painting Book

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One painting book entitled Soldiers of Many Nations Painting Book: with Verses by Carolyn S. Hodgman, No. 8, published by Stecher Litho. Co., of Rochester, New York, 1917. The front cover of the book features a young boy holding semaphore flags; the back cover shows a campsite at night. The inside cover, entitled "First-Aid in Color Painting", contains instructions, in verse, for use of the book. Of 13 pages of printed images, six are printed in color, the rest are in outline. All of the images are of troops from Allied or neutral countries involved in the First World War: Sweden, the United States, Great Britain, Russia, Romania, Italy, France, Belgium, Canada and Greece. Each colored image is described in verse written by Carolyn S. Hodgeman; the outlined image that follows contains painting instructions, also in verse. For example, the following two verses are used for the soldier from Sweden: "This sturdy scout sustains on skis/A hard, cold march thro drifts with ease. / Sweden, the land of ice and snow,/Claiming such sons, need fear no foe. / Proceed with care this page to fill / And paint the uniform at will,/For since you find no copy true/Please do the best that you can do." Only one of the outlined images has been filled in with wax crayon. In the upper right hand corner of the back cover, in pen, is written "Ernest Gowe from E.A.G.".

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The Soldier Painting Book

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One painting book entitled The Soldier Painting Book, published by Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, New York, 1917. This book is comprised of 12 pages of chromolithograph and outline drawings of soldiers and medals of honor from various countries. On the inside of the back cover credits are given: "Pictures by W.F. Stacher, Verses by Carolyn S. Hodgman." The front cover is a chromolithograph image of two United States soldiers, labeled "U.S.A. Marine" and "U.S.A. Infantry." One is holding an American flag, the other a rifle. "No. 43" is printed in the lower right-hand corner. The back cover, too, is a chromolithograph; this image is of a naval battle scene within a decorative border, centered on the page. The title is repeated on the inside of the front cover; instructions are given in verse. "Made in USA" and "Copyright, 1917 by Stecher Lith. Co., Rochester, N.Y." are printed at the bottom of the inside front cover. Each page of the painting book contains an image or images of military men from various countries and their medals of honor. Some pages feature a single chromolithograph, others an outline image, while still others contain both. Some of the images have been colored with watercolor or crayon.

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers Bulletin No 1219: Floors and Floor Coverings

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One pamphlet, copyright 1928, entitled U.S. Department of Agriculture, Farmers Bulletin No 1219: Floors and Floor Coverings, prepared in the Bureau of Home Economics, published by U.S. Department of Agriculture. This informational pamphlet is 30 numbered pages in length, and contains 2 illustrations and several bibliographic references. It is organized into two primary categories: floors and floor coverings, with subdivisions of several types of each. Installation, repair and maintenance are discussed. Printed on the last page is the "Organization of the United States Department of Agriculture, October 10, 1928." "U.S. Government Printing Office: 1928" is printed in the lower right-hand corner of the last page. An ink stamp appears on the bottom of the front cover; it reads: "Distributed by the Extension Service. Willard A. Munson, Director. From the Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass., in furtherance of Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914."

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Art in Dress with Notes on Home Decoration

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One instructional book entitled Art in Dress with Notes on Home Decoration, second edition, by Lydia Bolmar and Kathleen McNutt, published by Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois, copyright 1917. This 46-page book is "in fact, a textbook on art as applied to dress and home decoration . . . intended for the use of students in domestic art courses." (Introduction, p. 3) The chapters address such issues as basic principles of design and arrangement, dress and its relation to the wearer, color, and home decoration. The book is illustrated with black and white line drawings, and features three fold-out plates intended for practice of the principles outlined in the book. The title on the front cover is framed with a decorative border; the inside of the front cover and both sides of the back cover are blank. Pages 43-46 contain publisher's advertisements for books on related subjects. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover, as well as below the title on the title page. An embossed stamp of the letter "S" is on the upper right-hand corner of the title page. Laid in is the February 1916 issue (single sheet, double sided) of The Applied Arts Bulletin.

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Chip Carving

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One art instruction book entitled Chip Carving, by Harris W. Moore, published by Manual Arts Press, Peoria, Illinois, copyright 1922. This book, 46 pages in length with 19 photographic and engraved plates, provides a very brief introduction to the history of chip carving. It is primarily instructional with visual examples of chip carving projects, and text. Some of the projects included are: a toothpick holder, a checker board, a pipe rack, a picture frame and a waste basket. The front cover is decorated with a chip carving pattern; the inside of the front cover and both sides of the back cover are blank. "1.50" (price) is written in ms. on the inside of the front cover.

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