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The Home Teacher
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One book entitled The Home Teacher, published by Lewis E. Myers & Company, Chautauqua Park, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1913. The sub-title reads: "Explaining by word and illustration the source pictures of vocations comprised in the Chautauqua Industrial Art Desk." 126 pages in length, it is an instructional book for the Chautauqua Desk. Included are testimonials from users and owners of the desk and other instructional systems, a brief history of the company, and a wide variety of projects and activities that can be completed and skills that can be acquired using the Chautauqua desk. Some of these include: writing shorthand; bookkeeping for business; industrial drawing, and portrait and landscape drawing. The front cover has black and gray printing on a red background; the spine is reinforced with a cloth strip. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, are blank. "Korzenik 1980" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page.
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The Home Teacher
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One book entitled The Home Teacher, published by Lewis E. Myers & Company, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1926. The subtitle on the title page reads: "Explaining by word and illustration the source pictures of the Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk." 126 pages in length, it is an instructional book for the Chautauqua Desk. With the exception of the first 16 pages, this is an exact duplicate of The Home Teacher, 1913, in envelope 2.
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Child's Drawing Book
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One drawing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled Child's Drawing Book, published by Vose & Sons Piano Co., Boston, ca. 1910. The front cover shows two girls sitting on a rug, one is holding a drawing slate, the other is drawing on a slate. The back cover image is of a child, sitting on a cliff above the ocean, painting on a canvas; above the image is printed "Piper & McIntire, 888 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire." The book, a promotional piece for the Vose Piano company, includes advertisements for the company's pianos on the inside front and back covers, and two images of Vose pianos within the book itself. Eight images in outline, along with tracing paper overlays, are present. None of the images have been filled in. The first image has been partially traced in pencil.
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Home Painting Gallery
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One painting book entitled Home Painting Gallery, by F.I. Wetherbee, published by M.A. Donohue & Co., Chicago, copyright 1908. This painting book is comprised of chromolithograph images, black and white images for coloring, and blank pages for drawing. Descriptive and instructional text accompanies each image. The front cover is a chromolithograph collage of images which include a lace-covered table, a horse, a seated woman, and a boy writing in a chair. The back cover is blank. The images and exercises within this book range from very simple (drawing straight lines) to more complex coloring and shading. Many of the lithograph images have been colored in. "21-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the first page. "Annie McInley" is written in ms., in pencil, opposite the title page.
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Chautauqua Lake, A Beautiful Summer Resort
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One flyer entitled Chautauqua Lake, A Beautiful Summer Resort, published by Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, ca. 1930. This is an 8 page promotional piece for summer vacations at Chautauqua Institute. It is printed on green paper, and illustrated with images of various activities offered at the Institute. Laid in is a single sheet of "Supplementary Courses to be given in the Art Education Department, Chautauqua Summer Schools, in 1930." Dimensions given are for the folded brochure.
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Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk
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One wooden desk with a paper scroll, the top of which reads: "The Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk". The patent date is October 20, 1885, copyright 1895. This is a folding desk that was designed for use in the home, particularly for home-schooled children. It is comprised of a wooden frame, a folding writing surface painted black, and a paper scroll across the top. The first lesson on the scroll is the alphabet. When folded shut, the desk is below the paper scroll. The writing surface, which measures 20 1/2 in. W x 16 1/2 in. H, lifts up to reveal four compartments for storing paper, chalk and other materials. The dimensions provided below are for the whole desk, folded.
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