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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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Home Sphere of Child Life
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One book entitled Home Sphere of Child Life, published by Lewis E. Myers & Company, Chautauqua Park, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1913. The cover title is "Child Life". This 96-page instructional book was designed for use in the home with the Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk. It was meant to "promote the culture of work and play among children in the home", and is comprised of art projects in a wide variety of mediums as well as activities and stories, all of which are illustrated. Some of the activities include drawing, clay modeling, paper cutting, stenciling and weaving; many of the activities are seasonal. The lower half of the title page outlines the contents of the book; Part One contains the "Child Activities in Art and Industry" and Part Two is "Stories of Great Industries: The Story of King Cotton; The Story of Prince Wool; and The Story of Queen Silk." This book is bound in a red paper cover and is illustrated with an image of a seated mother reading to her two children-- one of whom is standing with a book, the other is sitting at a Chautauqua drawing desk. The insides of the front and back covers, as well as the back cover, are blank.
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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 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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Drawing Book
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One manufacturer's advertisement/drawing book entitled Drawing Book, published by Chase & Sanborn, Boston, Massachusetts, 1897. This 12-page promotional booklet is comprised of lithograph images for copying, space for copying the pictures, and instructional and promotional text. The back and front covers are chromolithograph images; the front cover illustration is of three children who are drawing while seated on a pencil swing suspended by pink ribbons. The back cover features a landscape view, and an image of a can of Chase & Sanborn coffee. On the bottom of the back cover is printed "For sale by M.V. B. Clark, Keene, N.H." One of the images for copying is a coffee plant. On another page is a group of faces for coloring: "Character scketches, A Cheerful Group. [below each person's face], i.e. The grocer who sells the coffee. The boy who delivers it. The cook who prepares it. The waitress who serves it. This is the happy family that drinks it. This is the can of coffee. None of the images have been copied.
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Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Linear Perspective, New Edition, No. 18
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One drawing book entitled Bartholomew's National System of Industrial Drawing, Linear Perspective, New Edition, No. 18, by William N. Bartholomew, published by American Book Company, New York, Cincinnati and Chicago, ca. 1883. This 32-page book contains 133 lithograph illustrations. The first 4 pages include general remarks and directions for drawing perpendicular and parallel lines; the remaining pages contain numbered problems and unnumbered exercises. Each of the problems and exercises are comprised of instructional text, illustrations, and space for drawing. The majority of the exercises require the study and creation of parallel and perpendicular lines in relation to perspective using two and three-dimensional objects and designs. None of the exercises have been completed. The front cover is framed by a simple but decorative border that surrounds the title. An Egyptian aten is below the edition statement, and the publisher's statement is below that. The number of the book is in both the left and right-hand corners of the frame. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. On the back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "Popular Educational Series" of schoolbooks. ".50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the front cover.
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