The Home Teacher

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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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  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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  The Teacher of Oil Painting and Tapestry, 5th ed

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  One book, ca. 1930, entitled The Teacher of Oil Painting and Tapestry, 5th edition, by D. M. Campana, published by D. M. Campana Art Co., Chicago. This book is 128 numbered pages in length, and is illustrated with black and white images. The title on the front cover is within an elaborate decorative frame, and bears the subtitle: "a useful book giving many informations on the method of coloring, composition, harmony, effects, materials etc. practical and good, low price." The inside front and back covers are blank; the title page is decorated with a floral frame and a floral device which appears below the title. The book is divided into chapters, and addresses issues such as canvases, brushes, color mixing, composition, drawing and painting specific subjects such as animals or fruit. A 3-page index is followed by 3 final pages listing other publications by D.M. Campana.

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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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  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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