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Chautauqua Combination Drawing Board and Writing Desk

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Description: 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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Date: 1895

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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Shepherd’s Improved Transparent Slates, With Rotating Copies

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One glass drawing slate entitled Shepherd’s Improved Transparent Slates, With Rotating Copies, manufactured by C.C. Shepherd, New Jersey, patented March 2, 1874. The glass slate is missing. Remaining is the wooden box frame and the scroll, which contains images and words for copying. An introduction and instructions are printed at the head of the scroll: "Parents, encourage your children to learn to write. Shepherd's Drawing and Writing Slates, with Rotating Copies, is the best method to adopt. The copy is placed at the lower half of the Slate; after tracing it on the surface of the Slate, it is removed to the upper half; and any alterations or additions may be made from sight or the copy." "Patented March 2, 1874" is printed on the label mounted to the underside of the box; "Patented March 2, 1875" is printed below the introduction on the scroll.

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Drawing Made Easy for the Kindergarten, Set No. 2

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One boxed set of paper stencils entitled Drawing Made Easy for the Kindergarten, Set No. 2, manufactured by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1897. The set is comprised of 23 paper stencils, a pencil fragment, and three small sheets of brown paper. The set is housed within a paperboard box with an (chromolithograph-)illustrated paper label mounted to the top lid. The image is of a bespectacled girl, painting at a desk. "Copyright 1897" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the image; "McLoughlin Bros., New York"; "860"; and "Set No. 2" are printed on the label, below the image. The stencils include images of animals, people, and landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2

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One drawing book entitled Erasable (School) Drawing and Writing Tablet, No. 2, printed by American Tablet Manuf. Co., Boston, Massachusetts, 1871, "patented October 24, 1865, and August 7, 1866." The front cover of the "tablet" shows a young lady sitting in a chair drawing on a sheet of paper. The tablet contains six pages of heavy paper board. The first four pages consist of two sets of printed images and blank areas. The last two pages of the tablet feature penmanship examples and blank areas below. "General Instructions" are on the back cover of the tablet. The student was supposed to "[d]raw in the blank spaces with a soft lead pencil, and erase with a damp woolen cloth." However, the majority of the printed images have been traced over rather than copied. In the upper-right hand corner of the second page is an indecipherable penciled note.

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The Pleasant Hour Drawing Book, for Instructive Sketching and Coloring Purposes

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One drawing book entitled The Pleasant Hour Drawing Book, for Instructive Sketching and Coloring Purposes, publisher not given, ca. 1900. This small booklet is comprised of a single folded sheet that is mounted onto the inside back cover of a folded cover. The sheet, unfolded, contains 12 etchings in two rows, one above the other. Of these 12 images, there are only 6 different images. The six pictures on the right-hand side of the sheet are duplicates of those on the left. Some have been colored in with crayons. The paper cover is printed in red and blue. A company(?) logo of a bird in flight within a circle, with the initials "N.T.Y." below it appears in the upper right-hand corner of each of the covers.

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Three promotional flyers for Chautauqua Summer Schools, 1930

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Three promotional flyers for Chautauqua Summer Schools, 1930. The three pieces are in a paper envelope addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford. The first piece is an 8-page (a single sheet folded into fourths) promotional flyer that provides general information about the Institution and photographic illustrations. The second piece is an 8-page (a single sheet folded into fourths) informational brochure entitled Arts and Crafts at the Chautauqua Summer Schools, July 7-August 15, 1930. Laid into this piece is a single sheet addendum that lists two supplementary courses on stage craft and stage design, also offered as part of the arts and crafts classes. The third item is the complete list of summer school course offerings entitled Chautauqua Summer Schools, Fifty-Seventh Season 1930, July 7 - August 15. This brochure is 8 numbered pages in length; on the second page is series publication information: The Chautauqua Quarterly, Vo. 30, No. 2, April 1930. Courses offered fees charged, are listed in full. Title supplied by cataloger.

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