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The Cross Transparent Drawing Slate

Description: One glass drawing slate entitled The Cross Transparent Drawing Slate: for Public Schools and all Students of Drawing, manufactured by Ginn & Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, ca. 1893. A cardstock label with directions for use is mounted behind the slate itself, which is contained within a wooden frame. "Patents. February 7th, 1893. November 14th, 1893. Patents Pending." is printed below the title.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: circa 1893
Call number: ephKAEE
Creator: Korzenik, Diana (1941-)(Opens in new tab)

Transparent Slate

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One glass drawing slate contained within a wooden frame. A paper label mounted on the front of the frame reads Transparent Slate, ca. 1885. An additional piece of wood, with a wooden brace, holds the slate into the frame. A paper label of instructions is mounted onto the back. Accompanying the slate are 11 engraved images for copying. Some of the images include an umbrella, people dancing, an American flag, and two men smoking Virginia tobacco from long pipes. Neither a manufacturer's name nor a date are given.

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Cross Drawing and Painting Glass for Perfecting Visual Power

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One framed glass drawing slate designed and patented by Anson K. Cross, Ashland, Mass., copyright 1914. An instructional sheet with directions for use, entitled The 'Cross' Drawing and Painting Glass for Perfecting Visual Power, is mounted on the back of the slate. The glass slate is contained within a wooden frame, and below it are two circular magnifying glasses. Explanations and directions for use are printed on a paper entitled "Directions for Use". Accompanying this glass slate are three grease crayons, designed as either Cross crayons or for use with the Cross Slate. A leveler containing red liquid is at the top of the slate and is intact.

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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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Slate Drawings for the Young Folks

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One manufacturer's advertisement/drawing book entitled Slate Drawings for the Young Folks, published by Belding Bros. & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1891. This 16-page booklet is a promotional piece for Belding Bros. & Co.'s silk products as well as an instructional aid. Each page contains several white-on-black illustrations, designed to represent chalk drawings on a drawing slate. Above and below each illustrated page are advertising and promotional statements about Belding Brothers & Co.'s silk thread. The front cover is designed to look like a drawing slate, with the text written on the slate. The insides of the front and back covers are advertisements, as is the back cover. "Lillian Wright, Jan. 4, 1891, Ayer, Mass." is written in ms., in pencil, at the top of the inside front cover.

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Andrews' Slate Drawing Book

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One drawing book entitled Andrews' Slate Drawing Book, revised by Prof. Duncan McGregor, drawings by A.F. Brooks, and published by A.H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, copyright 1878. Fourth edition. Cover title reads: Andrews' Progressive Slate Drawing Book: Containing all the pictures on Andrews Noiseless Drawing Slates, for Schools and Families. Front cover also has publication information: Chicago: A.H. Andrews & Co., 1878. Front cover has a decorative border. On the back cover is an image of a framed drawing slate which reads "Andrews Patent Noiseless Drawing Slate". A notice on the verso of the title page, in part, states that "Prof. Duncan McGregor, President of the State Normal School, Plateville, Wis." This book has 38 numbered pages, 29 of which are illustrated, and the remaining pages contain text. The first 2 and last 2 pages are blank and unnumbered. The inside back cover contains advertisements for school equipment and furniture, and an applied label for "Baker, Pratt & Co., School Furnishers, Importers, Booksellers, and Stationers, 142 & 144 Grand St., New York." The images proceed from simple to more complex.

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Shepherd's Improved Transparent Slates, With Rotating Copies

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One glass drawing slate 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.

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The Cross Transparent Drawing Slate

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