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Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 10W

Description: One box of modeling clay, labeled Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 10W, manufactured by the American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, ca. 1935. The block of clay is housed within its mailing carton. The remainder of the front of the box reads: "for the supply list and individual pupil use. A non-hardening, odorless, permanently plastic modeling material." On the opposite side of the box is the mailing label (printed on the box itself), which is addressed in ms. to "Suv. of Drawing, c/o Board of Education, Gloucester, Mass." There are two postage stamps, one 3-cent and one 1 1/2 cent, affixed to the end of the box. The package appears to be unopened.
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Date: circa 1935
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Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 1W

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One boxed set of modeling clay entitled Amaco Modeling Clay, Set 1W, manufactured by the American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, ca. 1935. This set consists of 6 bricks of colored clay wrapped in tissue paper, and housed within a paperboard box. The box lid is illustrated with a color image of two children creating animals by using AMACO modeling clay. Illustrated instructions are printed on the underside of the lid. The clay colors within this box iinclude red, gray, yellow, gray, green, and brown. A small wooden modeling stick is also present.

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Art Craft Clays by AMACO

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One flyer entitled Art Craft Clays by AMACO, published by American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, ca. 1935. This leaflet is a promotional piece for AMACO clays and products including AMACO clay flour and moist clay; Permoplast modeling clay; Marblex; and Mexican Pottery Clay. The last page of this 8-page advertisement is a list of products and prices. The leaflet is printed in blue and black inks, and is illustrated. The brochure is a single sheet, folded into fourths to create an 8-page pamphlet.

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Sample of "Permodello": the Permanent Modelling Clay

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One canister of modeling clay labeled Sample of "Permodello": the Permanent Modelling Clay, See Circular for full Directions, manufactured by the Prang Company, New York, Chicago, Boston, c. 1900?.

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Clay Modeling in the School Room

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One art instruction book entitled Clay Modeling in the School Room, by Ellen Stephens Hildreth, published by Milton Bradley & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, copyright 1892. The book is an instructional guide for teachers, meant for use in kindergarten and primary school classrooms and is 76 pages in length. It provides general instructions for clay modeling, and features simple to more complex creations using solid forms of clay. The front cover is decorated and illustrated, with an image of a young boy creating a large clay vase. The back cover continues some of the design elements of the front cover, and features an image of a helmeted Roman figure (head and shoulders only). The book is divided into seven series: sphere, oblate spheroid, prolate speroid, ovoid, cone, cylinder and cube; each illustrated with line drawings and includes suggested items and directions for modeling. On the final page is a publisher's advertisement for "Books for Teachers published by the Milton Bradley Company". "5-" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, on the upper right-hand corner of the title page.

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Things to Make with "Milo" Plastic Modeling Material

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One pamphlet (one sheet, folded into sixths)entitled Things to Make with "Milo" Plastic Modeling Material, published by American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio, 1931. The cover depicts a seated girl, sculpting a squirrel from Milo modeling clay, with a box of the clay on the table in front of her. Pages 1-9 consist of projects and ideas for use of Milo modeling clay, and pages 10 and 11 are advertisements for various sizes and colors of the clay. The pamphlet is printed in black and green ink, and is illustrated. Additional locations and offices of the American Crayon Company are listed at the bottom of p. 10: "New York Office, 200 Fifth Avenue, San Francisco, 116 New Montgomery Street, Dallas, Texas, Santa Fe Building".

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AMACO Dustless Colored Chalk

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One tin box, labeled AMACO Dustless Colored Chalk, manufactured by the American Art Clay Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, ca. 1946. The blue and gold tin is now empty. "For blackboard and paper" is printed on its side. Mabel Spofford's 1946 Massachusetts motor vehicle registration card is tucked inside.

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