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  Bradley's Tonal Tempera Poster & Showcard Colors

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  One boxed set of tempera paint labeled Bradley's Tonal Tempera Poster & Showcard Colors, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1925. The set is comprised of eight glass jars, approximately 2 oz. each. A green and white paper label is on each jar, along with the color contained in that jar. Accompanying these paints are 2 paintbrushes, numbered 12 and 14. The set is housed within a cloth-covered paperboard box with a hinged lid. "Mr. Jordan" is written in ms., in ink, below the company name on the underside of the lid.

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  Speedball Block Printing Ink—Green

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  Two boxed tubes of printing ink entitled Speedball Block Printing Ink- Green, manufactured by the C. Howard Hunt Pen Company, Camden, New Jersey. Accompanying these is one tube of Designer Gouache in permanent white, manufactured by Winsor & Newton Ltd.

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  Artista Tempera: Show Card Colors

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  One boxed set of tempera paint entitled Artista Tempera: Show Card Colors, manufactured by Binney & Smith Co., New York, ca. 1935. The box contains 6 glass jars (approx. 1 oz. each) of tempera paint in green, red, black, yellow, blue, and white. The logo/seal of "Gold Medal Products" is on the box.

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  Barnes' National System of Penmanship

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  One penmanship book entitled Barnes' National System of Penmanship, published by A.S. Barnes & Co., New York and Chicago, 1886. This book is 24 pages in length, and contains 24 exercises. Across the top of each page are sample words and numbers for copying. The remainder of each page is eleven lined sections for student copying. For example, the items across the top of page 1 are: "X, extra, Xenia, W, waves, Warner, 1". On the front cover a decorative, leafy frame surrounds title information. An image of a bee is in the lower right-hand corner of the frame. The back cover is an advertisement for the Barnes' National Sytem of Penmanship, its penmanship charts, ink, pens and popular drawing books. The inside of the front cover features four instructional images for correct body and hand positions for writing. Below this are textual instructions for correct form and position while writing. On the inside of the back cover are numbered and labeled examples of "Barnes' National System of Penmanship." All of the lessons have been completed, in ink, by a previous owner. "Laura E. Dix" (previous owner) is written in ms., in ink at the top of the front cover.

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  Metal-framed, rubber ink roller

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  One metal-framed, rubber ink roller. No manufacturer's name or date is apparent. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  The Landon Course of Cartooning

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  Eleven art instruction books entitled The Landon Course of Cartooning, published by The Landon School, Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1920-1930. This series is a correspondence course in drawing cartoons; each of the eleven separate lessons consists of circa 10 pages of textual instruction, with references to illustrated plates to use as guidelines. The lesson titles on each of the volumes are as follows (these booklets have been numbered, in ms., by a previous owner): Pen and Ink Lines (1); The Head (2); Expression (3); Hands & Feet (4); Comic Figures (5); Action (6); Women (7); Shading (8); Shadows (9); Division Four- Lesson No. 10 Shadows, Lesson No. 11 Kids, Lesson No. 12 Perspective (no number in ms.). Within the first booklet "Pen and Ink Lines" are general instructions, information about collecting a morgue, materials needed for pen and ink work, pen and ink lines Lesson No. 1, and instructions for mailing. The contents of each of the subsequent booklets are general guidelines and suggestions for the topic at hand, with references to sample images on separate plates. These are followed by guidelines for practice work, with specific instructions and assignments for the student to draw and submit by mail for evaluation. On the final page each booklet are mailing instructions. Some of the assignments within the entire series are: "Draw a two-thirds view of a thin-faced college professor scowling, to express SEVERITY. Put glasses on his nose" (from Expression); "Use Fig. D of Group 1 on Plate 3 as a guide and draw a sailor dancing a jig" (from Action); "Draw a fat cook with an apron tied around her waist, ready to bang someone with a shovel" (from Women); and "Make a group of three boys, sideview, playing with a cart. One boy is pulling, another is sitting in the cart, and the third is pushing behind. Get lots of action in this drawing" (from Kids). Nearly half of the individual booklets have their accompanying sample plates of illustrations laid in. The illustrations and comments within this series are very telling of the time in which they were issued: racist and derogatory illustrations and opinions abound. These booklets are vertically oriented, with the spine along the top. Pages are to be lifted from the bottom to the top; not from right to left as usual. The title for the series is at the top of each cover, and a single image is positioned above the booklet title in the lower right-hand corner. Some of the booklets have the title but no additional illustration on the cover. Most of the booklets contain original artwork (the exercises given in each booklet) by Mabel Spofford, with comments and additions from a Landon School instructor. Envelope 13, "Division Four"; Lessons 10-12, also contains an envelope from The Landon School, addressed to Mabel Spofford and postmarked March 5, 1928, which contains 2 sheets of Miss Spofford's original artwork, with comments from a Landon instructor. "1925 Edition" is printed on the front cover of the eleventh booklet "Kids".

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