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  The Good Zoo Drawing Cards

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  One set of drawing cards entitled The Good Zoo Drawing Cards, by Bess B. Cleaveland, published by School Arts Publishing Company, Boston, ca. 1911. This set is comprised of 10 cards within a printed envelope. The cards are numbered and labeled: Card 1. Chickens; Card 2. Hens; Card 3. Ducklings; Card 4. Wolves; Card 5. Mice; Card 6. Cats; Card 8. Dogs; Card 9. Pigeons; Card 10. Rabbits. Each card, which contains numerous views of each subject, has a few lines of text, and is signed by the illustrator "Bess Bruce Cleaveland". The artist's signature on Card 4 is dated 1910, and the date on Card 6 is 1911. The paper mailing envelope is decorated with various images from these and other drawing cards. The School Arts Publishing Co. mailing label covers the top half of the "title" on this envelope, which is stamped and is addressed to "Miss Mabel Spofford, 8 Cherry St., Danvers, MASS". Each of the 10 cards has Miss Spofford's embossed "S" at the top of each card, and "Mabel S. Spofford, please return" is written in ms., in pencil, at the bottom of Card 9.

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  A Practical Philosophy of Art Supervision

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  One pamphlet entitled A Practical Philosophy of Art Supervision, by James Parton Haney, "Director of Art in High Schools, New York City", reprinted from Industrial-Arts Magazine, April, 1919. The pamphlet is 16 numbered pages in length, and outlines the 20 goals of "What the Department Seeks to Do Thru Supervision." The last page is blank. "M. Spofford" is written in ms., in ink, at the top of the front cover.

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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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  Human Proportion

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  One set of art instruction plates entitled Human Proportion, by Eudora Sellner, published by School Arts Magazine, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1924. The subtitle reads: "Set of eight plates by Eudora Sellner." This set is incomplete; Plates No. 1-2 are lacking. Each plate is labeled "Costume Design 21; Human Proportions" at the top and contains line drawings pertaining to human body proportions. Each plate addresses an aspect of proportion and design: Plate No. 3 is titled "Head Construction"; Plate No. 4 "Human Construction"; Plate No. 5 "Human Construction"; Plate No. 6 "Dress Design"; Plate No. 7 "Heads and Hats"; Plate No. 8 "The Figure in Action." The plates are housed in an illustrated, protective envelope. "Price 35 cents" is printed at the bottom of the front side of the envelope. The envelope and each of the plates bear an embossed letter "S" at the top (Mabel Spofford).

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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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  Two typescript letters from the J. L. Hammett Company to Miss Mabel Spofford

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  Two typescript letters from the J. L. Hammett Company to Miss Mabel Spofford, dated November 3 and November 6, 1930. These letters are typed on the company's illustrated letterhead, and each is signed (in typescript) by D.R. Knight, President. The letter dated November 3 contains some ms. annotations in pencil. Title supplied by cataloger.

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