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Abbie Gilbert, Ridgefield Kindergarten, 1905-1906

Description: One scrapbook of original artwork created by Abbie Gilbert. Written on the front cover, in ms. is Abbie Gilbert, Ridgefield Kindergarten, 1905-1906. The scrapbook is 36 pages in length, and is covered with two pieces of heavy cardboard, and bound with yellow ribbon ties. It contains 8 examples of colored paper weaving, 8 examples of yarn sewing (pictures and designs sewn onto paper), and 13 original crayon drawings, all created by Abbie Gilbert. All of the crayon drawings are either titled or labeled, in ms., in an adult's hand. The first page contains an image of Friedrich Froebel, with a ms. label below, reading: "Friedrich Froebel. Founder of the Kindergarten." The last page contains 3 mounted Perry Pictures images. Accompanying the scrapbook is a postcard image of a kindergarten. The label on the verso reads "Bennington's experimental kindergarten, the brainchild of German educator Friedrich Froebel, uses his blocks and ideas of 'directed play' that revolutionized education. 1896."
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American Kindergarten Book for Designing, Drawing and Painting. Volume Third- Polygons

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One scrapbook created from a completed drawing exercise book entitled American Kindergarten Book for Designing, Drawing and Painting. Volume Third- Polygons, manufactured by Miss E.M. Coe, New York, "Originator of American Kindergarten System", not before 1876. The scrapbook is 24 unnumbered pages in length; the polygon exercises have been drawn and colored in pencil and crayon. Images and poetry, cut out from magazines and newspapers, as well as several chromolithograph images, are mounted to the pages. There is ms. writing in ink and pencil throughout. "John E. Robens, from Cousin Emily" is written in ms., in ink, at the bottom of the front cover. "75 [cents cymbol]" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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Bradley’s Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift

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One set of wood blocks entitled Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 4, Fourth Gift, manufactured by Milton Bradley & Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 8 wooden 1-inch cube blocks, housed inside a wooden box with a sliding lid. A paper label is mounted to the front side of the box; the label bears the title and manufacturer's name. The cubes were used as models for drawing, and were also used in counting and auditory exercises.

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Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 3, Third Gift

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One set of wooden blocks entitled Bradley's Kindergarten Material, No. 3, Third Gift, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. The set is comprised of 8 rectangular blocks, each measuring 2" x 1" x 1/2" (5 cm x 2.5cm x 1.3cm). The blocks are housed within a wooden box with a sliding lid; a paper label bearing the title and manufacturer's information is mounted to the front side.

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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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For the Kindergarten, For Little Folks, Drawing Made Easy

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One boxed set of paper stencils entitled For the Kindergarten, For Little Folks, Drawing Made Easy, manufactured by [McLoughlin Bros.], ca. 1890. The set is comprised of 6 large paper stencils. The scenes of the stencils are named on the box lid: "Dutch Wind Mill, German Village, French Convent, New Navy, Old Navy, Summer Home." Accompanying the stencils are 4 illustrations made using the stencils. The stencils are housed within a paperboard box that bears a chromolithograph-illustrated label on the top lid. The label image depicts a boy who is drawing at a table. This image is surrounded by the title and a decorative border. The manufacturer's name is not present on the box nor on the stencils, but the set is very similar to sets 3 and 4 in Box 81, and was probably made by the same manufacturer. Also accompanying this set are four additional, smaller, paper stencils.

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Drawing Made Easy for the Kindergarten, Set No. 5

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One boxed set of paper stencils entitled Drawing Made Easy for the Kindergarten, Set No. 5, manufactured by McLoughlin Bros., New York, 1897. This set of 11 paper stencils contains many of the same stencils as those in Box 81 Set 3. Accompanying the stencils are 5 pencil drawings that have been made with the stencils. Some of the images represented by the stencils include circus performers, animals and famous landmarks. The set is housed within a paperboard box, which has a chromolithograph paper label mounted to the top lid. The image on the lid is of a bespectacled girl who is painting at a desk. "For the Little Folks" and "Set No. 5, 10 kinds" are printed in the lower left-hand and right-hand corners, respectively, of the image. "Copyright 1897 by McLoughlin Bros. N.Y." is printed in the bottom center of the label.

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Abbie Gilbert, Ridgefield Kindergarten, 1905-1906

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