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  Drawing Book

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  One drawing book of original and copied drawings entitled Drawing Book, created by L.A. Cunningham, 1854-1872. The book is comprised of 22 leaves of pencil drawings, some of which are dated between 1854 and 1872. The front and back covers are illustrated with engravings; the illustration on the front cover is of Egyptian stone ruins, and is within an elaborately decorated frame. The image on the back cover is of a floral arrangement, also within an elaborate frame. Many of the original drawings within the book are labeled in ms. by their creator, and include landscape views, views of houses, and floral arrangements or individual plants. "L.A. Cunningham, 1854" is written in ms. on the inside of the front cover. Accompanying this drawing book is a ms. note from DK that is a partial listing of the drawings in this book. According to DK's note, some of the drawings are copied from various Bartholomew drawing books.

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  Drawing Book

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  One drawing book of original drawings entitled Drawing Book, created by Henry H. Holt in 1896. The drawing book is bound in a brown cardstock cover, and is manufactured by the H. Senior Co., New York. The front cover is illustrated, and the back cover is blank. The drawing book is 12 leaves in length, with pencil and crayon drawings on both sides of each of the leaves. Some of the drawings have been numbered. The drawings include images of animals, objects, people, and maps. Most of the images are numbered with a number that corresponds to the source from which it was copied (according to an accompanying note from DK), and the drawings have been numerically graded by the creator's teacher. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. "Henry H. Holt, Woodbury, Vermont, Fall term 1896. Amy Denny, teacher" is written in ms., in ink, on the inside of the front cover. A ms. letter to Diana Korzenik, with its envelop and a photocopy is laid in.

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  Drawing Book

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  One book of original drawings entitled Drawing Book, created by Frederick Harris of Springfield, Massachusetts. The drawing book was "Sold by M.J. Whipple & Co., Importers of Artists' Materials" in Boston, ca. 1850. The book is 10 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains 15 original pencil drawings. The front cover is an engraving; an elaborate, decorative frame surrounds the title and three vignettes. The original pencil drawings are primarily of houses and buildings; there is also an image of a modern-looking couch. None of the drawings are signed. "F.H." is written in ms., in ink, on the insides of the covers. "Frederick Harris. Springfield, Mass." is written in ms., in ink, on the front cover.

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  Drawing and Tracing Book

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  One joint drawing and tracing book entitled Drawing and Tracing Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph plates of images for both copying and tracing, with 8 leaves of tracing paper bound in front of each plate. The front cover is a chromolithograph scene of a little girl, holding a doll and a cat, crossing a wooden bridge and looking at a goat kid in her path. The title is above the picture. The back cover is a blue and white pattern design. The title page reads: Amusement for Little Children. Drawing and Tracing Book. The images for tracing are domestic and farm animals. On the inside of the front cover is some brief text about the benefits of tracing and drawing for children. "Ethel Grant- May 3" is written in ms, in pencil, at the top of the title page.

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  Our Country Drawing Book

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  One drawing book entitled Our Country Drawing Book, by Alfred G. Bauer, published by Sprauge Warner & Company, Chicago, copyright 1903. The front cover shows a young girl sitting at a desk in a classroom, drawing in a book; the lower-left corner bears the series title Bauer Series No.1. The back cover features an image of a can of coffee, labeled "Richelieu, the Finest Product." The book is a promotional piece for the Richelieu brand of canned foods; on the inside front cover the company states "In presenting 'Our Country' Drawing Book, we do so with the assurance that we are adding another educational feature to our advertising methods." The back inside cover shows images of several Richelieu goods. The book contains 16 pages of outline images. It was originally published with tracing paper inserts; only one remains. The image below the tracing paper was meant to be filled in or traced and then filled in. The images include maps of the United States, individual cities, the U.S. Caribbean and Pacific possessions, as well as Nicaragua, Panama (and the proposed canal routes through both countries) and Venezuela. Each of the images includes an advertisement for a Richelieu product. None of the images have been filled in; one of the maps has been traced in pencil. The name "Margaret" is written in ms., in pencil, above one image.

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  Drawing Book, For Copies

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  Two drawing books of original and copied drawings entitled Drawing Book, For Copies, one created by Carrie Cooley, the other by Mattie Cooley, manufactured by John Marsh, Manufacturing Stationer and Importer, Boston, ca. 1855. Each book is 12 unnumbered leaves in length and contains pencil drawings copied from other sources. Both books have illustrated front covers; a delicate and elaborate floral frame surrounds the title and a vignette of a steam engine train. The back covers are manufacturer's advertisements. The drawing book in Env. 42 is bound in green paper, and "Carrie Cooley" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover. The drawing book in Env. 43 is bound in beige paper, and "Mattie [?] Cooley" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover, as well as in ink in the upper right-hand corner. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between each of the leaves in both books.

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