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Hull-House Year Book, Forty-Second Year
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One yearbook entitled Hull-House Year Book, Forty-Second Year, published by Hull-House, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1931. This yearbook is 72 numbered pages in length, and contains photographic illustrations and an index. A "Plan of Hull House Buildings" is on the verso of the title page. The yearbook briefly outlines the history, purpose and works of the Hull House, and provides a detailed, illustrated listing of the clubs, courses and activities of the previous year. Information about the Hull House Art School, appears on pages 14-19. The Hull House Studio, children's art classes, art exhibits and pottery classes are also discussed within this section. Other broad sections listed in the yearbook include the music school, dramatics, and men's and women's social clubs. Numerous ms. annotations and marks have been made throughout the book.
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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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Scrap Book
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One scrapbook entitled Scrap Book, compiler not named, ca. 1905. The scrapbook is within a stamped and embossed brown cloth binding; the title is stamped on the spine. The binding is decorated with a black floral design and pattern which surrounds a round, gold and silver embossed floral scene in the center of the front cover. The scrapbook is 68 unnumbered pages in length, and contains images both in black and white and in color -- some are chromolithographs. The images include those from newspapers, magazines, reproductions of paintings, photographs and other art works. Among the images are landscapes, seascapes, people, animals, greeting cards and architecture. Many of the images within the scrapbook are dated between 1900 and 1905. Mounted to the front pastedown is a chromolithograph chart entitled "Color-Types of the Races of Men, British Association Scale" which labels 10 skin colors and the nationality of men associated with such skin colors. For example: Pale White is labeled for "American"; Brownish-White is labeled for "Italian"; Dark Yellow-Brown is labeled for "Malay"; Copper Colored is labeled for "American Indian"; and Coal-Black is labeled for "South African." "6.00" (price) is written in ms. in the upper left-hand corner of the front flyleaf. "2437" is stamped in black ink in the bottom left-hand corner of the rear pastedown.
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One bound scrapbook compiled by Helen Doble, circa 1857-1860
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One bound scrapbook, untitled, compiled by Helen Doble, ca. 1857--1860. It is approximately 100 pages in length, and contains images and scenes of cut out images and scenes created from paper and bits of material. Some of the pages contain representations of individual rooms with tables, chairs, and curtains, made from cutout images and collage-like formations. The book contains both black and white and chromolithograph images, and other black and white images that have been hand-colored. The scrapbook is bound in a cloth-covered paperboard binding, which has "Herbarium" printed in gilt letters on the spine. The front endpaper has "Helen Doble '57" written in ms., in blue ink, on it. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Drawing book of original drawings created by Anna Carpenter
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One drawing book of original drawings, untitled, created by Anna Carpenter, ca. 1845? The book is 24 unnumbered leaves in length, and contains both original and (presumably) copied pencil drawings. The first few pages are exercises of lines and shapes, and the remaining pages include images of trees, houses, landscapes, and fences. Tissue paper guard sheets are bound in between the leaves. "Anna Carpenter" is written in ms. in the upper left-hand corner of the inside front cover. "10.00" (price) is written in ms., below it. The accompanying note written by DK reads in part: "Amazing progression in one book." Title supplied by cataloger.
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Scrapbook comprised of hand-painted paper cutouts and decorative pieces
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One scrapbook, untitled, comprised of hand-painted paper cutouts and decorative pieces of paper, ca. 1876. The scrapbook is 18 unnumbered pages in length, within which two full Victorian rooms are represented. Each of the two rooms fill 2 pages (an opening) and contain images of armchairs and couches, curtains, framed pictures hanging on the walls, a pipe organ, hanging plants and rugs. Most of the pages within the scrapbook are blank. Title supplied by cataloger.
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