The Story of Kiddie L. and Kiddie B

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  Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children

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  One drawing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled Little Miss Lacqueret's Drawing Book for Children, published by Standard Varnish Works, New York, ca. 1900. This promotional booklet is an 8-page illustrated advertisement for Lacqueret household lacquer. Each page is illustrated and has rhyming text. Each of the pages is also covered by a sheet of tracing paper. The chromolithograph front cover pictures a little girl in a floor-length purple dress who is holding a can of Lacqueret and a paintbrush. The back cover is blank. Some of the images have been traced.

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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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  The Favorite Drawing and Tracing Book

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  One tracing book entitled The Favorite Drawing and Tracing Book, published by Graham & Matlack, New York, ca. 1900. "0201 Tracing Book Series" is printed in the lower right-hand corner of the front cover. This book is comprised of 8 unnumbered plates of black and white images for tracing. Bound in front of each plate is a sheet of tracing paper. The front and back covers are chromolithograph images; the front cover shows two puppies leaning over an easel; the back cover features an oval vignette of two children on a wooden sled. The illustrations for tracing are whimsical in nature; they feature animals dressed in clothing, often doing silly things like riding snails. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. All of the leaves of tracing paper have been used to some extent.

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  Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses

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  One joint drawing and tracing book entitled Drawing and Tracing Book: Boats and Houses, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1898. The cover title reads: Drawing and Tracing Book. This book is comprised of 8 lithograph plates of images for tracing and drawing, with 8 leaves of tracing paper bound in. The front cover is a chromolithograph image of a boy and a girl in a rowboat. Both are wearing hats, and the little boy is rowing like a gondolier. The back cover is a green and white mesh pattern. The images for tracing are of various types of boats and houses. "81" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. None of the images have been traced or copied. "Bertie from Emily Jan. 11-1911" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the title page. "2.50" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the title page.

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  Crayola-Picture-Tracer

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  One boxed tracing set entitled Crayola-Picture-Tracer, manufactured by E.I.H. Co., ca. 1911. This tracing set is comprised of one metal drawing and tracing "tablet", 11 chromolithograph cards for tracing, and a roll of tracing paper mounted into the metal tablet. These items are housed within a cardboard box with a hinged lid. Illustrated instructions are printed on the underside of the top lid. A listing of the contents is also given: "This outfit consists of an enameled steel hygienic tracing and drawing tablet of simple construction. (See explanatory cut.) Seventeen Crayola Crayons in different colors, and one black Crayon for outlining; Twelve colored pictures (Fairy-Tale Series); a roll of tracing paper; Crayon sharpener." The sharpener, crayons and one colored card are missing. On each of the cards is printed "Copyright, 1913, by Binney & Smith Co., N.Y." "Crayola-Picture Tracer Pat'd Oct. 24, 1911" is embossed on the metal tracing tablet. Also included are 9 additional images, 7 of which are a newspaper cartoon series. The lid of the box is illustrated with a chromolithograph copy of one of the tracing cards. The label reads: "Do not call a toy for children perfect until you look inside and see the Crayola-Picture Tracer, everything a toy should be--and nothing it should not be." Much of the roll of tracing paper is intact; one completed traced and colored image is within a protective envelope, and another image is "in process" on the device itself.

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  Tracing Book, Pencil Pictures

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  One tracing book entitled Tracing Book, Pencil Pictures, published by Charles E. Graham & Co., New York, ca. 1900. The series title is 0202--Junior Drawing Series (printed in the lower right-hand corner of the cover). The chromolithograph cover of the tracing book shows two young girls in front of a blackboard preparing to use colored chalk. The back cover shows a girl, two drawings and a toy. The book is comprised of 8 leaves of images for tracing, and 8 leaves of tracing paper, bound in front of each image. The images are of animals and include a pheasant, cats, a tiger, horses and a cow. Some of the images have been traced onto the paper provided. "Elizabeth Parker" is written in ms. on the inside front cover. "$2.00" (price) is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.

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