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How to make Crepe Paper Flowers
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One booklet entitled How to make Crepe Paper Flowers, published by Dennison Manufacturing Co., Framingham, Massachusetts, 1922. 32 pages in length, this instructional pamphlet provides both general and specific instructions for making numerous kinds of flowers from crepe paper. Each page highlights one kind of flower, and includes textual and visual (black and white) instructions. Laid in are several folded paper pattern sheets for use with the instructional pamphlet. The front and back covers are illustrated and in color; the front cover features a seated woman who is cutting a length of green crepe paper; the back cover features an orange vase of pink (presumably crepe paper) roses. Also on the front cover is the price of the pamphlet: "Price 10 [cents symbol]". The inside of the front cover is a manufacturer's advertisement for "Instrutions Books of 'Dennison Craft'", which lists and briefly describes the six titles in the series. The inside of the back cover advertises three books of holiday and party decorations issued by Dennison Manufacturing Co. "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover.
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Modern Color Magic in Dress and Home Decoration
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One pamphlet entitled Modern Color Magic in Dress and Home Decoration, by Mae Martin, published by Wells and Richardson Company, Incorporated, Burlington, Vermont, 1937. This pamphlet is 32 numbered pages in length and advertises Diamond Tints & Dyes. It is illustrated with color images of the wide variety of uses for these products, including clothes, curtains, upholstery, towels, lingerie, etc. The front cover features an image of a woman in a pink dress with a multicolored peacock-like flourish who is appraising herself in front of a mirror . This vibrant image is set against a black background; the title is within a banner at the top. The back cover is black, with a diamond-shaped center of nine colored components. "Copyright 1937 Wells and Richardson Company, Incorporated, Made and printed in U.S.A." is printed on the inside of the front cover. A representation of an "Award of Honor to Diamond Tints & Dyes for Distinguished Service at the South Pole" is featured inside the back cover. Both an order form and a letter from the company addressed to Mabel Spofford are laid in the pamphlet.
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How to Use Plasticine as a Home Amusement
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One booklet entitled How to Use Plasticine as a Home Amusement, compiled and published by the Embossing Company, Albany, New York, copyright 1908. This pamphlet is comprised of 68 illustrated pages which are divided into four sections (following a few pages of introductory matter): Suggestions for Beginners; The 'Designer' Box; The 'Add-a-Bit Game'; and The 'Builder' Box. Each section provides visual and textual instructions for building and creating arts and crafts scenes, objects, etc. with Harbutt's Plasticine. Some suggested projects include animals, people, diorama scenes, houses, and other buildings. The front cover is printed in dark and light green, and features the title created from a plasticine plate. A similar format is on the back cover, which claims Harbutt's Plasticine Add-A-Bit Modelling Game to be "A Parlour Pastime". On the lower left-hand corner of the inside of the front cover is "Press of Brandow Printing Company, Albany, N.Y." The inside of the back cover is a manufacturer's advertisement for Harbutt's Plasticine and several modeling sets of plasticine and tools. The title page notes that The Embossing Company (of) Albany, N.Y. is the "General American Agents for 'Harbutt's Plasticine', manufactured by Wm. Harbutt, A.R.C.A. (Lond.) - Bathampton, Bath, England".
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Creative Expression in Design
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One pamphlet/catalog, copyright 1927, entitled Creative Expression in Design, published by Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts. This pamphlet is 32 numbered pages in length, is illustrated with color reproductions of artwork, and includes two additional unnumbered plates of sample illustrations on colored paper. Roughly the first half of the booklet is informational and instructional, the second half serves as an illustrated catalog of a wide variety of artist's materials, including crayons, brushes, paper and paints. A color image of a woman wearing a headdress against a green background graces the front cover. "Cover design by Margaret Voight, a pupil of Polytechnic High School, San Francisco" is printed on the inside front cover. "Copyright, 1927, by Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Mass." is also printed inside the front cover. The inside back cover and the back cover itself are blank. The text of the booklet emphasizes creativity in design, especially in relation to poster design. The original brown paper envelope accompanies the pamphlet.
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Heinz Kindergarten Book, No. 5: Pictures to Trace, Jingles to Learn
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One tracing book/manufacturer's advertisement entitled Heinz Kindergarten Book, No. 5: Pictures to Trace, Jingles to Learn, published by H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. 1910. The front cover is illustrated with an image of a seated boy and girl who are reading a book together. The inside front cover contains manufacturer's advterising text, and the inside back cover lists "Some interesting facts about H. J. Heinz Co." The back cover contains the Heinz pickle logo with the number 57 below it. The tracing book is 16 unnumbered pages in length; on each page is an illustration for copying, accompanied by a short jingle or rhyme that advertises Heinz products. Each page is covered by a sheet of tracing paper. The last two pages of the book list "some of the 57" varieties of food products made by the company. Some of the tracing sheets have been used. "Frank Richard" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover.
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Payson, Dunton & Scribner's National System of Penmanship in 12 Numbers, Revised and Improved, No. 7
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One penmanship book entitled Payson, Dunton & Scribner's National System of Penmanship in 12 Numbers, Revised and Improved, No. 7, by G.H. Shattuck and A.S. Manson, published by Potter, Ainsworth & Company, New York, 1875. This book is 24 numbered pages in length, and contains 24 exercises, all of a business nature. At the top of each page is the sample, and below it is space for copying. Some of the exercises include "Order", "Promissory Note", "Ledger Account" and "Bill of Exchange". A leaf-and-stick frame sourrounds the title on the front cover. The inside of the front cover includes instructions for teaching this booklet. On the inside of the back cover are "Diagrams Showing the Elements and Principles, and Their Application to Letters." The back cover features a publisher's advertisement for school and college textbooks, and an image of different kinds of Payson, Dunton and Scribner's pens ("business", "ladies'", "Commercial", etc.). Most of the exercises have been completed, in ink, by a previous owner. "Gracie Adams" is written in ms., in pencil, on the front cover. Laid into this book is a 4-page pamphlet entitled "Little Pilgrim Lesson Paper, prepared by Mrs. W.F. Crafts, April 20, 1884".
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