The Easy to Paint Book

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  Flowers, A Paint Book

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  One painting book, ca. 1935, entitled Flowers, A Paint Book, illustrated by Pru Herric, published by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin. This book is composed of 32 unnumbered pages of outline drawings of flowers. The front cover illustration is of flowers within a white trellis pattern. The back cover is the same pattern, but with different flowers. Each of the pages for coloring features a single type of flower that is identified by its common name; color suggestions are below the name of the flower. Some of the images have been colored in with chalk.

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  The Easy Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled The Easy Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1904. The front cover shows a rooster standing on a path. The lower right-hand corner of the back cover bears the company's trademark and "No. 83." The inside front cover features six colored circles--yellow, red, blue, orange, green, and purple-- which are identified as Primary Colors and Secondary Colors. These colors were meant as a guide for coloring in the book's images and, as explained in the instructions printed on the inside of the back cover, they are the actual pigments to be used (with water) to apply color within the book itself. Six color images, including the cover and title page, are included. Four colored images are matched by four identical images printed only in outline, which have not been filled in. The images mainly depict children at play. Across the top of the inside cover, in pencil, has been written "These are the actual pigments--see inside back cover" and "6099/5".

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  The Lone Ranger Paint Book

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  One painting book, copyright 1938, entitled The Lone Ranger Paint Book: with Silver and Tonto, illustrated by Ted Horn, published by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin. This book is 32 unnumbered pages in length, and is comprised of labeled outline illustrations, each of which is signed "Ted." The front cover is a color image of the Lone Ranger on his horse, against a yellow background. "Hi-Yo Silver!" is printed above the title. "621" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. The back cover is a duplicate of the front. The title page is illustrated with a front view of Silver's head. "Copyright 1938, by The Lone Ranger, Inc." is printed below the publisher's statement at the bottom of the title page. The outline images are captioned, such as: "The Lone Ranger and Silver"; "Tonto Senses Danger"; and "The Sheriff Surveys the Scene". Some of the images have been colored with crayon.

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  The Easy Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled The Easy Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, copyright 1904. The front cover shows a young girl standing next to a small pony. On the back cover in the lower right-hand corner is the company's trademark and "No. 84." The inside front cover features six colored circles--yellow, red, blue, orange, green, and purple-- which are identified as Primary Colors and Secondary Colors. These colors were meant as a guide for coloring in the book's images and, as explained in the instructions printed on the inside of the back cover, they are the actual pigments to be used (with water) to apply color within the book itself. These colors appear to have been used. Six color images, including the cover and title page, are included. Four colored images are matched by four identical images printed only in outline. Many of the outlined images have been filled in using watercolor. In the upper right hand corner of the title page, in pencil, is written "JX 5--".

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  Spring Blossoms Painting Book

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  One painting book entitled Spring Blossoms Painting Book, published by McLoughlin Bros., New York, ca. 1910. This book is comprised of 4 chromolithograph plates and 4 black and white copies of those plates, intended for coloring. The front cover is a chromolithograph of a girl carrying pink flower blossoms in her apron. "McLoughlin Bro's, New York" is printed in the lower left-hand corner of the front cover. Instructions are printed on the inside of the front cover. The inside of the back cover is blank. Some of the images have been colored in with watercolor.

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  Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters

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  One painting book entitled Ideal Paint-Box-Book, with Easy Drawing Lessons for Young Painters, published by the Ideal Book Builders, Publishers, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1907. This book-length painting book contains watercolors, a small palette and paintbrush, all of which folds into a box on the inside front cover. Unnumbered pages of both chromolithograph and lithograph images for coloring comprise the rest of the book. Text in the form of rhymes and poetry accompany most images. The front cover is a chromolithograph image of a boy and a girl painting with two such painting books. Within the body of illustrations, there are several containing racial slurs. The last page is a publisher's advertisement for these and similar painting books. Many of the lithograph images have been colored in with the paints provided. "Patented in United States, Nov. 12, 1907" and "Patented in Great Britain, Dec. 10, 1907" are printed at the bottom of the front cover.

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