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All American Coloring Outfit

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Description: One boxed painting set entitled All American Coloring Outfit, manufactured by J. Pressman & Co., New York, ca. 1930. The set is comprised of 10 round cakes of watercolor paint, a tin water dish, a paintbrush, and a 6-page coloring book. The coloring book is entitled A Trip to Circus Land and includes images of circus acts. The paints, dish and booklet are mounted to the bottom half of the cardboard box, which is decoratively printed. The top lid is decorated with a color image of a seated boy painting at an easel. The words "All American" are reflective of the American flag; the word "all" is blue with white stars, and the word "American" is horizontally striped in red and white. "Made in U.S.A. ; J. Pressman & Co. and New York" are printed at the bottom of the top lid.
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Date: circa 1930

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One boxed coloring set entitled Banner Crayon Outfit, manufactured by Milton Bradley Co., Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1915. This set is comprised of seven blind embossed coloring cards, six colored crayons attached to a single sheet of cardstock via elastic, and a chromolithograph-illustrated paperboard box. Directions for use are printed on the underside of the lid: "The crayons are to rub on the parts of the cards requiring color." The embossed coloring cards are untitled and unnumbered, and contain images and scenes of children and animals. All of the cards have been colored, and the crayons have been used as well. "Irene from Albert" is written in ms., in pencil, on the bottom of the box. A price tag of"$12.00" is affixed to the bottom of the box.

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Little Wonder Pictures to Color and Draw: Easy Steps for Children in Coloring and Drawing

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One boxed drawing set entitled Little Wonder Pictures to Color and Draw: Easy Steps for Children in Coloring and Drawing, copyright 1923, manufactured by the Platt & Munk Co., New York. This set is comprised of one drawing book of approximately 100 pages in length and colored crayons, all housed together in a paperboard box. The drawing book contains images for copying and coloring. Nine colored crayons are present; they have been used. The copyright date on the title page of the drawing book is 1921; the date on the top lid of the box is 1923. Some of the images within the book have been copied and colored.

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Cracker Jack Painting and Drawing Book for Crayon and Water Color Painting

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One boxed painting set entitled Cracker Jack Painting and Drawing Book for Crayon and Water Color Painting, manufactured by Saalfield Publishing Company, Akron, Ohio, New York and Chicago, copyright 1917. The set is comprised of six small cakes of watercolor paint in wooden tubs, two metal dishes, a paintbrush, a box of 8 (5 are missing) wax crayons, and a painting and drawing book that contains chromolithograph and lithograph images for painting and coloring. Printed at the top of the title on the top lid is "It's an Ullman Coloring Outfit." "The Ullman Mfg. Co., N.Y." is printed at the bottom of the top lid. The drawing/coloring book has been colored in, but not completely. The paints have been used. The painting book bears the copyright date of 1917.

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The Valesquez Art Crayon: With Art Book for Coloring

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One boxed set of colored crayons entitled The Valesquez Art Crayon: with Art Book for Coloring. Under the title is the phrase "pronounced Va - Las -Ki- (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.)". The cover image features two children, a boy and a girl, using the crayons. The cardboard box has a flip lid which reveals a tray of crayons and small sheet of printed images. There are a total of eight images on the sheet, which is folded in half. The pictures depict children from around the world. All 16 of the crayons in the set are present and do not appear to have been used. The images have not been filled in.

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Prang Dek-All

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One boxed paint set entitled Prang Dek-All, manufactured by the American Crayon Company, Sandusky, Ohio and New York, ca. 1935. The subtitle on the box lid reads: "A thermo-setting color for decorating glass, metal, china, plastic and similar surfaces." The set is comprised of 6 bottles of paints, illustrated instructions, a paintbrush and two small wooden sticks for application. The kit is housed within an illustrated paperboard box.

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For A Good Child

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One boxed set of watercolor paints entitled For A Good Child, manufacturer unknown, ca. 1925? The set is comprised of 21 small, rectangular embossed cakes of watercolor paint, a small, round porcelain dish, and a fragment of a quill brush. The set is housed within a wooden box with a sliding lid. The set's title is printed on a paper label that is affixed to the bottom of the box, just above the first row of paints. An image printed on paper is affixed to the lid; the image is of two children playing, and is signed "Dagood"(?). Each of the cakes of paint is embossed with an image of a swan. The image on the lid is mounted upside down. Laid into the box is one folded sheet of brown blotting paper.

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