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  • Story Sewing Cards

    Story Sewing Cards

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    One boxed set of sewing cards entitled Story Sewing Cards, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1920. The set is comprised of 10 numbered sewing cards, three lengths of colored thread, and one sewing needle. The set is housed within a paperboard box; mounted on the lid is a color illustrated label. The set number 4222 and instructions are printed on the underside of the lid. Each of the three lengths of colored thread is wrapped around a 2-dimensional paper spool. The sewing cards within this set are representative scenes from children's stories, for example: Jack and Jill, Mother Goose, and Little Bo Peep. Six of the ten cards have been completed either in part or in full.

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  • American Drawing-Cards, First Series

    American Drawing-Cards, First Series

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    One set of drawing cards entitled American Drawing-Cards, First Series, by Walter Smith, published by James R. Osgood & Company, Boston, 1873. This set includes 7 drawing cards, printed on both sides of each card. There are 14 numbered lessons, each with white-on-black lithograph illustrations. Also included is a set of directions: "Rules for the Guidance of Pupils using the American Drawing Cards." On the verso of this card is printed a 5-inch long rule measure. The lessons progress from simple horizontal, vertical and parallel lines (lesson no. 1) to moulding and interlacing forms (lesson no. 14, example 42). The cards are within a protective paper envelope. "Johnnie Fray[?]" is written in ms. at the top of the first card.

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  • Magic Dots for Little Tots

    Magic Dots for Little Tots

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    One paper dot kit entitled Magic Dots for Little Tots, manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1910. The set is comprised of five cardboard cards, a packet of colored paper dots, and a set of printed instructions. The set is housed within a paperboard box; a chromolithograph image of a girl holding up a finished dot picture is on the top lid. On each of the 5 cards is printed an image with holes in the card; the images are to be "colored" by placing the colored dots within the holes which complete the image. The colored paper dots are removable, and the cards are reusable. The printed instructions accompanying this kit also serve as an order form for other sets; this set is No. 4482, Set 2. "Patented 1907, Patented in Canada 1910" is printed on the instruction sheet. Laid into the box is an empty sample box of cold relief and laxative pills.

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  • Bartholomew's Progressive Drawing Cards, in five numbers, No. 1

    Bartholomew's Progressive Drawing Cards, in five numbers, No. 1

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    One set of drawing cards entitled Bartholomew's Progressive Drawing Cards, in five numbers, No. 1, by W. N. Bartholomew, published by Cyrus G. Cooke, Boston, 1860. This set includes 11 numbered, one-sided lithograph images within a paperboard slipcover. Card 1 is lacking. The cards are intended for use with a drawing slate; each card would be placed into a holder at one end of the slate, and the image copied onto the slate. Most of the cards bear a single image, but some contain two or three images. The images are identical to a portion of those found in Bartholomew's Drawing Books and include fences, houses, buildings and barns. The instructions for use of these cards, lesson by lesson, are printed on both sides of the slipcase. There is a cutaway notch at the top of the opening of the slipcase for ease of removal. The dimensions provided are for the slipcase.

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  • Augsburg's Action Drawing

    Augsburg's Action Drawing

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    One set of drawing cards entitled Augsburg's Action Drawing, printed by the Educational Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1850. This set is subtitled "Set II. The Deer," and was designed to "aid in the teaching of Action Drawing ... in connection with the chapter on Action Drawing in Book I of Augsburg's Drawing." The 14 cards contain simple outlines of a deer in various poses; each image--white on a black background--covers half a card. Each card bears a number in the lower right-hand corner.

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  • The Student's Drawing Cards

    The Student's Drawing Cards

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    One set of drawing cards entitled The Student's Drawing Cards, printed by J. Monrocq. [Monroque] of Paris, sold by G.T. James of New York, ca. 1870. This set of French drawing cards is comprised of 18 lithograph images, which are primarily landscape scenes and buildings. Each card is printed on a single side and is unnumbered. One of three phrases appears on some cards: "Imp. J. Monrocq. Paris"; "Paris- MONROCQ freres, editeurs, rue Suger, 3"; or "Portefeuille de l'Ecole de Dessin." The cards are housed in a cloth and paper embossed top-opening envelope. The front of the envelope contains the title and distributor information: "The Student's Drawing Cards. G.T. James, 658 Broadway, New York". On the back of the envelope is a printed vignette of a seated boy who is copying an image on an easel in front of him. This vignette is printed within a circular, embossed frame. Below is a paper label that is partially torn: "F.S. Pease. Oil Manufacturer 65 &67 [?]". On the flap of the envelope, within the embossed palette, written in ms. is "Nettie Stewart".

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