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Andrews' Slate Drawing Book
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One drawing book entitled Andrews' Slate Drawing Book, revised by Prof. Duncan McGregor, drawings by A.F. Brooks, and published by A.H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, copyright 1878. Fourth edition. Cover title reads: Andrews' Progressive Slate Drawing Book: Containing all the pictures on Andrews Noiseless Drawing Slates, for Schools and Families. Front cover also has publication information: Chicago: A.H. Andrews & Co., 1878. Front cover has a decorative border. On the back cover is an image of a framed drawing slate which reads "Andrews Patent Noiseless Drawing Slate". A notice on the verso of the title page, in part, states that "Prof. Duncan McGregor, President of the State Normal School, Plateville, Wis." This book has 38 numbered pages, 29 of which are illustrated, and the remaining pages contain text. The first 2 and last 2 pages are blank and unnumbered. The inside back cover contains advertisements for school equipment and furniture, and an applied label for "Baker, Pratt & Co., School Furnishers, Importers, Booksellers, and Stationers, 142 & 144 Grand St., New York." The images proceed from simple to more complex.
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Easy Pictures for Slate Drawing
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One drawing book/leaflet entitled Easy Pictures for Slate Drawing, published by Lyon Manufacturing Co., New York, ca. 1860. This item is a promotional advertisement for several products: Lyon's Magnetic Insect Powder; Mexican Mustang Liniment; Hagan's Magnolia Balm; Plantation Bitters and Lyon's Kathairon. On one side of this 10-page accordian-folded leaflet there are 5 advertisements (four of which with woodcut illustrations); the other side consists of the front cover (printed in red, black and white) and four "pages" of white-on-black illustrations, made to look like slate drawings. The images for copying include domestic and farm animals. All of the pages are unnumbered. "4-" (price) is written in ms. in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.
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Slate Drawings for the Young Folks
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One manufacturer's advertisement/drawing book entitled Slate Drawings for the Young Folks, published by Belding Bros. & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1891. This 16-page booklet is a promotional piece for Belding Bros. & Co.'s silk products as well as an instructional aid. Each page contains several white-on-black illustrations, designed to represent chalk drawings on a drawing slate. Above and below each illustrated page are advertising and promotional statements about Belding Brothers & Co.'s silk thread. The front cover is designed to look like a drawing slate, with the text written on the slate. The insides of the front and back covers are advertisements, as is the back cover. "Lillian Wright, Jan. 4, 1891, Ayer, Mass." is written in ms., in pencil, at the top of the inside front cover.
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Slate Drawings, Useful & Instructive
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One manufacturer's advertisement book entitled Slate Drawings, Useful & Instructive, published by Belding Bros. & Co., Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1910, "compliments of Balding Bros. silk thread." This promotional piece for Balding Bros. silk thread contains 12 unnumbered pages of white-on-black illustrations designed to look like chalk drawings on slates. The inside of the front cover promotes this edition of Belding Bros. & Co.'s Drawing Book. The inside back cover contains illustrated instructions for crocheting a "four-in-hand scarf crocheted from Belding's silk." The title on the front cover is within a drawing slate frame.
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The Cross Transparent Drawing Slate
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One glass drawing slate entitled The Cross Transparent Drawing Slate: for Public Schools and all Students of Drawing, manufactured by Ginn & Company, Boston, New York and Chicago, ca. 1893. A cardstock label with directions for use is mounted behind the slate itself, which is contained within a wooden frame. "Patents. February 7th, 1893. November 14th, 1893. Patents Pending." is printed below the title.
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Transparent Slate
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One glass drawing slate contained within a wooden frame. A paper label mounted on the front of the frame reads Transparent Slate, ca. 1885. An additional piece of wood, with a wooden brace, holds the slate into the frame. A paper label of instructions is mounted onto the back. Accompanying the slate are 11 engraved images for copying. Some of the images include an umbrella, people dancing, an American flag, and two men smoking Virginia tobacco from long pipes. Neither a manufacturer's name nor a date are given.
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