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Archive: Good & Gone

Things to celebrate & share, even if they're no longer for sale.

Personal photograph album and scrapbook of 1950s bodybuilder Alex Pilin

Personal photograph album and scrapbook of 1950s bodybuilder Alex Pilin

[vernacular photography, physique photos, physical culture, bodybuilding]
1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 & 12)

1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 & 12)

[Froebel Gifts; Kindergarten album]
Paper Cutting (student album of kindergarten work, Froebel Gift #13)

Paper Cutting (student album of kindergarten work, Froebel Gift #13)

[Froebel album, student work]
Archive of 18 manuscript weaving pattern drafts by a woman in Texas, ca. 1840-1860s

Archive of 18 manuscript weaving pattern drafts by a woman in Texas, ca. 1840-1860s

[manuscript, textiles, weaving]
Album de Pliages et de Tissages / Pliage Froebel 1792-1852

Album de Pliages et de Tissages / Pliage Froebel 1792-1852

[Froebel, student work]
The Theory of Color in Its Relation to Art and Art-Industry

The Theory of Color in Its Relation to Art and Art-Industry

Bezold, Wilhelm von; Edward C. Pickering, S. R. Koehler (trans.)
Cours de mise-en-carte: A portfolio of student work in producing "point paper" drafts for weaving, 1949-1951.

Cours de mise-en-carte: A portfolio of student work in producing "point paper" drafts for weaving, 1949-1951.

[textiles, mise en carte]
Sammelband of Seven [7] Facetiae or jeux d’esprits published 
by the “Thief,” William Kidd, London, 1830s.

Sammelband of Seven [7] Facetiae or jeux d’esprits published 
by the “Thief,” William Kidd, London, 1830s.

[humor, publishing]
San Diego Normal School student's binder of manuscript notes, construction examples & Milton Bradley samples, ca. 1913-1917 (incl. 1913 Kindergarten Supplies catalog)

San Diego Normal School student's binder of manuscript notes, construction examples & Milton Bradley samples, ca. 1913-1917 (incl. 1913 Kindergarten Supplies catalog)

Sloan, Gladys [teaching ephemera, sample books, Milton Bradley]
1877 album of 40 botanical watercolors

1877 album of 40 botanical watercolors

[original art, botanical]
Touch and Guess: A game, a book, of things to touch from pith to lead

Touch and Guess: A game, a book, of things to touch from pith to lead

(Ilonka Karasz, games)
Box 13 Associates Album of Photographs and News Clippings, Cincinnati Fire Department 1930s-1950s

Box 13 Associates Album of Photographs and News Clippings, Cincinnati Fire Department 1930s-1950s

[firefighting, emergency response, disaster photography]
1871 Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain and Ornamental Alphabets Designed especially for Engineers, Architects, Draughtsmen, Engraves, Painters &c.

1871 Draughtsman's Alphabets. A Series of Plain and Ornamental Alphabets Designed especially for Engineers, Architects, Draughtsmen, Engraves, Painters &c.

Esser, Hermann
Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]

Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]

[industrial arts, manual training]
故實叢書: Rekisei fukushoku kō / Thoughts on Historical Clothing (5 volumes)

故實叢書: Rekisei fukushoku kō / Thoughts on Historical Clothing (5 volumes)

Tanaka Naofusa 田中直房
Collection of 30 "Little quilt hands I made, 1931-1932"

Collection of 30 "Little quilt hands I made, 1931-1932"

[folk art]
Planetary Evolution; or, A New Cosmogony, Being an explanation of planetary growth and life energy, upon the basis of chemical and electrical relations of the elements of nature.

Planetary Evolution; or, A New Cosmogony, Being an explanation of planetary growth and life energy, upon the basis of chemical and electrical relations of the elements of nature.

(Thomas Cushman Buddington, 1846-1928)
“Biology Bud Collection”
typescript twig specimen album

“Biology Bud Collection”
typescript twig specimen album

[manuscript notebooks, student work]
The Lady's Album of Fancy Work; Consisting of novel, elegant and useful designs in knitting, netting, crochet and embroidery with clear and explicit directions for working the patterns.

The Lady's Album of Fancy Work; Consisting of novel, elegant and useful designs in knitting, netting, crochet and embroidery with clear and explicit directions for working the patterns.

[needlework, gift books]
Illustrated manuscript by a 15-year-old orphan at the Monastery of St. Claire in Aurillac, France

Illustrated manuscript by a 15-year-old orphan at the Monastery of St. Claire in Aurillac, France

[manuscript, calligraphy]
Collection of 22 woven paper pockets and heart-in-hand love tokens, ca. 1927

Collection of 22 woven paper pockets and heart-in-hand love tokens, ca. 1927

[folk art]
Three writings by Hannah M. Beal, a girl who has been taught some things about dying, ca. 1853-1862

Three writings by Hannah M. Beal, a girl who has been taught some things about dying, ca. 1853-1862

[correspondence, ALS]
Der praktische Familien-Färber: enthaltend alle gebräuchlichen Färbereien, für Wolle, Baumwolle, Leinen, Seide, Tuch, Kleidungsstücke u.f.w. Nebst einem Anhang von Rezepten für Seise, Tinte u.

Der praktische Familien-Färber: enthaltend alle gebräuchlichen Färbereien, für Wolle, Baumwolle, Leinen, Seide, Tuch, Kleidungsstücke u.f.w. Nebst einem Anhang von Rezepten für Seise, Tinte u.

Kuder, Salomon [Solomon]
GIANT PICTURE PRINTER (An ARNOLD ARNOLD Toy)

GIANT PICTURE PRINTER (An ARNOLD ARNOLD Toy)

Arnold, Arnold F. [games, art education]
Dick's Book of Alphabets Plain and Ornamental: Containing Elegant Ancient And Modern Designs For Plain And Fanciful Alphabets, Numerals And Illuminated Initial Letters For The Use Of Architects, Decorators, Designers, Draughtsmen &c

Dick's Book of Alphabets Plain and Ornamental: Containing Elegant Ancient And Modern Designs For Plain And Fanciful Alphabets, Numerals And Illuminated Initial Letters For The Use Of Architects, Decorators, Designers, Draughtsmen &c

[lettering, alphabets]
A young woman’s illustrated letter to her sister in a birch bark booklet

A young woman’s illustrated letter to her sister in a birch bark booklet

[manuscript letter]
Cours d'arpentage - 1861 Illustrated manuscript course notebook

Cours d'arpentage - 1861 Illustrated manuscript course notebook

Joseph Lafay
Alphabet & Kindergarten Building Blocks

Alphabet & Kindergarten Building Blocks

[educational toys, alphabet blocks]
Home Economics class portfolio, household accounting and textiles

Home Economics class portfolio, household accounting and textiles

[vocational education, manual training, student work]
Crochet Lace & Tatting Album by Hazel L. Broman (1899-1982)

Crochet Lace & Tatting Album by Hazel L. Broman (1899-1982)

[textiles, sewing album]
Cash / Commonplace book of Laura Plummer

Cash / Commonplace book of Laura Plummer

[commonplace book]
Compositional design and color theory drawings

Compositional design and color theory drawings

[made by hand]
Kokon Meibutsu Ruiju - Meibutsugire no bu

Kokon Meibutsu Ruiju - Meibutsugire no bu

[textiles, decorative arts] Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai)
Wm. Miller’s Catalogue of Wrought Iron Ranges (cover title)

Wm. Miller’s Catalogue of Wrought Iron Ranges (cover title)

[trade catalog, found objects]
Commonplace book belonging to Griselda Eastwicke Cunningham (1810-1873), granddaughter of the “American Sappho,” Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton.

Commonplace book belonging to Griselda Eastwicke Cunningham (1810-1873), granddaughter of the “American Sappho,” Sarah Wentworth Apthorp Morton.

[made by hand]
裁縫教科書 渡邉辰五郎編纂 / Saihō no kyōkasho (Sewing Textbook, 3 volumes)

裁縫教科書 渡邉辰五郎編纂 / Saihō no kyōkasho (Sewing Textbook, 3 volumes)

Tatsugoro Watanabe 渡辺辰五郎 [sewing ephemera, vocational training]
Eckels Anatomical Aid, with original chart drawings (Heirloom anatomy guides from a family of undertakers)

Eckels Anatomical Aid, with original chart drawings (Heirloom anatomy guides from a family of undertakers)

Eckels, H. S. [Howard Samuel]
Peter Puzzlewig's Comic Round Game of Alliteration (Alliteration; or, a Prime Plan and Merry Method of producing a Plain and Perfect Pronunciation) ABC card game

Peter Puzzlewig's Comic Round Game of Alliteration (Alliteration; or, a Prime Plan and Merry Method of producing a Plain and Perfect Pronunciation) ABC card game

[juvenile, ABC]
The First School Year in Drawing: A Series of Stigmographical Exercises.

The First School Year in Drawing: A Series of Stigmographical Exercises.

Forbriger, Arthur (1832-1878)
Elementi Di Fisica, Parte Prima + Parte Seconda

Elementi Di Fisica, Parte Prima + Parte Seconda

Crivelli, Giovanni I. (1691-1743)