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Archive: Good & Gone

Objects to celebrate, even if they're not for sale.
Major's Panorama of the Alphabet

Major's Panorama of the Alphabet

Momberger, William [ABC, juvenile]
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]
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.)
Paper Cutting (student album of kindergarten work, Froebel Gift #13)

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

[Froebel album, student work]
Little Pet's ABC Panorama

Little Pet's ABC Panorama

McLoughlin Brothers [juvenile]
Album de Pliages et de Tissages / Pliage Froebel 1792-1852

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

[Froebel, student work]
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]
Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]

Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]

[industrial arts, manual training]
Collection of 30 "Little quilt hands I made, 1931-1932"

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

[folk art]
Album of 50+ Froebel Gifts - paper weaving, decorative stitching, embroidery patterns

Album of 50+ Froebel Gifts - paper weaving, decorative stitching, embroidery patterns

[Froebel kindergarten album]
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]
Progressive Architecture Manifesto [cover title: one, two, three]

Progressive Architecture Manifesto [cover title: one, two, three]

Biltin Toker
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]
Kokon Meibutsu Ruiju - Meibutsugire no bu

Kokon Meibutsu Ruiju - Meibutsugire no bu

[textiles, decorative arts] Matsudaira Harusato (Fumai)
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 Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Modern

The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Modern

Delamotte, F. (Freeman Gage)
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)
Mechanical Drawing [Ohio - University Athens, Ohio]

Mechanical Drawing [Ohio - University Athens, Ohio]

Hastings, S. M. [Stanley Miller, 1889-1961]
Cours de Travail Manuel (Pour les Garçons)

Cours de Travail Manuel (Pour les Garçons)

Planty, A.
Ames' Alphabets : adapted to the use of architects, engravers, engineers, artists, sign painters, draughtsmen, &c.

Ames' Alphabets : adapted to the use of architects, engravers, engineers, artists, sign painters, draughtsmen, &c.

Ames, Daniel T.
Wild Flower Note Book (Herbarium)

Wild Flower Note Book (Herbarium)

[herbarium, botanical notebook]
Bibliothèque des Merveilles: Les Couleurs

Bibliothèque des Merveilles: Les Couleurs

Guignet, Charles-Ernest (1829-1906)
Fitch Number Cards (Milton Bradley #8019)

Fitch Number Cards (Milton Bradley #8019)

(Milton Bradley Co.; Joshua Girling Fitch) [learning aids, educational ephemera]
Hand Blocked Colored Prints of the Gay 90’s. [Boxed linen cocktail napkin set]

Hand Blocked Colored Prints of the Gay 90’s. [Boxed linen cocktail napkin set]

Haec City / Also Books
Patterns for Turning: Comprising Elliptical and Other Figures Cut on the Lathe Without the Use of Any Ornamental Chuck

Patterns for Turning: Comprising Elliptical and Other Figures Cut on the Lathe Without the Use of Any Ornamental Chuck

Elphinstone, H. W. (Sir Howard Warburton)
An Easy Guide to the Constellations, with a Miniature Atlas of the Stars and Key Maps

An Easy Guide to the Constellations, with a Miniature Atlas of the Stars and Key Maps

Gall, James Jun.
Weaving for the Little Folks

Weaving for the Little Folks

Milton Bradley Co. [Kindergarten Material, Froebel Gifts]
Mother [Goose] in Hieroglyphics

Mother [Goose] in Hieroglyphics

[Appleton, George S.]
White's Primary School Drawing Cards

White's Primary School Drawing Cards

Smith, H. P. [drawing, art education, educational ephemera]
L'Impression des Tissus de Coton: Blanchiment - Impression - Teinture. Atlas.

L'Impression des Tissus de Coton: Blanchiment - Impression - Teinture. Atlas.

Sansone, Antonio; J. A. Montpellier (trans.)
Paper and Press Illustrated Monthly, July-December 1894

Paper and Press Illustrated Monthly, July-December 1894

[graphic arts, printing] W. M Patton (ed.), Otto Zahn, E. Bosquet, Max Levy, Paul Adam, Bruno Meyer, et al.
The Kindergarten and the School by Four Active Workers

The Kindergarten and the School by Four Active Workers

Peabody, Mary H.; Anne L. Page, Angeline Brooks, and Alice H. Putnam ["Four Active Workers"]
Michigan State Industries Catalog of Products for State Departments, Institutions and Political Subdivision (State of Michigan Department of Corrections Division of Prison Industries)

Michigan State Industries Catalog of Products for State Departments, Institutions and Political Subdivision (State of Michigan Department of Corrections Division of Prison Industries)

[prison labor catalog]
The Practical Draughtsman's Book of Industrial Design, and Machinist's and Engineer's Drawing Companion: Forming a Complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing

The Practical Draughtsman's Book of Industrial Design, and Machinist's and Engineer's Drawing Companion: Forming a Complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and Architectural Drawing

Armengaud, Jacques-Eugène; Johnson, William (trans.)
Fun with Scissors

Fun with Scissors

Milton Bradley Co. [Kindergarten Material, Froebel Gifts]
My Own Kenmore Sewing Scrap Book

My Own Kenmore Sewing Scrap Book

[machine sewing notebook]
Fun with Scissors or Paper Pictures

Fun with Scissors or Paper Pictures

Milton Bradley Co. [Kindergarten Material, Froebel Gifts]
1918 Map of the Waterfront, San Francisco, California (blueprint)

1918 Map of the Waterfront, San Francisco, California (blueprint)

[print]