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Archive: Good & Gone

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

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]
Box of 51 nature specimen cards compiled by pharmacy student Howard C. Burns

Box of 51 nature specimen cards compiled by pharmacy student Howard C. Burns

[medicine, herbarium]
Kansas child's book full of 90+ airplane and automobile drawings

Kansas child's book full of 90+ airplane and automobile drawings

[original art, juvenile]
Mother [Goose] in Hieroglyphics

Mother [Goose] in Hieroglyphics

[Appleton, George S.]
ALS to John Henry Hedley about his alcoholic father and "martyr" mother's plight

ALS to John Henry Hedley about his alcoholic father and "martyr" mother's plight

[alcoholism, family dynamics]
The Arts of Life; and Lessons from Them

The Arts of Life; and Lessons from Them

[juvenile]
"The young carmelite" Ornate pen and ink drawing (19c France)

"The young carmelite" Ornate pen and ink drawing (19c France)

[original drawing, penwork, lettering]
White's Primary School Drawing Cards

White's Primary School Drawing Cards

Smith, H. P. [drawing, art education, educational ephemera]
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.)
Nine Art Deco chair designs in gouache

Nine Art Deco chair designs in gouache

[original art, furniture design]
Hand-Book for Home Improvement, Comprising How to Write; How to Talk; How to Behave; How to Do Business. Complete in One Volume.

Hand-Book for Home Improvement, Comprising How to Write; How to Talk; How to Behave; How to Do Business. Complete in One Volume.

[Fowler, self-help]
Stub book of burial removal permits for bodies expired and transported on a Western PA section of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1906-1909

Stub book of burial removal permits for bodies expired and transported on a Western PA section of the Pennsylvania Railroad, 1906-1909

[ephemera, Americana]
PERSPECTOGRAPH (Milton Bradley perspective drawing apparatus)

PERSPECTOGRAPH (Milton Bradley perspective drawing apparatus)

Brownjohn, Earl [Brown John]
My Own Kenmore Sewing Scrap Book

My Own Kenmore Sewing Scrap Book

[machine sewing notebook]
Color in the School-Room. A Manual for Teachers.

Color in the School-Room. A Manual for Teachers.

Bradley, Milton
Pittsburgh Student Sketch Book, Drawing and Drafting Exercises, ca. 1900

Pittsburgh Student Sketch Book, Drawing and Drafting Exercises, ca. 1900

[sketchbook, student work]
The Crystallography of Hemoglobins.

The Crystallography of Hemoglobins.

Reichert, Edward Tyson; Amos Peaslee Brown
India's Millions

India's Millions

Khan, A. D.; E. E. Byrum (intro.)
Home-fashioned notebook of crocheted lace & tatting specimens, France ca. 1900-1920

Home-fashioned notebook of crocheted lace & tatting specimens, France ca. 1900-1920

[sewing ephemera, textiles, folk art]
Physical Culture and Self-Defense

Physical Culture and Self-Defense

Fitzsimmons, Robert
Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with hints to Amateurs

Scientific Billiards. Garnier's Practice Shots, with hints to Amateurs

Garnier, Albert
Bradley's Self-Verifying Phonetic Cards (Milton Bradley #8266)

Bradley's Self-Verifying Phonetic Cards (Milton Bradley #8266)

Nellie Troidl; Milton Bradley [teaching aids, educational ephemera]
The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)

The A, B, C, Book, with Pictures of Birds (cover title: Pictured Alphabet)

Butler, J. H. [juvenile, alphabet, chapbook, ABC]
Logic for Young Ladies

Logic for Young Ladies

Doublet, Victor
New National Primer (cover title: The National Primer)

New National Primer (cover title: The National Primer)

[juvenile, ABC]
Student drawings and notes on agricultural botany, with herbarium

Student drawings and notes on agricultural botany, with herbarium

Earl C. Rudy [album]
A New Hieroglyphic Bible

A New Hieroglyphic Bible

[juvenile, illustrated]
A Manual of Useful Studies for the Instruction of Young Persons of Both Sexes, in Families and Schools

A Manual of Useful Studies for the Instruction of Young Persons of Both Sexes, in Families and Schools

Webster, Noah
Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

[educational toy]
Toros y Deportes (El Universal Taurino) Bound volume of 6 issues: Tomo VII, No. 167; Tomo IX, No. 201; Tomo X, Nos. 213, 215, 228, Tomo XI, No. 234

Toros y Deportes (El Universal Taurino) Bound volume of 6 issues: Tomo VII, No. 167; Tomo IX, No. 201; Tomo X, Nos. 213, 215, 228, Tomo XI, No. 234

Rafael Solana "Verduguillo" (ed.)
A well-articulated album of 41 photographs of the 1927 Great Vermont Flood Disaster

A well-articulated album of 41 photographs of the 1927 Great Vermont Flood Disaster

[vernacular photography]
Sylvania Light Bulbs retail display sign

Sylvania Light Bulbs retail display sign

[trade sign, retail]
Buchstaben-Setzkasten für Leseübungen von Lehrer Josef Weber

Buchstaben-Setzkasten für Leseübungen von Lehrer Josef Weber

Weber, Josef [alphabet, spelling games]
ca. 1912 hand sewing notebook by Wisconsin 7th grader Bernice Nichols with many examples

ca. 1912 hand sewing notebook by Wisconsin 7th grader Bernice Nichols with many examples

[sewing notebook, student work]
Spencerian Key to Practical Penmanship

Spencerian Key to Practical Penmanship

Spencer, Platt R.; H. C. Spencer
Natural History, selected from the Youth's Friend

Natural History, selected from the Youth's Friend

[juvenile, American Sunday School Union]