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Archive: Good & Gone

Things to celebrate & share (no longer for sale).

A passionate friendship booklet of obscure and ominous circumstances. Chester County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1860.

A passionate friendship booklet of obscure and ominous circumstances. Chester County, Pennsylvania, ca. 1860.

[manuscript friendship booklet, sapphic love token]
Journal de Teinture de M. Reimann (1889)

Journal de Teinture de M. Reimann (1889)

Reimann, Max [textiles, dyeing]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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)
"Stunts" scrapbook by Indiana PA Normal School graduate Marjorie Nix, 1918-1921 ("Love is Love")

"Stunts" scrapbook by Indiana PA Normal School graduate Marjorie Nix, 1918-1921 ("Love is Love")

[scrapbooks, women, LGBTQ+]
Mechanical Drawing [Ohio - University Athens, Ohio]

Mechanical Drawing [Ohio - University Athens, Ohio]

Hastings, S. M. [Stanley Miller, 1889-1961]
"Hanging in County Jail Yard, 1876" Stereograph of William Adin's execution for killing Barbara Adin (his wife), Hattie McKay (his stepdaughter), and Elizabeth Benton (her friend), in Cleveland on June 22, 1876

"Hanging in County Jail Yard, 1876" Stereograph of William Adin's execution for killing Barbara Adin (his wife), Hattie McKay (his stepdaughter), and Elizabeth Benton (her friend), in Cleveland on June 22, 1876

[photography, domestic violence]
Wild Flower Note Book (Herbarium)

Wild Flower Note Book (Herbarium)

[herbarium, botanical notebook]
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]
Retail Druggists' Diary and Want Book (1886)

Retail Druggists' Diary and Want Book (1886)

[trade catalogs, pharmaceuticals, ephemera]
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.]
Brae Lynn: The Aristocrat of Linens

Brae Lynn: The Aristocrat of Linens

[trade catalog, sample book]
The Picnic That Was Not A Picnic

The Picnic That Was Not A Picnic

[manuscripts, handmade books]
The Armadillo / The Basket Beautiful [trade catalog]

The Armadillo / The Basket Beautiful [trade catalog]

[trade catalog]
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.)
The Flower People

The Flower People

"A Lady" (Mary Peabody Mann)