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Archive: Good & Gone

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

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]
The Numeration Table [manuscript mathematics ciphering book]

The Numeration Table [manuscript mathematics ciphering book]

[Philadelphia printing, ephemera]
Weather and Weather Instruments for the Amateur (with amateur weather & related contraption photographs taped in)

Weather and Weather Instruments for the Amateur (with amateur weather & related contraption photographs taped in)

Jameson, P. R.
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]
Fires: Their Causes, Prevention and Extinction; combining also a Guide to Agents respecting insurance against loss by fire

Fires: Their Causes, Prevention and Extinction; combining also a Guide to Agents respecting insurance against loss by fire

Moore, F. C. [Francis Cruger]
Atlas to the Coal Flora of Pennsylvania, and of the Carboniferous Formation throughout the United States (plates volume/commonplace book)

Atlas to the Coal Flora of Pennsylvania, and of the Carboniferous Formation throughout the United States (plates volume/commonplace book)

Lesquereux, Leo [commonplace book]
Geometrical Drawing: A Collection of Plates for Practical Use in Elementary Mechanical Drawing

Geometrical Drawing: A Collection of Plates for Practical Use in Elementary Mechanical Drawing

Schraidt, F. [Ferdinand Friederich Hans, 1880-]
Pour les petits et les grands: Combinaisons décoratives application aux travaux manuels

Pour les petits et les grands: Combinaisons décoratives application aux travaux manuels

Bardot, Mlle.; M. Claveau
Observations on the Importance of Female Education and Maternal Instruction

Observations on the Importance of Female Education and Maternal Instruction

Abigail Mott Moore ("A Mother"); James Mott
Paper-Folding and -Designing Combined: A Kindergarten Occupation for Infants and Juniors

Paper-Folding and -Designing Combined: A Kindergarten Occupation for Infants and Juniors

Ford, Z.
The Seven Creative Principles

The Seven Creative Principles

Butler, Hiram Erastus (1841-1916)
Early twentieth-century American sewing skill notebook

Early twentieth-century American sewing skill notebook

[sewing notebook]
Tailor's garment construction models from sewing course, ca. 1940 [Travaux du manche tailleur pour cours de couture]

Tailor's garment construction models from sewing course, ca. 1940 [Travaux du manche tailleur pour cours de couture]

[sewing ephemera, couture work]
A young woman's botany notebook with drawings and herbarium specimens

A young woman's botany notebook with drawings and herbarium specimens

[album; student notebook]
An Inquiry Into the Alleged Tendency of the Separation of Convicts, One From the Other, to Produce Disease and Derangement

An Inquiry Into the Alleged Tendency of the Separation of Convicts, One From the Other, to Produce Disease and Derangement

[prison reform] (Packard, Frederic Adolphus, "A Citizen of Pennsylvania)
Recreations morales de l'Enfance, ou Entretiens... tome premier & second (2 volumes)

Recreations morales de l'Enfance, ou Entretiens... tome premier & second (2 volumes)

Lemair, H[enri]
Dekorationen der modernen Kalten Küche / Modern Cold Dishes and their Decoration / Cuisine froide modern et decorations

Dekorationen der modernen Kalten Küche / Modern Cold Dishes and their Decoration / Cuisine froide modern et decorations

Kerk, R.; B. Hoppner (ed.)
Notebook on textile weaving with original examples

Notebook on textile weaving with original examples

[textiles, weaving, sewing ephemera, student work]
Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

[herbarium, botanical ephemera]
Thoughts for Flirts

Thoughts for Flirts

Dale, Mary [pseud. Marjorie Dawson]; Isabella Morton (illus.)
Couture - French student sewing project book with 12 cloth examples

Couture - French student sewing project book with 12 cloth examples

[sewing book]
Principles of Decorative Design

Principles of Decorative Design

Dresser, Christopher
Plain Directions for Accidents, Emergencies, and Poisons, and Care of the Sick

Plain Directions for Accidents, Emergencies, and Poisons, and Care of the Sick

Turner, Alexander Paul (1840-1892) "Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia"
Travail Manuel: Tissage Cahier-Album No. 1

Travail Manuel: Tissage Cahier-Album No. 1

F. Jardry
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Bayntun-Riviere fine binding)

The Art of Worldly Wisdom (Bayntun-Riviere fine binding)

Gracian, Balthasar; Joseph Jacobs (trans.)
Health and Comfort in House Building...

Health and Comfort in House Building...

Drysdale, John; John Williams Hayward
The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight and of the Blue Colour of the Sky [Blue and Sun-Lights: Their Influence Upon Life, Disease &c.]

The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight and of the Blue Colour of the Sky [Blue and Sun-Lights: Their Influence Upon Life, Disease &c.]

Pleasonton, Ge. A. J. [Augustus]