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Archive: Good & Gone

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

Natural Health Exercises: A Complete System for Home Use, easily and quickly taken without apparatus, health, strength and long life may be secured by its use.

Natural Health Exercises: A Complete System for Home Use, easily and quickly taken without apparatus, health, strength and long life may be secured by its use.

[physical culture] Sarony
Flowers (manuscript essay in Class of 1883 prize ribbon binding)

Flowers (manuscript essay in Class of 1883 prize ribbon binding)

[student work, manuscript]
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]
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
Anecdotes for Girls...

Anecdotes for Girls...

Newcomb, Harvey
Characteristic Indications of Prominent Remedies, for the use of students of materia medica and therapeutics

Characteristic Indications of Prominent Remedies, for the use of students of materia medica and therapeutics

Hawkes, W[illiam] J. [homeopathy, materia medica]
Victory Over All Diseases

Victory Over All Diseases

Carlson, Elmer [naturopathy, public health]
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]
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]
New National Primer (cover title: The National Primer)

New National Primer (cover title: The National Primer)

[juvenile, ABC]
Physical Culture and Self-Defense

Physical Culture and Self-Defense

Fitzsimmons, Robert
Logic for Young Ladies

Logic for Young Ladies

Doublet, Victor
Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

[educational toy]
A System of Radiography with an Atlas of the Normal

A System of Radiography with an Atlas of the Normal

Bruce, W. Ironside (1876-1921)
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
A New Hieroglyphic Bible

A New Hieroglyphic Bible

[juvenile, illustrated]
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.)
Student drawings and notes on agricultural botany, with herbarium

Student drawings and notes on agricultural botany, with herbarium

Earl C. Rudy [album]
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 George F. Jowett Progressive Power Method for Attaining Your Muscular He-Man Build (Lessons 1-12, complete)

The George F. Jowett Progressive Power Method for Attaining Your Muscular He-Man Build (Lessons 1-12, complete)

[physical culture]
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.
The Numeration Table [manuscript mathematics ciphering book]

The Numeration Table [manuscript mathematics ciphering book]

[Philadelphia printing, ephemera]
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.