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Archive: Good & Gone

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

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]
Book of Chemical Labels and Table of Atomic Weights

Book of Chemical Labels and Table of Atomic Weights

Arthur H. Thomas Company
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]
Notebook on textile weaving with original examples

Notebook on textile weaving with original examples

[textiles, weaving, sewing ephemera, student work]
Thoughts for Flirts

Thoughts for Flirts

Dale, Mary [pseud. Marjorie Dawson]; Isabella Morton (illus.)
Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

[herbarium, botanical ephemera]
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.)
Travail Manuel: Tissage Cahier-Album No. 1

Travail Manuel: Tissage Cahier-Album No. 1

F. Jardry
Principles of Decorative Design

Principles of Decorative Design

Dresser, Christopher
Couture - French student sewing project book with 12 cloth examples

Couture - French student sewing project book with 12 cloth examples

[sewing book]
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]
One Hundred Hieroglyphic Bible Readings for the Young, compiled by the editors of the "Children's Friend"

One Hundred Hieroglyphic Bible Readings for the Young, compiled by the editors of the "Children's Friend"

[juvenile] (William Carus Wilson, ed.)
Finnish Manuscript Sewing Book with Hand Drawn Color Diagrams (Sloyd Handicraft Student Notebook)

Finnish Manuscript Sewing Book with Hand Drawn Color Diagrams (Sloyd Handicraft Student Notebook)

[student work, manuscript notebook, original drawings]
Daniel Hoffman & Co. Autumn of 1869. [pocket memo book]

Daniel Hoffman & Co. Autumn of 1869. [pocket memo book]

[ephemera, home gardening]
Registering Days (cover title)

Registering Days (cover title)

[book arts, private press]
Matilda Snyder’s response to Adolphus H. Smith talking trash about her personal hygiene

Matilda Snyder’s response to Adolphus H. Smith talking trash about her personal hygiene

[correspondence, ALS]
Printer/Sunday School leader's record & calling card specimen book

Printer/Sunday School leader's record & calling card specimen book

[ephemera]
Lamplighters, child laborers. Pittsburgh, ca. 1900-10

Lamplighters, child laborers. Pittsburgh, ca. 1900-10

[photograph]
The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book

The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book

Foster, William (illus.) [juvenile]
Spring 1883 Jordan Marsh & Co. Washington & Avon Sts. Boston Mass. (cover title)

Spring 1883 Jordan Marsh & Co. Washington & Avon Sts. Boston Mass. (cover title)

[trade catalog]
Manual of the Mental Examination of Aliens 1918

Manual of the Mental Examination of Aliens 1918

Treasury Department, United States Public Health Service [psychological testing] [Howard Andrew Knox, Augustus F. Sherman]
Thelyphthora; or, A Treatise on Female Ruin

Thelyphthora; or, A Treatise on Female Ruin

Martin Madan (1726-1790)
Japanese Silk Dye Specimens, Catalog of 60 Swatches

Japanese Silk Dye Specimens, Catalog of 60 Swatches

[textiles, dye charts, fabric samples]
Poor? A New Political Standard for a New Democracy for a Millionaire Age

Poor? A New Political Standard for a New Democracy for a Millionaire Age

"A. N. Unknown"
7 ca. 1930s sample books for specialty papers by Hughes & Hoffman

7 ca. 1930s sample books for specialty papers by Hughes & Hoffman

[sample books] Hughes & Hoffman
Litany of sewing and needlework skills, 1901

Litany of sewing and needlework skills, 1901

[sewing ephemera]
19C French herbarium in 20C notebook cover

19C French herbarium in 20C notebook cover

[herbarium, botanical notebook]
Eleventh annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston, May, 1836.

Eleventh annual report of the board of managers of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston, May, 1836.

[Louis Dwight; prison reform]
Thumb O Graphs: We'll Note You in Our Booke of Memory

Thumb O Graphs: We'll Note You in Our Booke of Memory

[autograph books]
Explanation of Dreams (Dr. J.H. McLean, cover title: No. 2 Dreaming)

Explanation of Dreams (Dr. J.H. McLean, cover title: No. 2 Dreaming)

Dr. J.H. McLean
Westinghouse Girls Drum & Bugle Corps, with a mini-majorette, ca. 1940

Westinghouse Girls Drum & Bugle Corps, with a mini-majorette, ca. 1940

[photograph]
Who Makes It and Where: Geyer's Catalog-Directory of Stationery and Office Equipment, with which is incorporated Walden's Red Book

Who Makes It and Where: Geyer's Catalog-Directory of Stationery and Office Equipment, with which is incorporated Walden's Red Book

[trade catalog]
Depression-era Teacher's manuscript notebook with instructions for papercraft projects

Depression-era Teacher's manuscript notebook with instructions for papercraft projects

[education ephemera]
Cahier de Couture (les manches)

Cahier de Couture (les manches)

[sewing ephemera, textiles, student work]