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Nice illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trade Catalogue - Peanut Processing Equipment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40673368932502,"sku":"Q114","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q114_2.jpg?v=1631646945"},{"product_id":"a-comprehensive-handbook-on-uses-and-applications-of-the-drill-press","title":"A Comprehensive Handbook on Uses and Applications of the Drill Press","description":"\u003cp\u003eContaining over 100 photographic illustrations and line drawings. Softcover 8vo, 70pp. Blue textured wraps, Near Fine with minor incidental wear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"misc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40961838874774,"sku":"QQ139","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q139.jpg?v=1634432520"},{"product_id":"the-bench-saw-and-jointer-a-manual-for-the-home-craftsman-and-shop-owner","title":"The Bench Saw and Jointer: A Manual for the Home Craftsman and Shop Owner","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 100 Circular Saw and Jointer Operations Described and Illustrated. Softcover 8vo, 32pp. Well illustrated with photos and drawings showing special attention to the purposes of different kinds of joints and saws. Very Good with minor soil to wraps.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Craftsman Tools \/ Sears Roebuck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40961838973078,"sku":"Q140","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q140.jpg?v=1634432477"},{"product_id":"dijon-25-cartes-postales-wwi-era-france-rppc-postcard-book","title":"Dijon: 25 Cartes Postales","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 3.5 x 5.75 inches, ca. 1917-1918. 25 real photograph postcards showing the Palace of the Duke of Burgandy and other great historical and architectural monuments, as well as scenes of life in the city featuring streetcars and locomotives, civilians and uniformed officers. Very Good with a slight bend to the volume; light creasing and wear to wraps. Postcards remain unused and separated by tissue guards. A particularly interesting souvenir photo book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[RPPC postcard book]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41375230853270,"sku":"Q204","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q204_9.jpg?v=1643236338"},{"product_id":"wurzburger-kirchen-12-der-schonsten-original-aufnahmen-serie-iii-photographs-of-churches","title":"Wurzburger Kirchen. 12 der schönsten Original-Aufnahmen (Serie III) [Photographs of churches]","description":"\u003cp\u003e12 photographs of churches and cathedrals in Wurzburg, Germany, ca. 1920s. Each photo approx 90x47mm, accordion folded into self-closing printed wrapper. A hint of spotting to the photographs and wear to the wrapper, Very Good overall. Photos remain bright and unmarked.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"photographs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41375230886038,"sku":"Q205","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q205copy.jpg?v=1643238099"},{"product_id":"fine-photographs-of-maligne-the-magnificent","title":"Fine Photographs of… Maligne the magnificent","description":"\u003cp\u003e10 real photographs of a Rainbow Tours trip to Lake Maligne in the Canadian Rockies, each 4x6 inches, ca. 1930s-1940s. Great lake and mountain scenery, as well as photos of trip activities like fishing and boating. A slight curl to the photographs, otherwise Fine in a Near Fine envelope with minor age toning. One of several sets of photographs published by Rainbow Tours per the request of patrons, printed without typical identifying marks so the images could be personalized in albums. Each is marked only with a number that correlates to the list of locations printed inside the folder. Beautiful photographs, excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"photographs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41375231017110,"sku":"Q206","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q206_2.jpg?v=1643236079"},{"product_id":"steeles-technic-in-words-and-pictures-for-achieving-success-in-crown-and-bridgework-using-steeles-interchangeable-teeth","title":"Steele's Technic in words and Pictures For Achieving Success in Crown and Bridgework Using Steele's Interchangeable Teeth","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1924. Softcover 8vo, 48pp. This, the updated 1930 printing with many great pictures of tools, procedural photos, various mouth\/teeth illustrations. In Very Good condition with light soil and wear to wraps. Old pencil scribble on the front blank, but contents remain unmarked. A scarce repository of uncanny dental imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbus Dental Manufacturing Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41447921451158,"sku":"Q141","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q141.jpg?v=1644691377"},{"product_id":"qf244","title":"A well-articulated album of 41 photographs of the 1927 Great Vermont Flood Disaster","description":"\u003cp\u003eVermont, 1927. Near Fine. A collection of 41 photographs showing the Great Vermont Flood, November 3, 1927. Three RPPCs, the rest original snapshots showing the many styles of ruin incurred by disaster—car crashes, crushed buildings, collapsed bridges, misplaced trees, displaced topography. Railroad tracks and construction trucks askew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNicely captioned with the understated drama of fact: \u003cem\u003e\"The arrow points to a Buick sedan caught by the flood near the Heineburg bridge. The men climbed a tree and were later rescued by boat.\" \"This chasm was created by overflow from the Black River, and carried away two million tons of earth, together with 7 houses, 10 barns and 4 garages.\" \"A railroad track, not a picket fence. One of the pranks of the flood.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA few locations mentioned: Winooski Gorge, Milton Bridge, Heineburg Bridge, Winooski Woolen Mill, Montpelier Post Office, Richmond \"checkered house\" Bridge, Black River, Cavendish, Waterbury, Duxbury Bridge. Photographs are mounted with paper scrapbook corners and able to be removed without damage. At least one photo has writing on the back, but they have not all been removed for inspection (to prevent unnecessary damage). The album itself is Near Fine with a few missing or torn mounting corners, but no notable wear to the pages or photos. An uncommonly comprehensive album of striking photographs, wonderfully intact.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[vernacular photography]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41579788828822,"sku":"Q244","price":225.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/flood-2.jpg?v=1648143033"},{"product_id":"q245","title":"Album of 50+ Froebel Gifts - paper weaving, decorative stitching, embroidery patterns","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eA substantive collection of over 50 examples of Froebel gifts #12 and #14, showing a progression of skill from simple patterns and tesselations to representational forms and complex designs reminiscent of European needlework. Ontario, Canada, ca. 1910. Very Good. Cloth album with faded gilt namestamp on the cover. 9.5 x 9 inches, 30 leaves, ca. 1910. Presumed to be Margaret E. Punchard O'Brien (1903-1994), buried in Ontario, where the album was found. With 19 woven paper patterns (4.75\" square), 15 embroidered designs (7\" square), and 17 strips of sewn pricked patterns. Very Good with occasional closed tears at the edges of the pages from hasty handling; cloth a bit dry and fragile at the joints, light expected wear to exterior.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe championing of object and form over word and language became a philosophy of modernism to which a formidable roster of names (Frank Lloyd Wright, Piet Mondrian, Le Corbusier, Josef Albers) and movements (Bauhaus, minimalism) ascribed. The influence of Froebel and Pestalozzi in the \"kindergarten generation\" of modern artists is recognized to the extent that an exhibition of Froebel materials was held at MoMA in 2012, and examples such as these paper weavings and stitched designs are held in their permanent collection. A wealth of material in an unassuming album.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/1892-kindergarten-teachers-album-of-pricking-and-sewing-froebel-gifts-11-12?_pos=1\u0026amp;amp;_sid=13e40d67e\u0026amp;amp;_ss=r\" title=\"FROEBEL ALBUM\"\u003eView another Froebel album with pricking and sewing examples\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[Froebel kindergarten album]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41579788959894,"sku":"Q245","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q245_1.jpg?v=1648002772"},{"product_id":"the-normalian-of-1932-yearbook-of-the-state-normal-school-at-geneseo-ny","title":"The Normalian of 1932 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 145pp., including ads at rear (the so-called \"barter\" section). A most unusual and exquisite graphic production that really encapsulates the fashion and determination of that moment in time. This copy belonged to Winifred B. Eimers, a junior at the school whose name is stamped on the front cover. A few inscriptions throughout, but very neat and in great condition overall. Really delightful to behold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State Normal School of Geneseo, NY Senior Class (Clara Foote, ed.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41605505712278,"sku":"Q166","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/Q166.jpg?v=1694453343"},{"product_id":"the-normalian-of-1931-yearbook-of-the-state-normal-school-at-geneseo-ny","title":"The Normalian of 1931 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY","description":"\u003cp\u003e​​Hardcover, 187pp., including ads at rear. The 1931 \"Normalian\" embraces an Egyptian theme, and features bold color plates and great design, utilizing a variety of printing materials and techniques. More sumptuous than any yearbook I've ever seen, and housed in a silver slipcase to boot. Full of terrific and portraits of young women at the tail-end of '20s fashion and short haircuts for serious girls. Humorous (and occasionally humor-less) group photos for bygone clubs and sports do not disappoint. Plus, a cutout of a student named \"Ardis Starr,\" who seems like a character. This copy belonged to Winifred B. Eimers, a sophomore at the school whose name is written on the inside of the slipcase. A few inscriptions throughout, but very neat and in Very Good condition overall. Tremendous fun to look through and really graphically engaging.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State Normal School of Geneseo, NY Senior Class","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41605505777814,"sku":"Q167","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/Q167.jpg?v=1694453626"},{"product_id":"the-normalian-of-1930-yearbook-of-the-state-normal-school-at-geneseo-ny","title":"The Normalian of 1930 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 211pp., including ads at rear (one of which advises, \"Correct Wearing Apparel Acts As A Tonic\"). An impressively designed volume with a Greek “Odyssey” theme that uses a variety of materials and printing techniques to sumptuous graphic effect. Full of terrific and portraits of impeccably coiffed young women at the tail-end of '20s fashion and the beginning of their adult lives, making the yearbook an especially moving portrait of that moment in time. This year has particularly wonderful sports team photos, including several pool swimming and in-action shots. Clubs like the Ukelele Orchestra are also pretty charming. This copy belonged to Winifred B. Eimers, then a freshman at the school. A few inscriptions throughout, but very neat and in Very Good condition overall. Great photographs, beautiful book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State Normal School of Geneseo, NY Senior Class","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41605505810582,"sku":"Q168","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/Q168.jpg?v=1694453470"},{"product_id":"columbia-practical-system-of-vertical-writing-common-school-course-no-3","title":"Columbia Practical System of Vertical Writing (Common School Course No. 3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 8.5 x 7 inches, 24pp. Engraved illustrations inside the front wrap. Completed copy book of vertical writing with nice practice specimens also used for teaching basic facts (Ocean, the largest body of water...Iron is the most useful metal... Day and night, equal at equinoxes.\" A few of the examples repeat, including the demonstrative, \"Keep the book straight,\" which our writer seemed to struggle with only during that exercise... perhaps a bit of a trouble maker? Mary Crawford's name on the cover, but it actually looks like the book may have been used by 2 different students--the handwriting in the top exercises has a slightly angle than those on the bottom and the bottom exercises are only completed up to page 12. An uncommon teaching series for a common writing style, in great condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"M'Cool, T. H.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41741575159958,"sku":"Q307","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q307.jpg?v=1655078008"},{"product_id":"q305","title":"Kunstschriftmappe Beispielen... (Lettering\/Calligraphy guide and practice book in original envelope)","description":"\u003cp\u003eKunstschriftmappe Beispielen fur Ly=Schrift. Ly-heft 1: Renaissance-Schrift von Rudolf Blanckertz; Ly-heft 2: Uebungsheft fur Renaissanceschrift. Oblong softcover 8vo, 24pp + 16 page blank booklet of thin laid paper with black and white guideline sheet to place underneath for practice. Housed in original envelope with minimal wear. Undated, but ca. 1910-1920. In the 1920s, Heintze \u0026amp; Blanckertz began publishing the design magazine Die zeitgemäße Schrift and collaborating with prominent graphic designers in like Rudolf Koch, Paul Renner and Edward Johnston. In 1926, co-owner Rudolf Blanckertz opened Das Schriftmuseum (\"Museum of Writing\") in Berlin, which housed a collection of over 1000 writing implements, accessories, and ephemera, part of which is now in the permanent collection of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blanckertz, Rudolf (1862-1935)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41834533585046,"sku":"Q305","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q305.jpg?v=1654184251"},{"product_id":"morrisons-machinery-for-packing-houses-rendering-plants-and-fertilizer-manufacturers-cover-title","title":"Morrison's Machinery for Packing Houses, Rendering Plants and Fertilizer Manufacturers","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam G. Morrison, Designer and Manufacturer. Industrial Waste Disposal Plants. Plans, specifications and general information furnished for buildings, equipment used in the reduction of animal and fish waste for the recovery of grease, oil and tankage. Oblong softcover 8vo, 32pp. Copiously illustrated with rendering tanks, evaporators, bone mills, and other heavy duty machinery for niche industrial applications. VG+ with light dusting\/soil to wraps; contents clean and crisp.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morrison, William G.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41858678915222,"sku":"Q308","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q308.jpg?v=1655077558"},{"product_id":"q418","title":"The Perfection Extension Shoe and Sandal. For Men, Women and Children, with one limb from 1 to 12 inches short.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSoftcover 6 x 3.5 inches, 16pp. Small chip at the bottom rear wrap, otherwise Near Fine. Over 20 illustrations of novel orthotic footwear designed to improve the comfort and appearance of those \"with one limb from 1 to 12 inches short.\" The uncanny images show how the devices are constructed and fit to the foot, as well as how to style the different models with hosiery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry A. Lotz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41997600194710,"sku":"Q418","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q418.jpg?v=1659651693"},{"product_id":"animal-designs-and-pictures-for-slate-drawing-trade-card-for-businesses-in-mount-vernon-ny","title":"Animal \"Designs and Pictures for Slate Drawing\" Trade Card for businesses in Mount Vernon, NY","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlate drawing card featuring a horse and a mouse, advanced designs for children to copy on slate (chalkboard) tablets. From a series of advertising novelty\/trade cards printed by B. McNally in Newark, NJ. Advertises four businesses in Mount Vernon, NY: George Gill (drugstore), W. A. Anderson Paper Hangings and Painter's Supply Store, F. Swift Carriages and Business Wagons, and David Cromwell, Grocer. Approx. 5.5 x 4 inches. Good with light scuffing and wear, tidemark at the top. Copying images on slate tablets was a popular method for teaching drawing in the classroom. Children would progress from basic lines and shapes, to representational forms in outline, objects in perspective, and eventually rendering shading in animals and organic subjects. Because the method didn't require the expense of extra paper or supplies, it was also an economical amusement at home. Slate drawing cards and booklets were welcome forms of advertising, providing an economical means of amusement for children that ensured their longevity amongst customers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42058208247958,"sku":"Q437","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q437.jpg?v=1663022148"},{"product_id":"domestic-objects-designs-and-pictures-for-slate-drawing-trade-card-for-businesses-in-mount-vernon-ny","title":"Domestic Objects \"Designs and Pictures for Slate Drawing\" Trade Card for businesses in Mount Vernon, NY","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlate drawing card featuring domestic items, designed with an intermediate level of difficulty, for children to copy on slate (chalkboard) tablets. From a series of advertising novelty\/trade cards printed by B. McNally in Newark, NJ. Advertises four businesses in Mount Vernon, NY: George Gill (drugstore), W. A. Anderson Paper Hangings and Painter's Supply Store, F. Swift Carriages and Business Wagons, and David Cromwell, Grocer. Approx. 5.5 x 4 inches. Good with scuffing and wear, tidemark at the top. Copying images on slate tablets was a popular method for teaching drawing in the classroom. Children would progress from basic lines and shapes, to representational forms in outline, objects in perspective, and eventually rendering shading in animals and organic subjects. Because the method didn't require the expense of extra paper or supplies, it was also an economical amusement at home. Slate drawing cards and booklets were welcome forms of advertising, providing an economical means of amusement for children that ensured their longevity amongst customers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42058208313494,"sku":"Q438","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q438_8a134d26-7726-4997-a45c-30d70616fc96.jpg?v=1663021967"},{"product_id":"easy-pictures-for-slate-drawing-trade-card-for-businesses-in-white-plains-ny","title":"Easy Pictures for Slate Drawing Trade Card for businesses in White Plains, NY","description":"\u003cp\u003eSlate drawing card featuring fairly complex domestic objects for children to copy on slate (chalkboard) tablets, including a bristly broom and woven basket. From a series of advertising novelty\/trade cards printed by B. McNally in Newark, NJ. Advertises four businesses in White Plains, NY: Buffle \u0026amp; Keene Marble and Granite; Tibbets Coal and Wood, Real Estate \u0026amp; Insurance; G. G. Platt, Dentist; annd A. J. Meann, Boots, Shoes, and Rubbers sales and repair. Approx. 5 x 4 inches. Very Good condition with light scuffing and handling wear. Copying images on slate tablets was a popular method for teaching drawing in the classroom. Children would progress from basic lines and shapes, to representational forms in outline, objects in perspective, and eventually rendering shading in animals and organic subjects. Because the method didn't require the expense of extra paper or supplies, it was also an economical amusement at home. Slate drawing cards and booklets were welcome forms of advertising, providing an economical means of amusement for children that ensured their longevity amongst customers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42058208477334,"sku":"Q439","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q439.jpg?v=1663021894"},{"product_id":"q487","title":"ca. 1912 hand sewing notebook by Wisconsin 7th grader Bernice Nichols with many examples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAppleton, Wisconsin, ca. 1912. 8.25 x 7 inches. 4 models on open canvas + 10 cloth models with accompanying text. Notebook in Good condition with some evidence of water exposure at the bottom edge, causing occasional discoloration and slightly blurred text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eName and address faintly marked on the cover and small nameslip loosely inserted. Per the 1910 census, Bernice Nichols was born in 1900 in Appleton, Wisconsin. She was the daughter of real estate agent Charles D. and Ellen Nichols; Her sister, Maud (b. 1889) was a schoolteacher and it appears Bernice may have followed in her elder sister's footsteps, though we had trouble tracing her after the 1920 census.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe sewing book begins with basic stitching patterns illustrated with yarn, progresses to stitching on dotted cloth, \"training the eye to measure distance and keep a straight line,\" a variety of fasteners, a bright red patch of darned wool, an enthralling partial model of a glove. This notebook is distinguished by the range of skills and detail in articulating the execution and indications for each method--what stitches to use when a garment can't be washed, which are best when sewing a hem that will sit against the skin, etc. A beautiful work with unusual forms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/collections\/fall-virtual-fairs\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/collections\/fall-virtual-fairs\"\u003eView more Featured Books.\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[sewing notebook, student work]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42203003551894,"sku":"Q487","price":215.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q487.jpg?v=1665156433"},{"product_id":"q446","title":"Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Prisons of Massachusetts... for the Year Ending September 30, 1898. 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Mellen\" on the flyleaf, who served many years in the MA House of Representatives and crusaded against the dubious morality of moving pictures, particularly their portrayal of loose women and glamorization of crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA portrait in statistics, the report on the women's prison is a particularly jarring inventory of women's crimes against chastity (lewdness, fornication, participating in immoral show) and public order (stubbornness, keeping a disorderly house). Lists of pardons from both men's and women's prisons documenting who had been \"sufficiently punished.\" In more than one case, this referring to teenagers imprisoned for running away from home. Minnie Norwell served one of her two-years, \"She was but fifteen years when sentenced, and had a good reputation, aside from the fact that her mother was unable to control her.\" The report also covers updates to prison labor law, which that year included the abolition of prison contract labor for private companies--with an exception for umbrellas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[American prison system]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42203011383446,"sku":"Q446","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Myproject-1_2_c7f22c6f-9ebf-4f08-a9bf-a4902ee95e3a.jpg?v=1665767906"},{"product_id":"manuel-pratique-tissage-1916-album-of-french-paper-weaving-examples","title":"Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eFrance: 1916. Green concertina folded paper album, 9 x 7 inches. 51 pattern examples mounted on 32 panels + cover, which has a woven appearance but is actually cut paper in a meticulously glued pattern (don't miss the exclamation point!) Examples are Near Fine with occasional bumping to the edges of the fringe and age toning around the edges. The folds of the album are delicate--a few are beginning to split at the ends, mostly the top panel, and one is neatly reinforced from the backside with archival mending tape. A little bumped around the corners, but Very Good or better overall. From the Rhône-Alpes region of France, dated 1916. The examples are numbered individually and organized into 4 series reflecting color palette and scale. The first two examples incorporate wooden sticks into the weft and the work progresses to increasingly intricate patterns, culminating with a pictorial weaving of a butterfly done in 1\/8\" slats. Rather exquisite and sophisticated work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[industrial arts, manual training]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42296450973846,"sku":"Q517","price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Myproject-1_10_7924e10f-7eae-4943-9b59-5d47ae8f8184.jpg?v=1669826209"},{"product_id":"1892-kindergarten-teachers-album-of-pricking-and-sewing-froebel-gifts-11-12","title":"1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 \u0026 12)","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e[Froebel Gifts; Kindergarten album]. \u003cb\u003e1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 \u0026amp; 12)\u003c\/b\u003e. New Hampshire: 1892. 24 panels on cloth hinges, concertina-folded into a cloth folio with ties; 9 x 10 x 1.5 inches. Very Good with rubbing to exterior, three panels with recent cloth hinges, a few instances of offsetting from the colored thread. 9 panels of pricking (7.5 x 9 inches) and 15 panels of sewing, including 72 specimens of geometric patterns across 6 panels, faintly numbered in pencil, 9 panels of large designs, and pictorial work, one of which has watercolor toning. 5 small examples of paper weaving affixed to the reverse of the first 2 panels, done with repurposed ruled paper and anomalously poor execution--unlikely the work of the same creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe examples in both pricking and sewing Gifts progress from geometric patterns into figurative work, including a stunningly pricked portrait, a cow sewn in perspective, a series of vegetables toned in watercolors, and the iconic Froebel image of the stacked cube, cylinder, and sphere–the second gift portrayed by the eleventh. Perhaps due to its less colorful presentation, pricking is less commonly preserved than paper weaving or sewing. This album provides a particularly keen demonstration of skill and aesthetic command of pricking not just as a bridge between drawing and sewing, but as a beauty form exquisitely tactile and aesthetically equal to the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e1892 date and signature of Mabel A. Quimby--presumed to be Mabel Alice Quimby (b. Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1870), daughter of Anna W. Scott and Rev. Dr. Silas E. Quimby, Methodist preacher and educator involved in re-establishing the New Hampshire Conference Seminary (now the Tilton School) after a period of disarray and financial distress in the 1870s. Mabel followed the teaching vocation until she married mechanical engineer Horatio S. Moore in 1894 (she lists “kindergartner” on the marriage certificate but has no employment per later censuses); the family relocated to Pennsylvania shortly thereafter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[Froebel Gifts; Kindergarten album]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42296451006614,"sku":"Q518","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Myproject-1_9_cfd50ef5-afef-4594-864e-6d2148d11a27.jpg?v=1669825537"},{"product_id":"lot-circus-and-carnival-ephemera","title":"Lot Circus and Carnival Ephemera","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e[circus ephemera] Kunkely, M. E. [Max]; YMCA Niagara Falls. \u003cstrong\u003eLot Circus and Carnival Ephemera: Promotional Blueprints and Drawings for \"World's Fair and Society Circus\" proposed fairgrounds [together with] Official Program, County Fair and Circus: Mammoth Combined Array of the Wonders of the World [and] two 8x10 photographs of young mens' acrobatics and theater troupe\u003c\/strong\u003e. New York: ca. 1910. Group of circus-related ephemera ca. 1910 dappled with intrigue: Prospectus for Max Kunkely’s “World’s Fair and Society Circus” [together with] Official Program for Y.M.C.A. Niagara County Fair [and] two 8x10 photographs of amateur performers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(1) \u003cem\u003eOfficial Program County Fair and Circus “Mammoth Combined Array of the Wonders of the World” Young Men’s Christian Association, Niagara Falls, NY.\u003c\/em\u003e No year stated, but 1910 based on the days of the week (advertised for Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15) and the centerfold ad for the new Kodak Brownie Camera 2A. 11.5 x 8.75 inches, (8)p. Creases from being folded into sixths, paper particularly fragile and partly worn through at the intersection of the folds. With an aggressively alliterative ad for Shredded Wheat on the rear cover–then a major Niagara Falls export.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePer the program, the Circus had 11 events ranging from polka dance, a “Grand Military Spectacle by a Company of Zouave veterans,” the Tonawanda Tumbling Troupe, Divolo’s high dive stunt, plus the customary clowning, headed by the famed comic Ed Smith from the defunct Sells Brothers Circus. The adjacent County Fair offered carnival games and plenty of concessions, and the novel attractions: Madame Aurora Egypta Mystica, the Incubator Baby (“See how science is aiding in caring for the little ones,”) and the “Jeffries and Johnson Life-like representation of what the big go will be,” a reference to the “Fight of the Century” between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries that was to take place that summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(2) \u003cem\u003eTwo 8x10 photographs of home-grown Y.M.C.A. talent\u003c\/em\u003e: One, a group of teenage boys assembled in an acrobatic pose onstage; the other, a cast of younger boys dressed in classic circus costumes (including a two-person elephant). The boys in the large cast photo are holding a sign that can faintly be made out to read “Gold Dust [\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e] Agency” and has a box of Fairbanks Gold Dust Washing Powder and the silhouette of the controversial “Gold Dust twins.” Both photographs with creasing and wear; the acrobatics photograph also has a 3-inch repaired closed tear at the right edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e(3) \u003cem\u003eProspectus for Max Kunkely’s “World’s Fair and Society Circus,”\u003c\/em\u003e 3 leaves attached at one end and rolled: form letter, illustration of the proposed stall facades on coated pink paper (11 x 14 inches), and blueprint of a proposed fairground (11 x 28 inches). Two areas of abrasion on the pink illustration and several closed edge tears, Very Good overall. “In the present era of advancement in all things, the pleasure and amusement seeking public in general is always on the lookout for something new, something better than the average in moral up-lift and standard…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe blueprint outlines a midway of traditional carnival games and attractions, including a shooting gallery, “spot the spot”, teddy bear wheel, Dancing Pavilion, Band Stand, and Merry-Go-Round, Side Show and capacious Circus tent. It also provides for a host of \"World’s Fair” inspired pavilions, which were a fashionable way for organizers to promote circuses and carnivals as having educational value. Such installations ranged from the American Log Cabin and Court House, to the exotic Turkish Smoking Rooms, French Villa, Gipsy Tent, Palm Garden and Japanese structures. Illustrations of the proposed facades are given on the pink attachment, drawing in an innocent style to help convey a wholesome atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePromoter M. E. Kunkely was the son of Max R. Kunkely (1829-1910), a German immigrant who worked as a sailmaker before patenting a “lap lacing” technique for tents that garnered him respect amongst New York businessmen and circus professionals alike (he had a flattering bio included in History and Commerce of New York, 1891 and a handsome tombstone in Woodlawn Cemetery (NY) featuring a circus tent in low relief).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMax E. learned the tentmaking trade from his father but also had something of a checkered past. He served over two years at Sing Sing Prison after being convicted of Grand Larceny on Christmas Eve, 1884. The prison admission register notes his “dark and sallow” complexion, about 5’7” with a small scar on his left eye. According to the 1900 census, Kunkely returned to working as a tentmaker after his discharge. Based on the letter's date, his circus promotion endeavor started toward the end of that decade, but after his father died in 1910, Max E. took over the tent business. The move generated controversy with his father’s widow, who tried to continue selling tents under the Kunkely name. But the business formerly advertised under “M. R. Kunkely” was easily redirected to “M. E. Kunkely.” Max E. advertised in The Billboard trade magazine that he was the proper successor to the M. R. Kunkely tent business and that “owing to the actions of the widow” he had been prevented from receiving business correspondence and that all inquiries should be submitted to a different address–the one listed on his “World’s Fair” prospectus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhatever Kunkely’s involvement in the Y.M.C.A. “Mammoth Combined Array of the Wonders of the World,” the partial form date printed on the letters (“191 “) suggests Max Kunkely’s “World’s Fair and Society Circus” was a new, and evidently short-lived, enterprise. We could locate no reference to the production in trade magazines or circus histories. It may well have been the first and last of his productions, or, given the timing of his father’s death and subsequent takeover of the tent business, he may never have produced an event at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Niagara Falls YMCA, its youth performers and county fair, the spectacle of the circus, and an inscrutable figure angling to get things in motion–this collection of items represent an endeavor at the intersection of business, community, industry, and entertainment distinctly evocative of American spirit at the turn of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[circus ephemera] Kunkely, M. E. 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Staples corroded, leaving first and last pages loose. 1 page is missing its specimen and 3 of the pages have titles but do not appear to have ever been furnished, but the majority of the contents are generously sized, retaining their indelible form and texture. Fragile, but beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[herbarium, botanical notebook]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342286950550,"sku":"Q529","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q529-11.jpg?v=1669930891"},{"product_id":"tailors-garment-construction-models-from-sewing-course-ca-1940-travaux-du-manche-tailleur-pour-cours-de-couture","title":"Tailor's garment construction models from sewing course, ca. 1940 [Travaux du manche tailleur pour cours de couture]","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFrance, ca. 1940. Handmade folio, 13 x 10 inches, stiff paper with blanket-stitched edges housing 4 paper patterns, 4 garment models, and a pink ribbon bow. The blue square panel has a few small holes and the muslin linings have scattered foxing. The folder is beginning to tear along the upper seam. Very Good condition overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe work of Philomène Rodier, each model is done in wool and has a small tissue label with her name and class stitched to each piece: two blue pockets, a red square with model buttonholes, pocket, and curved slit, and the main model of a jacket with collar and lapels, cut from the four enclosed paper patterns. One side of the piece is finished; the other side is left unfinished to expose the extra basting and accordion stitches that give structure to the collar and lapels. The jacket piece is full of wonderful detail and surprises--finished buttonholes and pockets (one functional) and endless lengths of seams, each with their proper technique, leaving a strong sense of the seamstress' hand in the garment's unfinished state. Very meticulous and structurally delectable work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[sewing ephemera, couture work]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42348840321174,"sku":"Q536","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Myproject-1_17.jpg?v=1669919014"},{"product_id":"mid-20c-sewing-and-needlework-skill-sampler","title":"Mid-20C sewing and needlework sampler (2 pieces)","description":"French, ca. 1940. Student sewing sampler in two parts. Delicate eyelets and decorative embroidery, lovely buttonholes and bridging stitches, and an accent of red chain stitching. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e12 x 13 inches + 7 x 13 inches. A few small brown spots and the smaller piece, but overall wonderfully bright and crisp, model linen.","brand":"[sewing ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42374267043990,"sku":"","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q545-32.jpg?v=1671142692"},{"product_id":"drawing-stencils-no-1-for-use-on-slate-or-paper-drawing-stencils-for-our-little-artist","title":"Drawing Stencils No. 1 for Use on Slate or Paper (Drawing Stencils for Our Little Artist)","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete set of 20 stencils, 4.5 x 6.5 inches each, plus a stock of practice papers and four sheets with a child's examples on each side. Enclosed in original box, 7.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches. With original [4]p leaflet with instructions for developing drawings from the stenciled image by connecting lines, adding shading, etc. This set of 20 stencils includes images, letters, numbers, and words. Stencils generally in Very Good condition with occasional markings from use. The house stencil has a torn piece which is still present; the stencils are otherwise without major damage or loss. The box is in Fair to Good condition, moderately soiled and worn at the edges. Bottom slightly crushed and with about 2 inches of lip missing from the lid; still rests squarely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA selection of stencils originally designed and manufactured by Milton Bradley Co. beginning in the late 1800s. These represent number 1 in a 4-part series sold in the Montgomery Ward Stationery Department in the early to mid-20th century. Undated, possibly ca. 1910. Particular attention paid to explaining the German manufacture of the stencils, and promoting the designs, including a baseball theme and ad for Milton Bradley Co. Kindergarten Blocks, as distinctly American: \u003cem\u003e\"The German drawing stencils made from leather-paper, with perforations for the insertion of a lead or slate pencil have become very popular, as fascinating and educational busy work at home and in sub-primary schools. Owing to the peculiar nature of the material, and the processes of manufacture, all these goods have thus far been imported, and a large proportion of the designs are consequently peculiarly foreign... 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Photos measure in the 2.75 x 4.5\" - 3.5 x 5\" range, mounted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith paper photo corners on dry black paper with several short, closed edgetears to the top of the first four leaves, and a small loss to the upper gutter of the first leaf; album and photographs otherwise Near Fine. Some of the photos with deckled edges are stamped on the verso: \"10 point Nutone Process, Certified by the Photo Finishing Institutes\" and \"James Lett Co.\" dated June 1, 1936, and March 16, 1937\" (the anniversary of the flood). Others unmarked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA sober and sublime collection of images showing the city post-deluge: fragile-looking steel mills, submerged trolley cars, men in canoes paddling across gas station signs, etc. The Great St. Patrick's Day Flood is considered the worst in the city's history, destroying over 100,000 buildings and paralyzing nearly every facet of life and industry. 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The questions range from self assessment on objective, subjective, and psychological matters--to image recall and spatial awareness, industry vocabulary and foundational facts--and ability to understand metaphors (proverb matching).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"Business Training Corporation\" primarily designed programs for wholesale and retail salesmen, but also produced the correspondence Course in Modern Production Methods for training foremen. The letter references a completion certificate, which is not present, but the description of its value is a good indicator of the tenor of the course: \"This certificate will serve as a permanent record of the fact that you have given real thought and study to the problems of modern industry and production. 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The hands, in particular, still have many postmarks and old writing visible, wonderful evidence of the paper—and the maker’s—history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[folk art]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451745996950,"sku":"","price":475.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/LL-21.jpg?v=1675376139"},{"product_id":"pocket-book","title":"The Evangelical Museum or Christian Ladies Complete Pocket Book for 1838","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eLondon: Suttaby \u0026amp; Co., 1837. Flexible leather boards with fold-around flap closure, pencil holder and pocket inside the cover. All edges gilt. 4.75 x 3.25 inches. Engraved frontispiece and title page, plus 10 engravings of various city-, sea- and landscapes from Paris to Cornwall printed across 6 leaves. 35pp total, with calendar and engravings inserted between 23-25. 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A particularly uncommon version of the popular \"pocket\" diary, with handsome engravings to boot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42451856916630,"sku":"Q595","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Myproject-1_12_1ae2d084-c1a8-4eab-95a7-eb6db9b1c48b.jpg?v=1675457506"},{"product_id":"1923-automotive-engineering-notebook-with-naive-drawings-of-motors-circuits","title":"1923 Automotive Engineering notebook with naive drawings of motors, circuits","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1923 notebook of Hazen C. Traves, a budding auto mechanic from Chicago, IL. Cloth hardcover, 7.5 x 5 inches. In Fair to Good condition--the volume has sustained water damage, bearing a medley of tidemarks and discoloration; cloth worn through in a few places. Written from both covers (plus a few pages in the middle used at a later date). The first 23 pages have illustrated notes on the basics of motors and electrical engineering. At the back are 16 pages on automobiles and diagrams of specific systems by Westinghouse, Bosch, Maxwell, Ford—including a lively one of the Westinghouse Generator \u0026amp; Ignition System. Externally shabby, the contents are redeemed by the incongruously bright and naive crayon lines waving over the unevenly inked text. An honest artifact without any aesthetic pretense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[folk art, drawing, illustrated engineering notebook]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42453297725590,"sku":"","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q594-02.jpg?v=1688483579"},{"product_id":"the-railway-transition-spiral","title":"The Railway Transition Spiral","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e8.75 x 5 inches. 82 individually cut blueprint leaves bound with two brass brads in tan wraps with handwritten title. No publication information given; cover bears the name and signature of Frederic M. Smith, possibly ca. 1920. Very Good condition: Wraps creased at the overextended edges, mild soil. Two leaves have pales stripes indicating where the original document was taped before being copied for the blueprint. The ethereal quality of the blue backgrounds against the graphs is an aesthetic delight that makes us think of midcentury American painter Agnes Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWe tracked down Frederic Manning Smith, b.1898, WWI serviceman (Private First Class, Company A, 15th Engineer Battalion) and civil engineer in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The writing on pages 20-21, noting that the pages were in reverse order, matches that on Smith's application for veteran benefits (public record), suggesting he may have compiled the booklet himself. Contents relate to determining the \"safe speed in miles per hour\" given the elevation and angle of railway curve. Seven pages of introductory text, beginning: \"The Grafic method of transition spiral as presented in the following pages is a curve easement applicable to simple or compound curves for either old or new track, and can be used to fit all conditions found in railroad compunction or the realignment of old curves to give better riding track and cheaper maintenance...\" Arthur Newell Talbot published 'The Railway Transition Spiral' in 1899, with revised editions published through the early 1900s. Still, the contents of this booklet could not be matched to it, nor to 'The transition spiral and its introduction to railway curves...' by Arthur Lovat Higgins, nor any other searchable publications online. No record in OCLC. 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Pebbled cloth wallet-fold folio, 15.25 x 11.5 inches. Contains one stiff board with layered foldout diagrams on both sides (head, eye, ear); 8 canvas-backed leaves (4 in color), and additional foldout diagrams on each cover (torso inside the front cover, arm and leg at rear).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003eEckels' folio reproduces several of the illustrations published in Knox \u0026amp; Graham Physicians' Anatomical Aid (without attribution), focusing on areas relevant to embalming. Eckel has added charts drawn from his own postmortem dissections at Eckels College of Embalming in Philadelphia (est. 1895)–principally a complete arterial system, proudly advertised as \"The only specimen in the United States. Just Finished. The first exhibit.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThere is no publication date and other copies are generally dated c. 1903 based on the date given on the dissection plates. This copy has a blurry “1905” stamped on the cover, not seen on other copies, that appears related to the original owner Earl C. Miller’s time as a student at Eckels College, where he would have used this aid and studied during Eckels' tenure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eEarl's father, Harry McCord Miller (1867-1932) operated a combined furniture store and funeral parlor in Mercer, PA. The businesses were eventually separated into Miller's of Mercer and Earl C. Miller and Sons Funeral Home, which operated until the 1970s. Per his obituary in The Pittsburgh Press, Earl C. Miller was a graduate of the Eckels College of Embalming in Philadelphia and had various involvements in professional and masonic organizations, serving as Master of Hebron Lodge 375, a charter member and past president of the Mercer Rotary Club, and president of the Western Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVery much a collection of \"working\" items with commensurate soil and wear--rubbing and fraying to areas of the cloth, heavy dampstaining to the bottom board, considerable finger soil, creasing, and general wear from handling, though it is complete and intact. Miller has heavily annotated the Skeletal plate and superimposed a grid in pencil on the Muscular plate. The two charts drawn by Earl Jr. also have handling soil and wear. The coated paperboard has cracked along the folds, reinforced from the back with paper conservation tape. The charts were once taped together along the center, and have a corresponding double-sided type key that Miller taped along the edges to help fortify, but which has left some adhesive marks on the charts from being snugged in the folio.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEckels' innovations in embalming were significant for the aesthetic of the dead and the health of the living. Amidst a growing understanding of the relationship between air quality and health, the hazards of overcrowded urban cemeteries were a matter of public concern. 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Please refer to photos for more detail.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[paper sample book]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42530988785814,"sku":"Q652","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q652.jpg?v=1679948609"},{"product_id":"singer-sewing-skills-kit-with-outline-of-students-lessons","title":"Singer Sewing Skills Kit with Outline of Student's Lessons","description":"\u003cp\u003e(8p) booklet outlining six exercises on the fundamentals of machine sewing that will \"start you on the way toward many useful and happy hours with your new Singer Sewing Machine.\" 5 wax packets with fabric samples, printed patterns and completed exercises, housed in large folded envelope. Envelope with discoloration and wear, contents all Very Good to Near Fine. Probably not complete, but an interesting assortment from a partially completed course of home study. 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Front cover has been crudely but resourcefully stitched together with added supports. Striped residue on the endpapers suggests this once had a homemade dust jacket, as well. A nice collection, desirable for its make-do repairs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johnson, A. N.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42537984065686,"sku":"Q684","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/products\/Q684-16.jpg?v=1680298710"},{"product_id":"les-encolures-sewing-examples-of-necklines-echantillons-des-cours-de-couture","title":"Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)","description":"\u003cp\u003e2 panels loose in heavy paper wrap, 10 x 6.25 inches. Four examples of hems for necklines set in two cutaway panels with decorative finish. One page of text mounted to inside cover explaining each method. No date. 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An old label on one end of the barrel is mostly gone, leaving no identifying names, though the artist left a little self-portrait in the \"X\" compartment.  Done in the style of McLoughlin Bros. cloth ABC books and with images that reference late 19th century culture and fashion. 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Measuring 18 x 11.75 x 2.5 inches and weighing in at 12 lbs, a hefty collection of original photographs, papers, and news clippings related to the Cincinnati Fire Department, mostly ca. 1930s-1950s. Very Good with expected wear for an unwieldy album: Parts of the lettering on the corner worn, tattering around the edges, particularly some of the oversize newspaper clippings and fragile mounting leaves--a bit touchy, but able to be handled without peril. Estimated around 200-250 leaves, 110 original photographs in the album, many photo reproductions, news clippings, and ephemera from community events. Most mounted with photo corners or pasted in, though some are loosely tucked in. Additional materials loosely inserted: original Underwriters Salvage Corps typed report of the losses from a fire just before Christmas, 1940. 10 additional original photographs loosely inserted, 7 showing old firetrucks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCompiled by Joe Goetz, photographer and member of the Box 13 Associates, an organization formed in support of the city's firefighters in 1933. Named for the firebox central to the city's worst early disasters, Box 13 members were originally trained in first aid and could provide basic medical assistance as well as organize food and supplies at the scenes. The role of the Box 13 Association became less hands-on as the services of the Red Cross and trained emergency medical responders became more readily available, but the organization remains active in the Cincinnati area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCincinnati is the birthplace of professional firefighting in the United States, establishing the first paid fire company there in 1853. 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