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Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

Wind-up ABC picture alphabet in a barrel

[educational toy]
Practical Hints on Painting and Decorating with Pictorial Color Suggestions

Practical Hints on Painting and Decorating with Pictorial Color Suggestions

[interior design, retail trade ephemera]
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]
Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)

Les encolures (examples of neckline hems from French sewing course)

[sewing ephemera, textiles, student work]
The Allegany Collection of Music for Public Worship, Choirs, Singing Schools, Musical Conventions, Musical Associations and the Social Circle

The Allegany Collection of Music for Public Worship, Choirs, Singing Schools, Musical Conventions, Musical Associations and the Social Circle

Johnson, A. N.
Singer Sewing Skills Kit with Outline of Student's Lessons

Singer Sewing Skills Kit with Outline of Student's Lessons

[sewing ephemera]
Happy Origami: The Japanese Art of Paper Folding

Happy Origami: The Japanese Art of Paper Folding

Tatsuo Miyawaki
Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

Herbier / 1909 Herbarium with Pressed Flowers and Seaweed Specimens

[herbarium, botanical ephemera]
The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book

The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book

Foster, William (illus.) [juvenile]
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 Railway Transition Spiral

The Railway Transition Spiral

[blueprints, ephemera]
1923 Automotive Engineering notebook with naive drawings of motors, circuits

1923 Automotive Engineering notebook with naive drawings of motors, circuits

[folk art, drawing, illustrated engineering notebook]
Collection of 22 woven paper pockets and heart-in-hand love tokens, ca. 1927

Collection of 22 woven paper pockets and heart-in-hand love tokens, ca. 1927

[folk art]
Mid-20C sewing and needlework sampler (2 pieces)

Mid-20C sewing and needlework sampler (2 pieces)

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

19C French herbarium in 20C notebook cover

[herbarium, botanical notebook]
Lot Circus and Carnival Ephemera

Lot Circus and Carnival Ephemera

[circus ephemera] Kunkely, M. E. [Max]; YMCA Niagara Falls
1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 & 12)

1892 Kindergarten Teacher's Album of Pricking and Sewing (Froebel Gifts 11 & 12)

[Froebel Gifts; Kindergarten album]
Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]

Tissage! 1916 Manuel Pratique [album of paper weaving]

[industrial arts, manual training]
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]
Easy Pictures for Slate Drawing Trade Card for businesses in White Plains, NY

Easy Pictures for Slate Drawing Trade Card for businesses in White Plains, NY

[ephemera]
Domestic Objects "Designs and Pictures for Slate Drawing" Trade Card for businesses in Mount Vernon, NY

Domestic Objects "Designs and Pictures for Slate Drawing" Trade Card for businesses in Mount Vernon, NY

[ephemera]
Animal "Designs and Pictures for Slate Drawing" Trade Card for businesses in Mount Vernon, NY

Animal "Designs and Pictures for Slate Drawing" Trade Card for businesses in Mount Vernon, NY

[ephemera]
The Perfection Extension Shoe and Sandal. For Men, Women and Children, with one limb from 1 to 12 inches short.

The Perfection Extension Shoe and Sandal. For Men, Women and Children, with one limb from 1 to 12 inches short.

Henry A. Lotz
Kunstschriftmappe Beispielen... (Lettering/Calligraphy guide and practice book in original envelope)

Kunstschriftmappe Beispielen... (Lettering/Calligraphy guide and practice book in original envelope)

Blanckertz, Rudolf (1862-1935)
Columbia Practical System of Vertical Writing (Common School Course No. 3)

Columbia Practical System of Vertical Writing (Common School Course No. 3)

M'Cool, T. H.
The Normalian of 1931 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY

The Normalian of 1931 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY

State Normal School of Geneseo, NY Senior Class
The Normalian of 1932 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY

The Normalian of 1932 - Yearbook of the State Normal School at Geneseo, NY

State Normal School of Geneseo, NY Senior Class (Clara Foote, ed.)
Album of 50+ Froebel Gifts - paper weaving, decorative stitching, embroidery patterns

Album of 50+ Froebel Gifts - paper weaving, decorative stitching, embroidery patterns

[Froebel kindergarten album]