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Easy Drawing Lessons for Blackboard or Slate
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One set of drawing cards entitled Easy Drawing Lessons for Blackboard or Slate, by E. Croasdale, printed by J.M. Stoddart & Co., Philadelphia, 1879. The label identifies E. Croasdale as the "Principal, Philadelphia School of Design for Women." The set is comprised of 36 cards, each containing white images against a black background. Intended for copying, the lessons begin with simple lines and progress to more complex forms. Each card is numbered in the upper left-hand corner and contains two images. For example, card 36 shows a young man holding a baseball bat on the left-hand side and on the right-hand side a cricket bat, ball and wickets. Printed on one side of the wrapper is: "Edwards & Docker, Box Makers, 418 Market St., Philadelphia." Original price for the cards, 25 cents.
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Andrews' Slate Drawing Book
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One drawing book entitled Andrews' Slate Drawing Book, revised by Prof. Duncan McGregor, drawings by A.F. Brooks, and published by A.H. Andrews & Co., Chicago, copyright 1878. Fourth edition. Cover title reads: Andrews' Progressive Slate Drawing Book: Containing all the pictures on Andrews Noiseless Drawing Slates, for Schools and Families. Front cover also has publication information: Chicago: A.H. Andrews & Co., 1878. Front cover has a decorative border. On the back cover is an image of a framed drawing slate which reads "Andrews Patent Noiseless Drawing Slate". A notice on the verso of the title page, in part, states that "Prof. Duncan McGregor, President of the State Normal School, Plateville, Wis." This book has 38 numbered pages, 29 of which are illustrated, and the remaining pages contain text. The first 2 and last 2 pages are blank and unnumbered. The inside back cover contains advertisements for school equipment and furniture, and an applied label for "Baker, Pratt & Co., School Furnishers, Importers, Booksellers, and Stationers, 142 & 144 Grand St., New York." The images proceed from simple to more complex.
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Glass drawing slate, circa 1895
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One glass drawing slate, ca. 1895. The slate is contained within a wooden frame; two rows of metal wells (presumably for watercolor paint) are mounted into the top and bottom sides of the frame; each row contains 6 small, rectangular wells. Along the left side of the slate is a metal piece which contains two holes, perhaps for holding paints. The slate bears neither a date nor a manufacturer's name. Accompanying the slate are 5 sheets of chromolithograph and outline images for copying onto the slate. The slate has the letters "A" and "B" written in ms., in pencil, on it. Title supplied by cataloger.
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Primary School Slate, No. 2
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One stone drawing slate, labeled The Improved, Boston Primary School Slate, No. 2, manufactured by Joseph Ross, Boston, Mass., ca. 1865. The slate is mounted within a wooden frame, onto which the title and manufacturer information is printed. The slate itself is ruled with horizontal white lines. Penmanship and spelling lessons are printed on the front side of the frame; labeled pictures are on the reverse.
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Slate Drawings for the Young Folks
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One 16-page promotional drawing book advertising Belding Bros. & Co.'s silk thread and products, published by Belding Bros. & Co., Boston, Massachusetts. Each page contains several white-on-black illustrations, designed to represent chalk drawings on a drawing slate.
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Slate Pictures
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Five booklets of bound drawing cards published by L. Prang & Co., Boston (of which three are copyright 1863). These are entitled Slate Pictures: Drawing School for Beginners, numbered "2"(2 copies), "4", "6". The fifth booklet is entitled Slate Pictures for the useful selfemployment (sic) of young children and is numbered "II". While the first three booklets were clearly published by Prang, the fourth has no date and no manufacturer, and may be a European import. The back cover of the three Prang booklets have an advertisement for other Prang publications. All of the books have a similar green and white cover, and similar content. Of the images in the booklets, all are white on a black background, simulating drawing on slate with chalk. The images depict a variety of items and scenes including tools, weapons, landscapes, people, and animals. There are numerous pencil markings on the booklets, along with the names, in pencil, of "Eva L. Wheeler, Charleston, Mass." (inside cover, book number 4) and "Florence Mary (or May) Hubbard" (back cover, book number 6).
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