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e-list No. 50
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Miscellany: American Pen Woman, Palmistry, Hollywood Dollies & Of Course, the Children It’s all about the Children…
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Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo
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Albums and Commonplace Books
1. [Commonplace book][ Education][ Women's Work][ Women's History] Myra A. Proctor. Teacher's Commonplace
Book. Townsend, MA. 1853. Watered marble covers. 125 manuscript pages. At first appearance this album seems to
be quite a conglomeration of information. Upon closer review it is a collection of materials most likely used by a
teacher in the class room. Although subject content for instruction, the writing reflects the writer’s personality.
Materials are varied and wide ranging and include topics as:
• Considerations of punctuation, sentence structure, proper spelling i.e. Apron not Aprun and Effort not Effurt,
• Scientific facts dedicated to the useful and the Agreeable and elocution
• Sections of Ledgers, which at first were thought personal but given the varied content, most likely created as
an example
• A narrative on Arithmetic, referencing page numbers in a book, a complicated Legal Interest Rate calculation
with references to Greenleaf, Geometry text and diagrams, a discussion on Algebra and a demonstration of a
Cube Root.
• A second ledger and a page of receipts (sliced in three parts and written as true receipts) with the instruction
"always write numbers in words on receipts"
• Odds & Ends and Classifications of Elements.
• Entries from 1872 titled Geography with Teacher's Class
• Lessons on Duty - Duties to God, Social Duties and Personal Duties
• An essay on Moral Culture
• The words to "Oh Give me a home by the Sea"
• Two additional Ledger examples
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• Lectures on English Lit from May 1853, essays on Thomas Gray, Rev. Charles Banks, Mark Akenside,
Tennyson and Smith.
The final narratives include The Spirit Land, The Old Clock on the Stairs, The Reaper and the Flowers, lectures on
Chemistry, Mineralogy and Coal Formation, The Angels Wings, Modes of Education and Methods of Instruction,
Gestures and two pages of words translated from French to English. The final page of the book lists Myra's studies at
the Framingham Normal School. Measures 8 ¼” x 6 ¾”. (#28003516) $500.00
2. [Charles Dickens][ Essay][ School Project] An Essay on the life of Charles Dickens by Nellie M. Krehbiel c 1900.
An 18 page handwritten report or essay with three (3) images from photographs and one drawing. Paper covers with
ribbon binding. Embossed Victorian floral scrap affixed to front cover. Titled Charles Dickens 1812-1870. Nellie M.
Krehbiel. Although it is structured as a school project the factual narrative is written subjectively. e.g. "In later life
Dickens preserved grateful remembrance of this gentleman, who recognized his pupils abilities and resolved that they should not
lie fallow for want of early cultivation". Content includes Parents, Birth, Boyhood, Youth, Marriage, Friends, Manhood,
Last years, Dickens' Works, Death and References. A pen and ink drawing captioned Little Charles Dickens at the
blackingware house. Meausres 9" x 6'. (#28001639) $125.00
Believe author to be Nellie M Krehbiel. 1886-1967 Delevan, Cattaraugus, New York.
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3. [Medical Cures][ Commonplace book][ Primitive Medicine] Receipt Book - Medical Cures - Dr. Benjamin Cope.
New Hope, PA. Feb 1864. What appears to be a pocket reference book 8 pages of cures belonging to a physician , who
parenthetically couldn’t spell. It begins with "the desire for alcoholic drink can be cured by taking one half grain of
apocynin once or twice a week at bed time" (a natural organic compound related to vanillin). Also includes cures for
Worts (sic), Fellon, Fetter, Bronchitas (sic), Itch, Hooping cough (sic), To Clear the Blood, Bad Cough, for cover, To
brake (sic) fevers, Asthma, Snake Bite, Piles, for Quinzy(?), Roomatizm or Rheutism (?) and another for Fetter. Not
certain what Quinzy is but Gum camphair (sic) hard home made soap and cream mixed and put on for poltice (sic) is
the cure... Measures 6" x 3 5/8". (#28001760) $325.00
4. [Scrap Album][ Women's History][ Social History][ American Pen Women] Agnes Anne Cureton Hoffman.
Extensive Scrap Album - League of American Pen Women, Society of Natural Sciences, Women's Clubs, etc.
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Buffalo, NY. 1922-26. A jam packed 45 leaf large format scrap album created by a women portraying her professional
and social activities for four (4) years. Well constructed. Contents include correspondence, programmes, menus,
invitations, brochures, tickets, place cards, bridge tallies and more. Agnes became a member of the American Pen
Women's Club in 1922, the album includes her acceptance letter and articles throughout of activities, conferences,
newspaper accounts referencing the club and a mimeographed Animated Pen Women's Magazine Vol. 1 No. 1
(1922), etc. She was also a member of the Society of Natural Sciences with various programmes, etc. from that society.
The album includes memorabilia from many local events including Nichols School, a private co-educational school. It
appears she had interest in social welfare as she donated to the Buffalo Branch American Committee for Devastated
France and purchased shares in the Women's Home Missionary Society. Numerous newspaper clippings from
women's social and political events. The album includes several pieces of memorabilia for the Sons of the American
Revolution. She was also active in the Persian (Cat) Society.
Additionally, the album includes travel memorabilia from locations and events including the Federal Guild of
Women's Club at Chautauqua, brochures,from the British Convict Ship "Success" of the infamous Felon Fleet, one die-
cut and menus from various locations in New England for the most part. One particular newspaper article of note
was a report from March 29, 1923 relating an incident in Breslau where village women . The primary offense: formed a
phalanx, linking themselves together by interbraiding their hair and tying their hands together to protect the village priest who
had committed some minor offense. Second Line Formed: When finally a charge of the (200 soldiers) cavalry crushed the human
wall beneath the hoofs of the horses, a second line formed about the door of the church, hurling hot and burning salt in the eyes of
the soldiers. Other articles of women's achievements. Fifty-six were arrested. Additional content includes political
and religious memorabilia. Beyond the surface appearance there is additional content within the various pamphlets,
booklets and articles. Measures 14 ¼" x 12 ½”. (#28001349) $650.00
To view more images click: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AEwQnbrBBvHiN17L8
Agnes Anne Cureton Hoffman. 1873- 1963
Education
5. [University catalogue][ African American] Catalogue of Southern University 1892-'93, New Orleans LA. 61pp.
wraps. Frontispiece image from photograph of Southern University Farm - central front view. An institution
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established in 1879 in the city of New Orleans to be devoted to the education of persons of color, and to be entitled.
Begins with information on an Act of Incorporation. Includes information on incorporation, faculty, graduates and
students and information on each department. Departments include college, normal, high school, grammar
(preparatory), girls' industrial, agricultural and mechanical, and music. Includes overview and course of instruction
by department. The girls' industrial department includes courses on various types of hand sewing and darning, using
a sewing machine, needlework, crocheting, rug making for. The girls’ program is a certificate program. Images
include "Starting out to Work", a group of young men posing with farm implements and another; "At work in the
Fields". No on-line reference located. Inscription on title page reads"Entered 5 June 1894 Misc. pg.2". Measures 8
¾" x 6". (#27004533) $200.00
Back cover lacking. Front cover detached but present. Believed to be complete. N.
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland OH. stamp on cover and title page. Stamped Withdrawn from W.R.H.S. on front cover
stamp. Also stamped "with compliments Elroy M. Avery Ohio Senate".
6. [Education][ School Catalogue][ Women's History][Main Line] Catalogue Miss Sayward's School, Thirty-first Year.
Innes & Sons. Overbrook, PA. 1923-1924. 38 pp. embossed wrap. String tie binding. Images from photographs
throughout of the exteriors and interiors of the school and groups of girls engaging in the different classroom and
extracurricular activities. Staff comprised of all female instructors. Located five miles from Philadelphia, on the Main
Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Provides information on each of the buildings, requirements of entrance, courses
of study, special requirements for boarding pupils and more. Images of the basket ball team, domestic science room,
West Wind and South Wind dance, the Senior Play, the May Queen and more. Also includes inserts of
commencement programme, the announcement of a new instructor and a recital program. Includes original
presentation envelope and outer envelope.
(#28001527) $85.00
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7. [Bowdoin][ Menu][ Whimsy] Menu Triennial Dinner - Class of 1882 - Bowdoin
College. Sagadah House, Bath ME. June 25, 1885. A 9 ¾” x 7" menu printed on heavy
card stock for the Triennial Dinner. Illustration depicts a well sated corpulent diner
being catered to by tiny minions dancing on mushrooms, diving in champagne and
serving up food. Fare includes Blue Point Oysters, Brook Trout, Roast Plover and more.
The caption at base reads "I had a dream which was not all a dream" --Byron. Perhaps a
reference to the illustration. (#28007756) $275.00
Periodical
8. [Soldiers Periodical][ Sailors Periodical][ War Chronology][ Poetry] The Soldiers' and Sailors' Half Dime Magazine,
Vol. II, No. 1. 32pp illustrated wraps. An illustrated magazine consisting in part of short biographies of distinguished
Heroes. Includes "The Flight at Kenesaw", the words to The Battle Hymn of the Republic and much more. 12 mos
subscription $2.50 Measures 8" x 5 ½". Although it is indicated as vol. II may have been typo as no reference is found
to vol. I. OCLC - 3 (Aug. 2018) plus reference to AAS Periodical Collection. (#25024512) $110.00
Cover wear and corner chips.
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Printing
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10. [Printing Process][ History of the Book][ Advertising and Promotion] The House Between (the printer and binder).
L. H. Jenkins Inc. Richmond, VA. 1917. 32pp (unnumbered). Illustrated embossed wrap. A well printed booklet
describing the L. H. Jenkins Inc., Edition Book Manufacturers. Each page with a border decoration advertising the
company. Vignettes and images from photographs throughout. Narrative presents a comprehensive description of
the manufactury works. The images from photographs follow the narrative and include views of the pressroom,
folding machines, the female department, types of folding machines, type of sewing machines, the machine that
thinks, section of the men's department, type case-making machines, type of rounding and backing machines, gilding
the edges,the stamping department, the sheet room, the stock room, books in the press and the delivery trucks. A nice
primer on the construction of the book. Measures 9 ½" x 5 1/8". (#28001453) $130.00
Advertising and Promotion
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11. [Manual][ Textbook][ Globe] H. E. Schulse. The Earth. Uniclok Globe Handbook. A Pocket Manual of the Earth,
Moon, Sun, Planets, Stars and ... (Uniclok Globe). Universal Clock & Globe Corporation. Wilmington, DE. 1931. 53
pp. wraps. Narrative text with full page and in-text illustrations and graphs throughout. The globe is the Telechron
Motored Electric Uniclok. It provided accurate time throughout the world with the aid of an electric lamp socket.
Primary content Uniclok Globe Directions, The Earth (numerous sections), Demonstrating with Uniclok Time Dial &
Globe, The Moon, The Sun, The Zodiac and Zodiacal Constellations, Questions and Answers, Different Models and
Information. Measures 7 ½" x 5". (#28001336) $150.00
Cover wear.
12. [Hidden Object Puzzle][ Novelty Card][ Advertising and Promotion] Hidden Object Puzzle promotes Candy Store;
a century ahead of it's time (no game app required). A 6" x 3 ½" stock puzzle card promoting a candy store. The top
portion with hidden objects appears to be a young girl in a somewhat surreal scene above
mountains, a stream and dead streets. Captioned at top Hidden Away in this Curious Picture
is a cat, a serpent, a lizard, a fly, a mule, an elephant, two birds, a rat, a boy, a dog, a fish and
five other objects. Caption at base reads "To find the best Ice Cream call at CURTIS Candy
Store. Reverse is blank. (#28001512) $35.00
13. [Sacramento City and County][ Agriculture][ Sacramento Bee] James McClatchy & Co. Sacramento County and its
Resources; Our Capital City Past and Present. A Souvenir of The Bee. H. S. Crocker Co. Sacramento, CA. 1894.
196pp. Soft covers. Cover and title page illustrations by S.F. Photo Eng. Co. Large format book with images from
photographs throughout both in-text and full page. Fold-out 22" x 18" agricultural map showing uses of the soil in
1894. Crops included Orchards, Vineyards, Vegetables, Berries, Hops, Alfalfa, Grain, Grazing Land and swamp and
Over-flowed land. Information on the city and the county including discussions by district within Sacramento. A lot
of attention to agrarian activities. Index and Index of Illustrations. Concludes with full page advertisement for The
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Evening Bee including a photographic image of the collage of Writers and Executive Force. Measures 9¼" x 12".
(#22021512) $275.00
3" intact tear edge of map. Water stains to cover and title page with some residual lower margin first few pages of the book.
Cover and free endpaper pulled away from staple binding. Backstrip wear. Intact tear top edge of fold-out map.
Palmistry
14. [Broadside][ Divination][ Palmistry] Your Luck's in Your Hand - Tell Your Own Future. A 16 ½" x 8 ¾" broadside
titled Your Luck's in Your Hand. Tell Your Own Future. Depicts a large hand with palm facing identifying all of the
characteristics of the hand and meanings of lines in one's hand as they relate to palmistry. All aspects of the
complicated elements explained on the chart. At the base are images of the seven (7) types of hands, each type forms
a different character. Priced at one shilling. Also promotes Old Dream Book and Fortune Teller, with Napoleon's
Oraculum. Reverse is blank. (#28005152) $125.00
An ad for the chart was found in a 1912 magazine advertising section. May be a slightly later printing.
It’s all about the Children
Materials in this section will always be about the children…
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15. [Children' As Advertising Pawns][ Hygienic Food Co.][ Paper Dolls][ Doll House][ Pretend Play] Maple Sisters' Six
Room Doll House and Dolls Promote Mapl-Flake Cereal. Hygienic Foods. Battle Creek Mich. 1910-11. A series of
sheets given to young girls to create a doll house using the interiors of empty Mapl-Flake boxes as the room. The
series includes six ltiho card stock sheets that included dolls, costumes toys and accessories for a particular room in a
house. The six larger paper sheets were designed as wallpaper with images of wallpaper, windows, furniture and
rugs. The reverse of each sheet includes information on the entire series,and advertising for Mapl-Flake Cereal. One
sheet was given free with two packages of cereal. When all of the parts had been collected the child had a six room
doll house and the family had consumed six boxes of Mapl-Flakes to be used as the foundation of the rooms. The set
includes
• Nursery- Dolls and Furniture
• Nursery- Wall Paper
• Kitchen- Dolls, Wall Pieces and Furniture
• Barn- Dolls, Wall Pieces and Furniture
• Living Room- Dolls and Furniture
• Living Room- Wall Paper
• Bed Room- Dolls and Furniture
• Bed Room- Wall Paper
• Dining Room- Dolls and Furniture
• Dining Room- Wall Paper
• Bath Room - Dolls and Furniture
• Bath Room - Wall Paper
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The Roof- Sent by mail to any address for a dime and a 2c. stamp. The Roof is made of ten sections of card-board
printed in two colors, ready to be unfolded and put together. The doll sheets measure 11 ½" x 13". The room
sheets measure 13 5/8" x 15 5/8". A scarce set. (#28000330) $950.00
Sheets No. 2 and the Roof are lacking. Light edge wear.
16. [Motion Pictures][ Movies][ Celebrities][ Paper Dolls][ Social History] Hollywood Dollies - Series 1. Hollywood
Dollies, Inc. New York NY. 1925. A series of life-like miniatures of famous motion picture stars in original costumes
worn in pictures.This is the First Series, including eight (8) different paper doll stars, each with three (3) actual movie
costumes with accessories. They include Colleen Moore, Rudolph Valentino, Tom Mix, Mae West, Norma Talmadge,
Douglas Mac Lean, Norma Shearer and Reginald Denny. Elaborate costumes as seen in the early movies. The
reverse is blank. Each measures 10 ¼" x 14 ¼". Scarce. (#28000333) $775.00
Some edge wear and chips.
17. [Sunday School Literature][ Morality][ Early Learning] Asa Bullard. A Teacher's Gift . Taggard & Thompson.
Boston. 1863. 48pp. Cloth covers. Gilt stamp decoration on spine title. Inscribed to Miss Phebe from Lizzie free
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endpaper. Woodcut engravings throughout including frontispiece and title page and in-text illustrations throughout.
Morality, religion and educational stories. Measures 4 ½" x 3". (#28001524) $75.00
Light wear.
Thank you for looking.
Sheryl Jaeger & Ralph Gallo
Eclectibles
860-872-7587
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