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Oliver and Boyd's Object-Lesson Cards
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Subseries T. Object Cards
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This collection contains approximately 700 pieces of ephemera that along with more than 500 separately cataloged books form the Diana Korzenik Collection of Art Education representing the evolution of art education in the United States from mainly 1800 to 1950. The collection was assembled by Massachusetts professor Diana Korzenik over a period of nearly three decades, and the ephemera is composed of instructional materials (e.g. art instruction manuals, art reproductions, drawing books, drawing cards, painting books, penmanship books, etc.), objects (e.g. boxed painting sets, drawing slates, models, drawing desks, colored pencils, crayons, paint, etc.) and non-instructional materials (e.g. promotional materials, scrapbooks, coursework by Korzenik's students, catalogs, etc.). With the exception of the Mabel Spofford archive, which she purchased as a whole, Korzenik pursued each item individually with the aim of assembling frequently overlooked and misunderstood material.
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Play Lessons in Modeling Harbutt's Plasticine
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One set of cards entitled Harbutt's Plasticine Play Lessons in Modelling published by the Embossing Company, Albany, New York, copyright 1908. The set consists of 13 cards (unnumbered), the first of which is textual. The remainder of the cards are color images of objects (primarily birds and animals) made with Harbutt's Plasticine. Each of the color image cards are single-sided, and intended to be used as models. Accompanying this set of cards is a brown paper envelope with a color label: "Play Lessons in Modeling Harbutt's Plasticine". The envelope is a color reproduction of a framed "title page" made from plasticine.
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Story Sewing Cards
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One boxed set of sewing cards (set number 4222) manufactured by the Milton Bradley Company, Springfield, Massachusetts, comprised of 10 numbered sewing cards, three lengths of colored thread wrapped around paper spools, and one sewing needle. The sewing cards within this set are representative scenes from children's stories, for example: Jack and Jill, Mother Goose, and Little Bo Peep. Six of the ten cards have been completed either in part or in full.
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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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Coe’s New Drawing Lessons, No. IV, Drawing for Schools
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One set of drawing cards entitled Coe’s New Drawing Lessons, No. IV, Drawing for Schools, by Benjamin H. Coe, printed by D. Appleton & Co., New York, 1858. The envelope label also includes the subtitle "A Method by which all the M[emb]ers of a Large Class are taught to Draw at [once] with Neatness, Uniformity, and Accuracy." Also on the label, in pencil, is the note "This not in Drepperd". The cards are divided into four groups as listed on the label: No. 1. Perpendicular and Horizontal Lines; No. 2. Oblique and Curved Lines; No. 3. Curved Lines and Introduction to Landscape; and No. 4. Studies in Landscape. There are 47 drawing cards--all single-sided-- depicting landscapes and simple architectural outlines. Some of the cards have numbers either in the upper left-hand or the upper-right hand corners: other cards have no numbers, merely the image. It is highly probable that the cards are an amalgam of several different sets.
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Systematic Drawing Cards for Schools, with Instructions: In Two Parts
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Two sets of drawing cards by Sigismond Schuster, published by Ivison & Phinney, with 39 cards of increasing complexity from simple forms to complex landscapes. The landscapes are scenes from Hoboken, New Jersey. Env. 07 contains the first part in a green-patterned wrapper labeled "Drawing Cards for Schools & Families," subtitled "Part I. Nos. 1 to 24" (with card 24 missing). Env. 08 contains 16 cards numbered between 25 and 47 (with cards 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 45, and 46 missing).
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