Richard Thurston's 1929 Penmanship Practice gift for kids and certainly it bears a

and certainly it bears a strong resemblance to the iconic folk art lion of John Bell (1800–1880) from the Shenandoah Valley

I'd think a spice box--the space inside is not very large

Of a great scale at 20 5/8" long x 6 3/4" t

but it still reads fresh and crisp

9"x6" and in very good condition

Richard Thurston's 1929 Penmanship Practice gift for kids and certainly it bears aA far cry from the gorgeous 18th century penmanship notebooks I recently posted, but still, the art of practicing letters was alive and well in 1929, and Richard Page Thurston was trying hard, though I do notice his penmanship goes somewhat downhill rather than getting better as he progresses through this stack of exercises, joined with a simple brass butterfly clip at top. What I especially like about these is the repetition of a single letter over