Here is fun double deck set of “Godey’s Ladies” cards
as they seemed rather less concerned with the details of the face of this presumably Dutch man--sweetly and a bit hesitantly penciling in eyes
I've had an eye out lately for 19th century school notebooks
well worn wooden handle at the end
7 1/2" tall x 2 1/2" wide x 1" thick
Points of Interest in and Around Rockland, Maine 1894 Pencil Drawing slab made Here is fun double deckThis drawing requires close looking, but it is so worth it! It was done by a T. R. Rerce in 1894, using a pre printed page upon which it seems one was meant to create drawings that could reproduced as prints, like patterns for a textile. Our fellow, though, decided to make tiny detailed drawings of places and happenings in and around Rockland, Maine, which are, to my sensibility, just brilliant! Here we have the local Merry Go Round, the Rockland High