Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo italian faience It seems quite likely this

It seems quite likely this 1964 graphite drawing signed by a Phyllis Myrick was a school exercise

I'm a big fan of old sailor made baskets--in part because I really love the idea of men at sea sitting around doing macrame in their spare time

And what a marvelous little building it is

Complete set of 28 cards

painted essentially the same on both sides

Boy in Dunce Cap in Classroom, Poignant Old Snapshot Photo italian faience It seems quite likely thisHard to believe that making students wear dunce caps was once a common practice but so it was, extending well into the 20th century as a classroom practice. Pretty rare though to find a candid snapshot of a child wearing one in class though, which this does seem to be, complete with one boy looking as if about to throw something at the camera, and what looks perhaps to be the teacher standing in the back. Heartbreaking, though I do read at least some