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  Hull-House Year Book, Forty-Second Year

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  One yearbook entitled Hull-House Year Book, Forty-Second Year, published by Hull-House, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1931. This yearbook is 72 numbered pages in length, and contains photographic illustrations and an index. A "Plan of Hull House Buildings" is on the verso of the title page. The yearbook briefly outlines the history, purpose and works of the Hull House, and provides a detailed, illustrated listing of the clubs, courses and activities of the previous year. Information about the Hull House Art School, appears on pages 14-19. The Hull House Studio, children's art classes, art exhibits and pottery classes are also discussed within this section. Other broad sections listed in the yearbook include the music school, dramatics, and men's and women's social clubs. Numerous ms. annotations and marks have been made throughout the book.

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  Scrapbook, circa 1885

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  One scrapbook, untitled, created ca. 1885. The scrapbook is 22 unnumbered pages in length, and is made from paper and images pasted to the leaves of an instruction book by Walter Smith (the inside back cover of the instruction book is the only page not covered with created images; this page is a publisher's advertisement for other books by Walter Smith). Each page of the scrapbook is created to resemble a room within a home, such as a parlor, a bedroom, a library, and a kitchen. All of the rooms feature drapes and curtains made from colored and textured papers. The images throughout the scrapbook are a combination of black and white images cut from magazines and newspapers and die-cut chromolithograph images. Included among them are people, furniture, and flowers. The scrapbook's compositor is not given; an accompanying note written by DK reads, in part: "Child's collage- 1875-80? (Pasted into Walter Smith instruction book.)" The scrapbook was purchased by DK in 1980 at the New England Trade Center. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  Scrapbook comprised of hand-painted paper cutouts and decorative pieces

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  One scrapbook, untitled, comprised of hand-painted paper cutouts and decorative pieces of paper, ca. 1876. The scrapbook is 18 unnumbered pages in length, within which two full Victorian rooms are represented. Each of the two rooms fill 2 pages (an opening) and contain images of armchairs and couches, curtains, framed pictures hanging on the walls, a pipe organ, hanging plants and rugs. Most of the pages within the scrapbook are blank. Title supplied by cataloger.

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  Industrial Art Text Books: a Series of Text Books for Children

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  One flyer for a series entitled Industrial Art Text Books: a Series of Text Books for Children, by Bonnie E. Snow and Hugo B. Froehlich, published by A.S. Barnes Company, Chicago and New York, ca. 1920. This brochure is 12 numbered pages in length, and is illustrated with reproductions of sample pages from the text books to which they refer. Each page of the brochure gives a brief overview of the sections within the series: Color and Design; Costume Design; Domestic Art; Interior Decoration; Constructive Design; Commercial Design; Object Drawing and Nature Drawing.

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  Introductory Lessons in Drawing and Painting in Water-Colors

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  One art instruction book entitled Introductory Lessons in Drawing and Painting in Water-Colors, by Marion Kemble, published by S.W. Tilton & Company, Boston, copyright 1882. Following a preface and an introduction, the book is informally divided into 4 sections, the first of which is entitled "Perspective". The remaining sections are: "Water colors," "Directions for coloring". The book is 66 pages in length, with an additional 13 unnumbered pages of testimonials and advertisements at the end. Two pages of publisher's advertisements for "Self-Instructive Lessons in drawing and painting in water-colors" precede the title page. Each section within the book is illustrated with line drawings; the section entitled "Directions for coloring" contains 7 full-page illustrations. Of these, 6 are numbered and are accompanied by textual instruction for painting. The back cover is a publisher's advertisement for "Bulfinch's Mythology. The Age of Fable" edited by Rev. E.E. Hale. The insides of the front and back covers are blank. "H.N.[?] Gey.[?]" is written in ms. in ink, in the upper right-hand corner, "V.B. Cummings" is written in ms., in pencil, in the upper left-hand corner of the front cover.

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  One bound scrapbook compiled by Helen Doble, circa 1857-1860

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  One bound scrapbook, untitled, compiled by Helen Doble, ca. 1857--1860. It is approximately 100 pages in length, and contains images and scenes of cut out images and scenes created from paper and bits of material. Some of the pages contain representations of individual rooms with tables, chairs, and curtains, made from cutout images and collage-like formations. The book contains both black and white and chromolithograph images, and other black and white images that have been hand-colored. The scrapbook is bound in a cloth-covered paperboard binding, which has "Herbarium" printed in gilt letters on the spine. The front endpaper has "Helen Doble '57" written in ms., in blue ink, on it. Title supplied by cataloger.

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