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Here, Dorothy Hudgens recreates the Morton Salt Girl (invented 1914) in her presumably school age manner. The piece comes from a folder dated 1926. Dorothy Hudgens lived with two artistic sisters. All were pretty good! Still I wonder about branding young children.
Outsider art fans might be interested in this piece by the artist James Castle. Same time period, same salt? James Castle piece is taken from the web, I am afraid I don't know who owns the work.
Collage c. 1925 Dorothy Hudgens. Collection Jim Linderman.
Thanks to Natalie Curley Antiques.
"In the late nineteenth century, a genre of colored educational
papers were marketed to teachers in school supply catalogues
(Andrews 1878, Babb 1897-98). the J.L. Hammett Co. catalogue (1895)
of kindergarten supplies describes a variety of colored papers, and
distinguishes between those colored papers that are coated and those
that are "engine colored," or colored in the vat (Hammett 1895). the
advantages of these "engine" or beater-colored papers are numerous.
the Hammett Co. asserts that the "colors are mixed with the pulp of
the paper, in the process of manufacture, and cannot be rubbed off
by moisture or otherwise..." (Hammett 1895). These papers,
according to the catalogue, are equally colored on both sides and
are particularly suitable for folding. Importantly, the green
colorants -- unlike some which were available -- do not pose a
health risk because the dyes or "stains" are arsenic-free." Construction Paper: A Brief History by Joan Irving The Book and Paper Group Annual Volume 16 1997 American Institute for Conservation.
Adele was one of three sisters who created such projects in Indiana from 1920 to 1924 which were found together. Collection Jim Linderman
