Young Woman's drawings in a practice notebook c. 1877 Schoolgirl Art of impressive skill

Some highlights from a practice notebook of a schoolgirl. I use “delightful” sparingly but it is appropriate here. Some are full pages, two cropped. The notes indicate the booklet is for “History Maps, Agricultural Figures and Physiology Figures…and mind you, this wasn’t even handed in. They were produced from 1876-1877 by a young woman. A prize, and humbling. Note the map is likely not included, not required and not shown in Florida any longer. Child’s workbook/notebook 1877 Collection Jim Linderman / Dull Tool Dim Bulb

Anonymous was a Woman an essential and beautiful book

First published in 1975, "Anonymous was a Woman" is one of my favorite titles and one I frequently mention. As if women didn't have enough to do during the 18th and 19th centuries, they often took the time to make it beautiful as well. Easy to find affordable (and I mean really, really cheap) on Amazon. I see used copies there for less than ten bucks. A beautiful book and the best book title for a book on Folk Art ever! Anonymous was a Woman by Mirra Bank (Author), Phyllis Rose (Preface). "In print since it was first published in 1979, this book is a glorious collection of American folk art by "ordinary" women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Filled with beautiful four-color reproductions of samplers, quilts, paintings, and needle-pictures along with excerpts from diaries and letters, sampler verse, books, and magazines of the period, Anonymous Was a Woman celebrates the daily experiences and inner lives of women who, in acts of love and duty, created many masterpieces of American folk art."

A Folk Art Carving of a Couple "coupled" Antique Risque Motion Toy

A Folk Art Carving of a Couple "coupled" Antique Risque Motion Toy collection Jim Linderman Dull Tool Dim Bulb