Block numbered in two places: 3596, also 1265 on small adhesive label on back of block., Image of a boy standing before a seated man; the boy holds a book under his arm and a piece of chalk in one hand, and points with his other hand at a chalk board, which is covered with writing; the seated man regards the boy and rests on hand on a book laid on the table beside him., Back of block partially obscured by pasted-down paper.
Illustrated trade card showing a wallpapered interior with three children looking at a blackboard advertisement for Atkinson & Bair. An open book lies on the ground below the blackboard., Advertising text printed on recto., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., For similar illustration see trade card - Miller [1975.F.634], Digitized.
Date
[ca. 1880]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Atkinson & Bair [1975.F.3]
Illustrated stock trade card depicting a wallpapered interior with three children looking at a blackboard advertisement for J.W. Miller. An open book lies on the ground below the blackboard., Copyrighted 1880 by Bufford's Boston., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., For similar illustration see trade card - Atkinson & Bair [1975.F.3], Digitized.
Date
c1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department trade card - Miller [1975.F.634]
Interior view of The Kindergarten (a.k.a. The Froebel System of Kindergarten). Depicts a classroom with chairs and desks arranged in an open fashion, so as to see one's fellow students and the teacher at all times. Also shown in the background is a chalkboard, along with a fireplace and what appears to be a covered piano.
