Spencerian Penmanship Notebook, c. 1880s, With Good Words, Phrases and Juxtapositions paint jars coats and balls

coats and balls

Pure joy to find this one the other day in Rockland

lending the stool a scalloped edge on two sides

A bit hard to capture in photos

Spencerian Penmanship Notebook, c. 1880s, With Good Words, Phrases and Juxtapositions paint jars coats and ballsOne of two late 19th c. penmanship notebooks I'm listing today, both recently found in Pennsylvania. There's often one particular page that sells me on one of these in this case it's the page of Hush, Hush, Hush followed by Kink, Kink, Kink! Ah, the resonance of found language. Of course I do like "Delays are Dangerous," "Onward and Upward," Quay combined with Zodiac, and this particular student's hand on Teach, Teach, Finch, Finch, too. 8 9 16" x 7".