The Center for the History of Rural Iowa Education and Culture (CHRIEC), of the University of Northern Iowa's Museums (currently administered by Rod Library), is dedicated to the preservation, protection, and dissemination of unique and rare materials documenting America's rural school system and culture with particular emphasis on Iowa and the Mid-West
View more information at the Rural School Collections website: http://museum.library.uni.edu/ruralschool.
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| 4401 | 2022-FIC-1 | Book | "The New Complete System of Arithmetick: Composed for The Use of The Citizens of The United States" By Nicholas Pike, A.M. Fifth Edition, Abridged for the use of schools. Boston: Thomas and Andrews 1804. |
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| 4402 | 2022-FIC-2 | Book | "The Teacher's Assistant or a System of Practical Arithmetic; Wherein the Several of that Useful Science are illustrated by a variety of Examples, a large Proportion of which are in Federal Money. The Whole Designed to abridged the Labour of Teachers, and facilitate the Instruction of youth" By Compiled by Stephen Pike. Philadelphia: Benjamin Warner, 1822. Bound in Rawhide. |
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| 4403 | 2022-FIC-3 | Book | "The Elementary Spelling Book: Being An Improvement of the American Spelling Book" By Noah Webster LL.D. The Latest Revised Edition, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company 1908. |
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| 4404 | 2022-FIC-4 | Book | "The Schoolmaster's Assistant: Being a Compendium of Arithmetic Both Practical and Theoretical" By Thomas Dilworth. New London: Samuel Green for Naphtali Judah, 1797. |
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| 4405 | 2022-FIC-5 | Book | "Smith's New Grammar-English Grammar On The Productive System: A Method of Instruction Recently Adopted In Germany and Switzerland" By Roswell C. Smith. Second Edition, Phildelphia: William Marshall & Co. 1837. |
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| 4406 | 2022-FIC-6 | Booklet | "Regents Questions Without Answers in Ancient and Medieval History Covering the Requirements of High Schools and College Entrance: A Topical Development of the Subject by Questions from Regents, Examinations, and College Entrance Examinations". New York: Regents Publishing Company. |
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| 4407 | 2022-FIC-7 | Book | "Pike's System of Arithmetick Abridged: Designed to Facilitate The Study of the Science of Numbers Comprehending The Most Perspicious and Accurate Rules" By Dudley Leavitt. Concord: Jacob A. Moore 1826. |
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| 4408 | 2022-FIC-8 | Booklet | "First Series, Drawing Made Easy, or Dictation Exercises, Plans and Suggestions ot Aid in Teaching Drawing: Accompanied by a Set of Designs on Cards." By Abbie G. Hall. Chicago: A. Flanagan. |
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| 4409 | 2022-FIC-9 | Book | "The Administrative Handbook for the School of Indiana" By Ben H Watt: State Superintendent of Public Schools 1948 |
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| 4410 | 2022-FIC-10 | Booklet | "Andrews' Progressive State Drawing Book: A Manual of Design to be executed on Slate or Blackboard" Drawings by A.F. Brooks and Edited by Prof. Duncan McGregor. Seventeenth Edition. Cleveland: J.R. Holcomb & Co., 1889. |
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| 4411 | 2022-FIC-11 | Book | "Pathways in Science: Out of Doors" By Gerald S. Craig and Sara E. Baldwin. The Athenæm Press-Ginn and Company: Boston 1932 |
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| 4412 | 2022-FIC-12 | Booklet | "A Manual of Gymnastics: Containing Hints, Suggestions and Directions for Gymnastic Exercises, with Musical Accompaniments." Chicago: A. Flanagan. |
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| 4413 | 2022-FIC-13 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. October 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4414 | 2022-FIC-14 | Book | "German English Readers for Catholic Schools." Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago. Copyright, 1909. |
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| 4415 | 2022-FIC-15 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. November 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4416 | 2022-FIC-16 | Book | "The Rational Spelling Book: Part Two" By Dr. J.M. Rice, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Company, 1898. Front cover has a stylized drawing of a Tree. |
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| 4417 | 2022-FIC-17 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. December 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4418 | 2022-FIC-18 | Book | "Live Language Lessons: Third Book" By Howard R. Driggs. Chicago: The University Publishing Company, 1915. |
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| 4419 | 2022-FIC-19 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. February 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4420 | 2022-FIC-20 | Magazine | The Teacher's Journal: A Practical Educational Periodical for Progressive Teachers, Vol. II, No.7, January 1903. |
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| 4421 | 2022-FIC-21 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. March 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4422 | 2022-FIC-22 | Magazine | The Teacher's Journal: A Practical Educational Periodical for Progressive Teachers, Vol. VII, No.12, June 1908. |
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| 4423 | 2022-FIC-23 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. April 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4424 | 2022-FIC-24 | Magazine | The Teacher's Journal: A Practical Educational Periodical for Progressive Teachers, Vol. VIII, No. 9, March 1909. |
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| 4425 | 2022-FIC-25 | Magazine | The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of the School Year. May 1909. Cover shows image of young girl and boy dressed in 19th or early 20th century attire. |
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| 4426 | 2022-FIC-26 | Magazine | The Teacher's Journal: A Practical Educational Periodical for Progressive Teachers, Vol. VII, No. 11, May 1908. |
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| 4427 | 2022-FIC-27 | Booklet | "School Boards Plan For Disaster Problems" Project Writer William M. Lamers, National School Boards Association , Inc. |
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| 4428 | 2022-FIC-28 | Booklet | "Teacher's Guide: Locker Easy Method Writing" By W.C. Locker, Author of Locker Easy Method Writing, Director of Writing, Richmond Public Schools. Copyright W.C. Locker 1919. |
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| 4429 | 2022-FIC-29 | Book | "Two Hundred Experiments in Natural Philosophy, One for Each School-Day of the Year with numerous directions to teachers, for making the necessary apparatus." For Schools of All Grades. By Charles E. McVay. Mt. Washington: W.E. Dunham, 1881. |
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| 4430 | 2022-FIC-30 | Booklet | "Person to Person: The Classroom Teacher's Public Relations" Published by the National School Public Relations Association, NEA. |
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| 4431 | 2022-FIC-31 | Booklet | "Exercises in Jugding Poetry Series X" Prepared by Allan Abbott and M.R. trabue Teachers College, Columbia University. |
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| 4432 | 2022-FIC-32 | Booklet | Teachers College Bulletin, Twelfth Series, No.19, May 21, 1921. Sixteen Spelling Scales: Standardized in Sentences for Secondary Schools. Published by Teachers College, Columbia Univeristy. |
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| 4433 | 2022-FIC-33 | Booklet | Manual of Instructions and Interpretations for Measures of Musical Talent by C.E. Seashore. Columbia Phonograph Company, New York City. |
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| 4434 | 2022-FIC-34 | Booklet | Circular No. 304, How Large are our Public High Schools? Federal Security Agenyc, Office of Education. |
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| 4435 | 2022-FIC-35 | Booklet | National Education Association, Research Bulletin, Vol. XXXII, No.4, December 1954. Instructional Staff Practices and Policies in Degree-Granting Institutions, 1953-1954. Published by the Research Division of the National Education Association of the United States. |
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| 4436 | 2022-FIC-36 | Booklet | National Education Association, Research Bulletin, Vol. XXXIII, No.2, April 1955. Salaries and Salary Schedules of Urban School Employees, 1954-1955. Published by the Research Division of the National Education Association of the United States. |
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| 4437 | 2022-FIC-37 | Booklet | National Education Association, Research Bulletin, Vol. XXXIII, No.3, October1955. Audio-Visual Education in Urabn School Districts, 1954-1955. Published by the Research Division of the National Education Association of the United States. |
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| 4438 | 2022-FIC-38 | Booklet | An Epitome of the Analysis and Classification of Sentences and Their Elements: Designed to Aid the Teacher and Student of the English Language. by J. Nichols, M.D., Principal of W.R. Teachers' Seminary. Cleveland: HArris & Fairbanks, 1853. Number 03940 written on it in red-ink. |
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| 4439 | 2022-FIC-39 | Magazine | Student and Schoolmate And Forrester's Boys and Girls Magazine: A Reader for Schools and Families. Vol.IX January 1860. Published by Robinson, Greene & Company:Boston and N.A. Calkins: New York. |
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| 4440 | 2022-FIC-40 | Book | "Grecian Stories" by Rombert Ramble. Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1840. Cover shows an image depicting a Greek-helmet and other Ancient Greek artifacts a surrounding a monument on which the title is written. |
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| 4441 | 2022-FIC-41 | Magazine | Student and Schoolmate And Forrester's Boys and Girls Magazine: A Reader for Schools and Families. Vol.X No.1 January 1861. Published by Galen James & Co.:Boston and N.A. Calkins: New York. |
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| 4442 | 2022-FIC-42 | Book | "Stories from the History of Rome" by Rombert Ramble. Cincinnati: U.P. James, 18410. Cover shows an image depicting a ship carrying Aphrodite in an oyster shell with her attendants rowing the ship. |
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| 4443 | 2022-FIC-43 | Magazine | Student and Schoolmate: A Monthly Reader for Schools. Vol.III No.1 November 1856. Published by Robinson and Richardson: Boston and Calkins and Stiles: New York. |
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| 4444 | 2022-FIC-44 | Book | "The Book of Heroes and Famous Men" by Rombert Ramble. Cincinnati: U.P. James, 18410. Cover shows an image depicting men in Ancient Greek clothing engaged in combat. |
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| 4445 | 2022-FIC-45 | Magazine | Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys and Girls Magazine: A Reader for Schools and Families. Vol.II January 1859. Published by James Robinson and Co.: Boston and N.A. Calkins : New York. |
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| 4446 | 2022-FIC-46 | Booklet | Young Folk's Library of Choice Literature, Vol. III, No.45, January 15, 1896. " Stories of the Pilgrims", Boston: Educational Publishing Co. |
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| 4447 | 2022-FIC-47 | Magazine | Student and Schoolmate and Forrester's Boys and Girls Magazine: A Reader for Schools and Families. Vol.V No.3 January 1858. Published by James Robinson and Co. :Boston and Calkins and Stiles: New York. |
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| 4448 | 2022-FIC-48 | Booklet | No.2, "Language Work: Below the High School, A mnual of the Exeercises for the Use of the Pupil." |
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| 4449 | 2022-FIC-49 | Magazine | Student and Schoolmate: A Monthly Reader for Schools. Vol.III No.3 January 1857. Published by James Robinson and Co. :Boston and Calkins and Stiles: New York. |
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| 4450 | 2022-FIC-49 | Book | "Nursery Fun For Every One; or, Games for Little Children" Published by T. Nelson and Sons: Edinburgh and New York 1871. Cover reads: Caroline Hosler- Callie Hoslers book Gibisonville, Hocking Co. Ohio |
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| 4451 | 2022-FIC-50 | Booklet | No. 3, Fourth (or Fifth) School Year, "Language Work: Below the High School", adapted from the German by Chas. Degarmo, PH.D. Bloomington, Ill.: Public School Publishing Company, 1893. Cloth Cover over the original cover, held in place by string. |
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| 4452 | 2022-FIC-51 | Book | "The Child's First Reader; Being a Series of Easy Lesson, Prepared in strict Accordance with the Views of Practical Teachers." By Salem Town, A.M. Author of Town's Series of School Books. New York: R.C. Roott & Co., 1845. |
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| 4453 | 2022-FIC-52 | Booklet | The Ohio Journal of Education, "Common School Progress in Ohio." Columbus: Published forthe Ohio Teacher's Association by Follet, Foster, and company, 1858. |
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| 4454 | 2022-FIC-53 | Book | Number 1, "The Prang Elementary Course in Art Instruction." by John S. Clark, Mary Dana Hicks and Walter S. Perry. Boston: The Prang Educational Company, 1897. The Name Josephine Fenn 1898, Art School Hartford Conneticut written on the front. |
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| 4455 | 2022-FIC-54 | Book | "Useful Stories, For Little Folks." Boston: Philips & Sampson, 1875. From the Boys' and Girls' Magazine Price $1.00 a year Published by Philips & Sampson. |
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| 4456 | 2022-FIC-55 | Book | "Mother in Hieroglyphics" A Book in which some words have been replaced with images. for example the word I is replaced with a picture of an eye and so on. |
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| 4457 | 2022-FIC-56 | Book | "Botany for young People: Part First, How Plants Grow" by Professor Asa Gray, M.D. New York: American Book Company, 1858. |
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| 4458 | 2022-FIC-57 | Book | "Pleasewell Series: The House that Jack Built" New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1890. The Front Cover depicts several different images, one is an illustration of a sleeping cat, another is of a house and another of a young woman milking a cow. |
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| 4459 | 2022-FIC-58 | Book | "Nursery ABC and Simple Speller" New York: McLoughlin Brothers. The Front Cover depicts the image of a woman teaching two children their ABCs. |
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| 4460 | 2022-FIC-59 | Book | "Little Folks Series: The Old Woman Who Lived in a shoe" McLoughlin Bro's, New York. |
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| 4461 | 2022-FIC-60 | Book | "Uncle Ned's Picture Books: The Nursery Playbook" McLoughlin Bro's, New York. |
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| 4462 | 2022-FIC-61 | Book | "Uncle Ned's Picture Books: Frisky the Squirrel" McLoughlin Bro's, New York. |
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| 4463 | 2022-FIC-62 | Book | "Uncle Ned's Picture Books: Playtime Stories" McLoughlin Bro's, New York. |
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| 4464 | 2022-FIC-63 | Book | "Pictures Alphabet" McLoughlin Bro's, New York. |
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| 4465 | 2022-FIC-64 | Book | "A Look at Ohio's Gifted". Issued 1962 b yE.E. Holt, Superintendent of Public Instruction. State of Ohio, Departmebnt of Education, Columbus, Ohio. |
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| 4466 | 2022-FIC-65 | Book | Fifteenth Series, No.4, October 20, 1923. Teachers College Bulletin "Van Wagenen American History Scales, Revised Edition, Manual of Directions." Prepapred by Marvin J. Van Wagenen, Ph,D. Published by Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York City. |
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| 4467 | 2022-FIC-66 | Book | "The American Pictorial Primer; or the First Book for Children: Designed forr Home or Parental Instruction. Embellished with Numerous Engravings, and Pretty Stories, which will please the children amazingly! New York: Published by George F. Cooledge & Brother, 1845. (a Fascimile published in 1983.) |
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| 4468 | 2022-FIC-67 | Book | "The Ocean; a Description of Wonders and Important Products of the Sea." New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, 1837. A very small book. |
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| 4469 | 2022-FIC-68 | Booklet | The Interstate Readers, Primary, A Monthly Periodical for Primary Schools. No.4. December, 1886. Chicago: The Interstate Publishing Company, 1886. |
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| 4470 | 2022-FIC-69 | Booklet | Primary Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine For Supplementary Reading in Primary Schools. No.17. March, 1888. Kate L. Brown, Editor. Chicago: The Interstate Publishing Company, 1888. |
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| 4471 | 2022-FIC-70 | Booklet | Primary Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine For Supplementary Reading in primary Schools. No.4. March, 1888. Sarah L. Arnold, Editor. Chicago: The Interstate Publishing Company, 1888. |
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| 4472 | 2022-FIC-71 | Booklet | The Interstate Readers, Intermediate Monthly, Entertaining and Instructive Stories For Boys and Girls. No. 5., January, 1887. Chicago: The Interstate Publishing Company, 1887. |
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| 4473 | 2022-FIC-72 | Booklet | Primary Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine For Supplementary Reading in Primary Schools. No. 20., June, 1888. Kate L. Brown, Editor. Chicago: The Interstate Publishing Company, 1888. |
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| 4474 | 2022-FIC-73 | Booklet | Primary Monthly, An Illustrated Magazine For Supplementary Reading in Primary Schools. No. 2., October, 1888. Chicago: The Interstate Publishing Company, 1888. |
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| 4475 | 2022-FIC-74 | Magazine | Junior Scholastic,Vo.5, No.13, Dec. 18, 1939. Front Cover Photograph: Bringing in the Tree by Owen Reed. |
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| 4476 | 2022-FIC-75 | Booklet | Jumble Jumble and his Gun, McLoughlin Brothers. Cover is a stylized cartoon of a boy holding a gun. |
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| 4477 | 2022-FIC-76 | Booklet | Pinkie Winkie and Balloon, McLoughlin Brothers, N.Y. Cartoon Image of a Boy, a moon and a Balloon. |
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| 4478 | 2022-FIC-77 | Booklet | Tom the Thief, McLoughlin Brothers, N.Y. Image of a boy climbing a tree to get away from a dog. |
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| 4479 | 2022-FIC-78 | Book | "The Poetical Geography", 1850s. Cloth cover is over the original cover. From Shellsburg, Benton county, Iowa. |
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| 4480 | 2022-FIC-79 | Magazine | The New Era in home and school. Vol. 37, No.1, January 1956. "Freud, Jung and Adler:Their Relevance To the Teacher's Life and Work." |
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| 4481 | 2022-FIC-80 | Magazine | The New Era in home and school. Vol. 37, No.5, May 1956. |
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| 4482 | 2022-FIC-81 | Magazine | The New Era in home and school. Vol. 37, No. 6, June 1956. |
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| 4483 | 2022-FIC-82 | Book | "Cornell's Physical Geography", By S.S. Cornell. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1883. |
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| 4484 | 2022-FIC-83 | Booklet | "McGuffey's Smaller Eclectic Primer With 100 Engravings", Published by Sargent, Wilson, & Hinkle: Cincinatti and Clark & Maynard: New York 1849 |
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| 4485 | 2022-FIC-84 | Book | "McGuffey's New Eclectic Spelling Book: Embracing A Progressive Course of Instruction In English Orthography and Orthoepy", Published by Wilson, Hinkle &Co: Cincinnati 1865 |
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| 4486 | 2022-FIC-85 | Book | "The Happy Hour Readers Book Four", By Lillian E. Johnson and J. Linwood Eisenberg. Published by F.A. Owen Publishing Company: Dansville, NY 1921 |
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| 4487 | 2022-FIC-86 | Book | "The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of The Year" Published by F.A. Owen Publishing Company: Dansville, NY June 1909 |
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| 4488 | 2022-FIC-87 | Book | "The Year's Entertainments For Every Month of The Year" Published by F.A. Owen Publishing Company: Dansville, NY September 1909 |
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| 4489 | 2022-FIC-88 | Book | "The New England Primer" Twentieth Century Reprint, Ginn & Company. |
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| 4490 | 2022-FIC-89 | Booklet | A German language book published in Ohio in 1839. |
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| 4491 | 2022-FIC-90 | Booklet | "Learning to write" a German Language book published in St. Louis, Missouri and used in Adams County Indiana. |
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| 4492 | 2022-FIC-91 | Book | "Poems Stories and Essays of '02" by the Senior Literature Class of the East Minneapolis High School. The Name Esther Charlotte Harper? is written on the inside cover |
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| 4493 | 2022-FIC-92 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays. "Marian's Choice" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Companuy, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4494 | 2022-FIC-93 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays. "Home" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Companuy, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4495 | 2022-FIC-94 | Booklet | "The Perversity of Patty" by May E. Countryman. Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio 1910. |
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| 4496 | 2022-FIC-95 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays. "Our Boys" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4497 | 2022-FIC-96 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "Solon Shingle" by J.S. Jones. Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio 1895. |
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| 4498 | 2022-FIC-97 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays. "All that Glitters is Not Gold" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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| 4499 | 2022-FIC-98 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays "The Mayor of Coleman " by Carl E. Boyer. Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio 1915. |
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| 4500 | 2022-FIC-99 | Booklet | Excellent Edition of Popular Plays. "The Snowball" Price 15 Cents, Published by School Publishing Company, Darrowville, Ohio. |
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