Young Woman Reading with Pile of Books Beside Her
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Learning to Read
Extracted from the cover of a catalogue from the Willer Manufacturing Company of Milwaukee, 1890. The area around the oval has been made transparent.
Reading Under a Tree
| Description | English: Ornament from an advertisement in Boktryckeri-Kalender 1897 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Source | Boktryckeri-Kalender 1897 (https://archive.org/details/boktryckeri-kalender-1897zaschrisson/) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Taking a Picture of Grandmother Reading to the Children
“Keep the story with a Kodak”
| Description | English: Woman taking a picture of grandmother reading to children, from an advertisement for Kodak cameras |
| Date | 1922 |
| Source | Advertisement in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n639/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Anonymous |
An Ending to Suit Everyone, by Bill Breck
| Description | English: “An Ending to Suit Everyone” by Bill Breck, illustrating his own article in Shadowland |
| Date | 1923 |
| Source | Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/shadowland08brew/page/n201/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | G. William Breck |
Bookplate by Heinrich Vogeler
| Description | English: Pen drawing by Heinrich Vogeler |
| Date | 1902 |
| Source | Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125008852077/page/n347/mode/2up?view=theater) |
| Author | Heinrich Vogeler |
Bookplate with the Temptation of Eve, by E. M. Lilien
| Description | English: Bookplate by Ephraim Moses Lilien |
| Date | 1899 |
| Source | Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration (https://archive.org/details/gri_33125006095190/page/94/mode/2up?q=Behrens&view=theater) |
| Author | Ephraim Moses Lilien |
Below, with the original text:
Fiddle, Harp, and Books of Old Ballads
| Description | English: Title-page vignette from a book of old ballads |
| Date | 1810 |
| Source | Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative (https://archive.org/details/oldballadshistor02evanuoft/page/n7/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |
Still Life with Books, by Wladyslaw Majewski
| Description | English: Still Life by Wladyslaw Majewski |
| Date | 1913 |
| Source | Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte (https://archive.org/details/velhagenklasing2711unse_2/page/560/mode/2up) |
| Author | Wladyslaw Majewski |
Ledger
| Description | English: Stock cut from an American Type Founders specimen book, 1897 |
| Date | 1897 |
| Source | American Type Founders Company specimen book (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/n5/mode/2up) |
| Author | Anonymous |