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Gift of Helen D. Perkins, 1984.5.3 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society
Alphabet Board
Gift of Helen D. Perkins, 1984.5.3 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society

Alphabet Board

Date1902-1905
MediumCardboard; chromolithograph
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of Miss Helen D. Perkins
DescriptionFront side is chromolithograph on cardboard; red alphabet letters with multi-color vignettes illustrating letters, for example: "L/LETTERS, Learning"; "R/ROOSTER, Red", etc. Reverse side is lessons 1-8 printed in black consisting of short words and easy phrases such as: "dry" and "go by me". Also on this side alphabets of capital letters and lower case letters, and numerals 0-9.
Object number1984.5.3
NotesPrimary Dimensions: 13 3/4" x 11"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Sampler
    Caroline Jones
    9 July 1832
    Sampler
    Mariett Norton
    1836
    Family Register
    Eliza Talcott
    about 1815
    Museum purchase, 1987.201.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.   © 2009 The Connecticut Historical…
    Fanny Maria Case
    1835-1843
    Sampler
    Ellis Amelia Huntley
    1831
    Sampler
    Prudence Maria Hollister
    July 1840
    Sampler
    Lydia Ann Perkins
    5 December 1837
    Sampler
    Emeline Webster
    1824
    Gift of Miss Mabel Johnson, 1952.89.0a  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2010 The Connecticut …
    Harriet Newell Johnson
    1834
    Sampler
    Abigail Stanley Roberts
    1830
    Sampler
    Louisa V. Miller
    1847