Perfectly Designed and Creatively Inspiring Ideal Fractional Tablets Set, Complete vintage pine needle basket was one of the first

was one of the first makers of fine articulated doll in this manner in the United States

perhaps a bit like a crucifix for the believer in small wonders

and the juxtaposition of the two

Graphite and watercolor on lined paper

Perfectly Designed and Creatively Inspiring Ideal Fractional Tablets Set, Complete vintage pine needle basket was one of the firstI'm always excited to find beautifully designed old creative learning materials, and am especially enamored with this set of "Fraction Learning Tablets" produced by the Ideal School Supply Co. of Chicago, another set of which I've never seen. Not designed by Frederick Froebel, but completely aligned with his blocks sets here with paper "tablets" divided into halves, thirds, quarters, etc., and purple cardboard shapes of corresponding, sequentially