Works by Children
Paper Doll, Made by Hand, Pretend Play, Childhood Ephemera, Social History, Works by Children
c1940s. A 7 3/4" male and slightly shorter female two-sided paper dolls. They are drawn in the style of the Brave Boy and the Little Girl He in dashing finery with a sword and feathered hat, she in her outing attire with her dog at her side. Both with creative.....
Price: $375.00
Folk Art, Made by Hand, Paper Dolls, Social Culture
Nebraska: 1910s. Five (5) crayon drawn and decorated paper dolls created from 'make-do' materials-- the back of pressed board advertising signed. The first is 21 1/2" older girl in a blue dress with large white colors. Her face is drawn as profile with an exaggerated nose and chin. Her hair.....
Price: $450.00
Paper Dolls,Made by Hand, Watercolor
1890s. The largest is the oldest brother who measures 3". each created with fine attention to detail including trim and accessories on costumes.
Price: $375.00
Sketch Alphabet
1870s. Somewhat naive yet elegant watercolors, all with a floral or nature theme. Each is captioned in pencil. The first is captioned Preparing for Winter showing a young girl gathering sticks. There are single floral specimens, garlands and mixtures of both. Includes flowers as Inidan Azilie, Persian Tulip and Pomegranate.....
Price: $500.00
Works by Children, Made by Hand, Greeting Card
Charming and naive. Cover decoration in red and green with letters in "for a" run together. The inside depicts what appears to be a self portrait of the child, Marjorie. The sentiment however is penned by an adult and reads "Christmas - Santa Claus is a good old chap. Who.....
Price: $45.00
Pretend Play, Anthropomorphism, Paper Toys, Whimsy
The animals are constructed of heavy card stock and the costumes of paper. The largest is the Great Blue Whale at 6” long. Animals include • Mr. Toad: Lunch on the Run • Great Blue Whale and it’s costume titled Pour Le Sport • Mr. Penguin without costume • A......
Price: $400.00
ABAA-RBMS-2024,Works by Children, Patriotism, Parade Hats
Philadelphia PA: c1860. Most likely constructed by an adolescent is 4-sided with a card stock base covered with layers of wall paper and cut-outs. Note the patriotism in the eagle with the flags and shields. A leather hat forms the base. Most likely emulating the hats worn by fireman in.....
Price: $1,400.00
School Newspaper, Andover Massachusetts, Private School
Andover, Mass: Edward H. Williams, III, 8-Jun-04. The small newspaper is published one a week during the school year and includes short, often local news. The two-sided printed newspaper is roughly divide into three sections, general news, sports news, and advertising. The news includes mostly area information, this issue includes.....
Price: $55.00
camp, camping
Tuftonboro, NH: Camp Belknap, 1936. Camp is an all boys summer resident camp found in 1903. Originally it was operated by the YMCA until 1996 when it switched to an independent non-profit. The boys ranged in age from 8 to 16 and could stay for one, two, four, six or.....
Price: $350.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Childhood Ephemera, Made by Hand, Anthropomorphism,
UK: 1861. Heavy stock hand constructed covers with book tape spine. Concertina style. Inscribed Jan 28th T.H.E.A. A continuous roadway with anthropomorphic animals of all shapes and types enroute. The final two pages are the "fair" with only the vendors remaining with a progression of animals with various means of.....
Price: $1,100.00
Social History, Works by Children
A collection of letters written by three (3) siblings from an affluent family. Most include the postally used envelopes. The father of the children was George P. Howlett, an attorney. The children’s grandfather was William Rudd of Albany NY, a train. The letters are newsy with information about family outings.....
Price: $400.00
ABAA-HOLIDAY-2025,Social History, Works by Children
A collection of letters written by three (3) siblings from an affluent family. Most include the postally used envelopes. The father of the children was George P. Howlett, an attorney. The children’s grandfather was William Rudd of Albany NY, a train. The letters are newsy with information about family outings.....
Price: $400.00
ABAA-RBMS-2026,Girlhood,Women Artists,Sisterhood,Devon,Seascape,Curious and Outsider,Romance and Intrigue,Shared Imagination and Creative Expression,Perception of Blackness,Gender and Art
Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom: 1910-c.1968. A superlative archive of artwork, short stories, and musings recorded by a woman artist and her two siblings born into an upper-middle class doctor’s family in Torquay, Devon in the 1890s. Spanning the years 1910 to 1968, the archive provides a vivid look into what.....
Price: $17,000.00
Nursery Rhymes,Jack Be Nimble
United States: 1890s? A charming handwritten program for "An Evening with Mother Goose", with illustration of Jack jumping over the candle stick. The program includes two tableaus (Mother Goose's Visit and the Old Maids), and what seems like a performance "Peak Sisters. Mother Goose's Dream". Perhaps a fun handmade program.....
Price: $85.00
Manuscript, Unpublished Children's Book, Original Art
United Kingdom: 1940s. The story of princess Pippette who lived with her parents the King and Queen and the Royal Nurse in a castle. In essence - she had a bad day was playing with her best crown, knocked the jewels out and was spanked by the Royal Nurse. She.....
Price: $825.00
red cross, art, works by children, childhood, art class, education, Franz Cizek, Austria, foreign
Vienna, Austria: Austrian Junior Red Cross, [1936]. A set of ten (10) postcards featuring a young boy and girl in a variety of summer activities originally drawn by Ruth Kalmar (1916-2012) when she was fourteen and in Franz Cizek's Juvenile Art Class in Vienna, Austria. The images depict a charming.....
Price: $125.00