Eclectic Spelling Book
by Mary Bedy
Title
Eclectic Spelling Book
Artist
Mary Bedy
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
My dad saved his McGuffey reader and this McGuffey spelling book from his grade school days. Unfortunately, he had them stored on the floor in the basement of our previous house, and we had a flood one summer that filled the basement with a few inches of water. I spent hours putting paper towels in between the pages of the old books, and hours gently dabbing the water off of slides, including some on the only images my dad had of my great grandmother with me sitting on her lap. She died when I was 3. Although these are not worth anything because of the damage, I still think they are beautiful examples of old graphics and typography.
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June 17th, 2012
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