Treasure Trove of a 1879-80 Monticello, Iowa Drawing and Watercolor Book, with Loose Drawings Too painted wooden houses plus lots of other delights

plus lots of other delights

but what a great set to cheer up the kitchen

but one is now stripped of all of them and the other holds just a couple of pages--making the perfect now to use as portfolios of sorts

and nails following the outlines of the stars

Treasure Trove of a 1879-80 Monticello, Iowa Drawing and Watercolor Book, with Loose Drawings Too painted wooden houses plus lots of other delightsThis "drawing book" (as handwritten on the cover) is filled with many many delights large and small I've done a fairly comprehensive job photographing it, though I don't think my photos do it any justice. It dates to 1879 1880, with Monticello, Iowa noted in the pages many times, along with the names Alfred B. Tucker, and Ida Black; Ida I believe was responsible for the bulk of the work, but it does seem there are contributions from two different