Treasure Trove of a 1879-80 Monticello, Iowa Drawing and Watercolor Book, with Loose Drawings Too painted wooden houses 4 1/4" in diameter and

4 1/4" in diameter and in very good condition

all of which I found pretty curious: this one advertising d’Alveydre the Equilibriste (the othersGoodlow (with Miss Lily) and their comic trampoline act and Jackly’s ‘The Funny’

I am in love with it as a thing

The wood is a beautiful warm brown and all the better for the scrapes and scratches--but no splits--all over

Treasure Trove of a 1879-80 Monticello, Iowa Drawing and Watercolor Book, with Loose Drawings Too painted wooden houses 4 1/4" in diameter andThis "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