Treasure Trove of a 1879-80 Monticello, Iowa Drawing and Watercolor Book, with Loose Drawings Too painted wooden houses The wood is a beautiful

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

13 1/16" x 9 9/16"

I am in love with it as a thing

I believe he is quite an old one

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

Treasure Trove of a 1879-80 Monticello, Iowa Drawing and Watercolor Book, with Loose Drawings Too painted wooden houses The wood is a beautifulThis "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