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Activity book:Drawing and Tracing Book Friends

McLoughlin Brothers1893

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

We may think of coloring books and children's activity books as relatively contemporary toys. The manufacturer McLoughlin Brothers of New York printed activity books at the end of the nineteenth century. This example features detailed printed pictures of animals, with tracing paper overlays. The child traced the images on this paper.

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  • Title: Activity book:Drawing and Tracing Book Friends
  • Creator: McLoughlin Brothers
  • Date Created: 1893
  • Location: New York, NY
  • Subject Keywords: rabbit
  • Type: Creativity Toys
  • Medium: printed paper
  • Object ID: 116.754
  • Credit Line: In Memory of Steve Olin by Diane Olin
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