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| Title | Chit chat for boys and girls (cover) |
| Author | Unknown |
| Publisher | D. Lothrop Publishing Company
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| Publisher Location | United States--Massachusetts--Boston |
| Publication Date | 1893 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Various
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints
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| Notes | The covers are illustrated in color while the interior images are uncolored relief prints.
Part of the Good Cheer series.
Contains interesting and quaint stories for children with an emphasis on history, the sciences and social customs. Stories include: "How states were named", "The Eyes of insects", "Mozart's Oxen Waltz", Russian children", "American trees", "Origin of the banana", "Shortsighted animals", and "A Substitute for salt" which describes how Laplanders use the bark of the pine tree to season their food.
The cover depicts three children reading a book under an umbrella. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Adventure and adventurers -- Juvenile literature; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile literature; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Sports -- Juvenile literature; Games -- Juvenile literature; History -- Juvenile literature; Children's stories; Children's poetry |
| Category | Readers
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0468 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. 808.8 C448 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | 160 p.: illustrated; 26 x 20.5 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 1.9 |
