"Tea-Party" plate from DENSLOW'S MOTHER GOOSE. London & Edinburgh: W. & R. Chambers, 1902.
Relief illustrations, color printed. Exhibit checklist 14.2 (View this item)

MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK, OR, ADVENTURES AMONG THE KITCHEN PEOPLE. By Jane Eayre Fryer. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1912.
Lithograph illustration, color printed frontispiece; relief illustrations, color printed. Full page illustrations by Margaret G. Hays; other illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer. Talking pans and utensils teach Mary Frances to cook and set the table. Exhibit checklist 14.4 (View this item)

EASY STEPS IN SEWING, FOR BIG AND LITTLE GIRLS; OR, MARY FRANCES AMONG THE THIMBLE PEOPLE. By Jane Eayre Fryer. Illustrations by Jane Allen Boyer. Oakland, California: Smithsonian Co., 1913.
Lithograph illustration, color printed frontispiece; relief illustrations, color printed. In this charming book, Mary Frances is taught to sew by Sewing Bird and the Fairy Lady. Pull out patterns are included in the book. Exhibit checklist 14.7 (View this item)

SAMPLER-sewing stitches and alphabet in yellow and blue.
Samplers were just that, samples of designs, letters and sewing techniques to be copied and incorporated into the manufacture of clothes, decorative embroidery and identification of bedding, etc. In private boarding schools a girl's "accomplishments" (along with poise and piety) were a measure of her suitability as a wife, mother and head of household. In the charity schools, a girl's accomplishments assured her a place as a domestic servant.
Exhibit checklist 14.8 (View this item)

ILLUSTRATED SEWING PRIMER, WITH SONGS AND MUSIC, FOR SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. Arranged by Louise J. Kirkwood. New York: Wynkoop & Hallenbeck, 1881.
Woodcut illustrations, uncolored. One of the verses shown is the sewing song, "Try, O Try" which goes in part, O stitching is witching, And hemming as well, But what is distressing Is turning a fell. I am sick of such seaming, And ready to cry, But I hear the word ringing, "Try, little, one try; Try, O try; try, O try;" I hear the word ringing, "Try, little one, try." Exhibit checklist 14.9 (View this item)

THE WORKWOMAN'S GUIDE, CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE INEXPERIENCED IN CUTTING OUT AND COMPLETING THOSE ARTICLES OF WEARING APPAREL WHICH ARE USUALLY MADE AT HOME. By a Lady. London and Birmingham: Simpkin, Marshall and Co, 1840. Printed by Thomas Evans. Second edition, revised and corrected.
Intaglio illustrations, uncolored. Exhibit checklist 14.10 (View this item)

THE NURSERY: A MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOR YOUNGEST READERS. Boston: Nursery Publishing Company, 1880.
Wood engravings, uncolored. Exhibit checklist 14.11 (View this item)

SCENES FROM NATURE. Otley: Yorkshire J.S. Pub. & Stationery Co., 1800s. Number 8 of a series of 16.
Chapbook with woodcut illustrations, crudely colored. Few women are portrayed in books of trades and here we see "The Laundress" who is not doing her job well. Exhibit checklist 14.13 (View this item)

THE DRILL OF THE ABC ARMY. Cincinnati, Ohio: Peter G. Thomson, [1885].
Woodcut illustrations, color printed. The back cover advertisement said this book sold for 25 cents. Illustrations signed. Exhibit checklist 14.14 (View this item)

WIA-WUA-WAMPA. By Felix Korling. Illustrations by Hilding Nyman. Kobenhavn: Gldendal, [1919].
Lithographic illustrations, color printed. Exhibit checklist 14.15 (View this item)

SAMPLER-alphabets in bright colors by Annie Dunn, 1887. Exhibit checklist L.110 (View this item)

DITTIES FOR CHILDREN BY A LADY OF BOSTON. Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1813.
Wood engraved illustrations, uncolored. W. Brown printer. Notice the cloth spine carefully sewn on to help hold this much loved book together. Exhibit checklist L.113 (View this item)

CHEZ NOUS IL YA. By Paul Faucher. Paris: Flammarion Editeur, n. d. [1930's].
Relief illustrations, color printed. A French activity book showing domestic scenes. Children run havoc in the kitchen while Mother throws up her hands. Exhibit checklist 14.3 (View this item)