Tears and tape.
From p. 87-91 of Peter and Polly in Spring by Rose Lucia (1915). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).
April 7, 2013
April 2, 2013
Scribble.
From the back matter of Lullaby Land: Songs of Childhood by Eugene Field (1897). Original from Princeton University. Digitized September 18, 2008.
March 29, 2013
Child-painted illustrations.
Throughout History of England, In Words of One Syllable by Helen W. Pierson (1884). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized March 2, 2007.
January 19, 2013
Minnie looks through a mirror, as if into the next page.
From p. 751 (?) of Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, v. 9 (1873). Original from Harvard University. Digitized March 8, 2007.
October 17, 2012
Child-painted illustrations. Discovered by Christina Paik of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Paratexts.
Throughout Umbrellas and Their History (1864). Original from Harvard University. Digitized October 3, 2007.
October 16, 2012
Child-colored illustrations. Discovered by Emily Cottrell of Dr. Terry Harpold’s University of Florida course Paratexts.
Throughout The Land of Oz: A Sequel to The Wizard of Oz by Lyman Frank Baum, ills. John Rea Neill (1904). Original from the University of Virginia. Digitized July 28, 2008.
October 10, 2012
Pictorial endpapers populated by library artifacts.
From My Book House, v. 1, edited by Olive Beaupré Miller (1920). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).
October 9, 2012
Illustrations composed of and trapped by linked table of contents.
From My Book House, v. 1, ed. by Olive Beaupré Miller (1920). Does not include metadata indicating library of origination or date of digitization (but does include Stanford library artifacts).
September 14, 2012
Meet me at the intersection of 247 Park Ave. and the most famous quote from The Wind in the Willows.
From p. 7 of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1908). Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized March 7, 2008.
August 14, 2012
Interludes of blue paper.
Throughout Kate Greenaway’s Birthday Book for Children by Mrs. Sale Barker (1880). Original from Oxford University. Digitized March 30, 2009.
July 24, 2012
Drawings: dogs and buildings.
From The Juvenile Drawing-Book by John Rubens Smith (1844). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 24, 2007.
July 20, 2012
Handwriting practice doodle.
From the back matter of National Elementary Speller by James Madison Watson (1863). Original from Harvard University. Digitized April 5, 2007.
July 18, 2012
Paper ephemera used as bookmarks.
As found in The New American Second Reader by Epes Sargent and Amasa May (1871). Original from Princeton University. Digitized March 21, 2008.
July 18, 2012
Scribbles and rudimentary writing.
From p. 14-15 of The American Spelling Book: Containing the Rudiments of the English Language by Noah Webster (1816). Original from the New York Public Library. Digitized February 9, 2007.
July 16, 2012
Child-painted plate.
From Divine and Moral Songs for Children by Isaac Watts (1866). Original from Harvard University. Digitized February 17, 2006.
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