Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Antique American

A Collection of Antique American School Penmanship Practice Sheets Dated 1902 - This collection consists of multiple antique school penmanship practice sheets belonging to a student named Paul Gottlieb Beck, also identified as Paul G. Beck. The headers on the pages indicate the student was 15 years old at the time of writing. The instructor is listed as P. A. Britenbucher. The sheets feature printed headers from the J. C. Blair Co., Mfg Stationers, Huntingdon, Pa. The practice entries are dated in early December 1902, with specific dates including December 3, 5, 8, and 9. The pages showcase repetitive drills in Spencerian or business-style cursive script. Exercises include transcriptions of patriotic lyrics, moral adages, and poetic phrases such as Oh say do you see by the dawns early light, Never give up try again, Ring those bells, Vain regrets bring sorrow, and Hitch your wagon to a star. Some pages contain alphabetical word lists for practice, including words like cancer, cottage, cannibal, and eventide. Other sheets feature references to professional penmanship institutions of the era, specifically the Zanerian Art College in Columbus, Ohio, and the Minneapolis Normal College and Business. The paper is ruled with red horizontal and vertical lines. The sheets are held together by original string binding through punched holes. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Thursday, May 28 from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB281