Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing homemade stereoscopic slides I’ve seen a lot of

I’ve seen a lot of folk art doorstops

which indeed are quite amazing

Perhaps meant to represent--or at least allude to--Felix the Cat

beautiful dry wood patina

The Game of Dr

Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing homemade stereoscopic slides I’ve seen a lot ofI'm always looking for examples of cross writing, but rarely come across them, so was very pleased to find this one at Brimfield, purchased from a favorite Pennsylvania based dealer. It is dated July, 1864 and addressed to "Dear friend Mollie," though I can't quite discern the signature of its author, who is a young teacher, in her first year of teaching it seems. ("Some think teachers have an easy time of it but my experience so far leads me to have