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A resale company has has sent salesman sample pieces of book binding supplies to an art teach as noted in the correspondence below. The first item is a singular sample of "Russet Crepe" which has been adhered to a stiff board. Measures 4 3/4" x 3". The second item is a "Book Cloth" which has thirteen (13) different color small samples of an unknown fabric. Measures 2" x 2" (fabric square), 2 3/4" x 2 1/2" (book). The last item is a single fold booklet, with a total of twenty-two (22) different types of samples. There are six (6) different colored gummed cloth samples, with one (1) super gummed cloth meant for reinforcing items. There are six (6) linen and cotton tape samples in a variety of colors. There is one (1) brass snap faster button, that has been "buttoned" to the page, with note that it does come in additional colors, such as gray, green, brown, black and maroon. And lastly, there are eight (8) celluloid eyelets punched into the page as samples, in a variety of colors. Measures 7 1/4" x 7 1/4" (unfolded). The letter is addressed to Miss Mabel Spofford, (1883-1981), a local young public art school teacher who appears to have written Baumgarten & Co. with a request for additional supplies. In the company's reply they grant her request for "color pads in red, green, black, purple, and blue at 5 cents each . in lots of 1 dozen we will allow a discount of 20%". At the end, they add that in addition to the Animal Stencils they also make a set of "Brownie Stencils consisting of 10 different figures". Measures 8 1/4" x 7 1/4" The company's name is Banghart & Fischer, and it sold "construction materials for schools, papers, leathers, tools, etc." Mabelle "Mabel" Spofford was born on May 29, 1883 to Frank Melvin Spofford (1854-1936) and Clara Todd (1855-1936) in Danvers, MA. She had one brother: Ralph Prescott Spofford (1881-1949). She graduated from Mass Normal Art School in 1902 and began an art teaching career in 1906, first in Vermont, then other local MA towns, before settling in Gloucester, MA in 1922 where she stayed until she retired in 1950. At some point she also achieved her life long dream of traveling throughout Europe so she could see the art and architecture she studied in person. She then moved back to her home town of Danvers, and later died there on November 21, 1981. Seller Inventory # 27003921
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Salesman Samples - Gummed Cloth, Linen and ...
Publisher: Baumgarteg & Company AND Banghart & Fischer, Baltimore, MD & Chicago, IL
Publication Date: 1915
Condition: General wear. Crease folds.
