A New English Grammar for Schools, 1900, with Notes! Childs letter Dryness/surface cracking to the wood

Dryness/surface cracking to the wood and some paint loss around the edges as evident

I assume the year of their making

some still tipped in yellow paint

this rug seems to very specifically document the lodge affiliations and degree status of a particular Portland-based Rebekah and/or couple in 1924

A New English Grammar for Schools, 1900, with Notes! Childs letter Dryness/surface cracking to the woodWhat sold me on this one is the full page hand written note on the inside back cover, detailing the number of days in the school year (in 1901), including the number of Saturdays, the number of Sundays, and how many days for Christmas and Thanksgiving! I love that page as a thing in and of itself, but it's also interesting as a document of a time when the school year was much shorter, but very soon to transition. And as one who never went through the