Beautiful 1847 Friends School Penmanship Notebook with Excellent Words civil war flask There were a few different

There were a few different iterations of double sided "Pocket Signal Disks" like this one--I've seen one issued by the Boy Scouts

Nice patina to the surface of the glass

I find these

Certainly there have been plenty of tornadoes in Kansas to document the effects of

Beautiful 1847 Friends School Penmanship Notebook with Excellent Words civil war flask There were a few differentAnother beautiful antique penmanship notebook, because I just can't resist these, and each is its own special thing, this one kept by a Isaac Steere at the Friends School, Providence, RI, 1847. Written with a clear, confident hand in strong black ink all the way through, and with an excellent selection of words, two to four per page, and some great combinations among them. (I'm especially partial to Quadruped Rendezvous, but Matrimony Navigation is