Helen Pettit's 1830s Friendship Album, Partially Filled (Diverse Handwriting Examples, Charming Bird!) picnic but a few nails on

but a few nails on the backside for holding two panes--or two mirrors--in place

One of two penmanship notebooks today from members of the Crouse family of Oppenheim

Otherwise good condition

the latter also called a logarithmic spiral due to its embodiment of the Fibonacci sequence—and so perhaps this little carving holds the underlying logic of the universe in it

Helen Pettit's 1830s Friendship Album, Partially Filled (Diverse Handwriting Examples, Charming Bird!) picnic but a few nails onIf we still kept friendship albums, perhaps we'd all feel a bit more grounded two examples listed today divided by nearly 100 years, which to read now is to feel like the two young women who kept them were surrounded by people invested in their well being and future selves. This one, kept by a young Helen (sometimes Hellen) Pettit, given to her on the 8th birthday, is not at all full, but it's a sweet early one, 1830s, with an interesting mix of