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Artist Ethel Shearer commonplace book when she was a young girl. (Addition 41) 2024-0069, 1906-1910

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Scope and Contents This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a commonplace book belonging to Ethel Shearer (1893-1952). Shearer was a prominent artist in the mid-twentieth century San Francisco scene, being one of the featured artists at the opening of the San Francisco Museum of Art and Oakland Art Gallery. She was a member of the Society of Francisco Women Artists. Her commonplace book was...
Dates: 1906-1910

World War I wooden puzzle game "The Silver Bullet or The Road to Berlin" (Addition 27) 2023-0196, 1915

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Scope and Contents This addition to MSS 16758, the University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a 9.5" x 6.5" wooden puzzle with a wooden frame and a glass window titled the Silver Bullet: Or the Road to Berlin. Original metal ball and elements intact. Directions on the verso of the game. British dexterity puzzle for a juvenile audience, made of wood and glass. The game's object is maneuvering a metal ball through a winding course,...
Dates: 1915