UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building-addition 87 Child's friendship album

Content Description

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains leaves of a friendship album hand-drawn by the peers of its young student compiler, dated 1928 to 1930. There are twelve loose, hand-illustrated leaves of the album. All except one are signed, and most have dates. Colored pencils, crayons, and watercolors were used to create the drawings, with all associated text completed in pen or pencil. Images on the leaves include a young girl resting on a hammock, a train, a man on the moon, a farm landscape, flowers, a sunset, a drawing and accompanying rhyme about “Vanity Ann,” and a cat surrounded by horseshoes.

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchased from Eclectibles, 23 September 2025.

Language of Description

English

Script of Description

Latin

Restrictions Apply

No

Use Restrictions

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