Antique Prang's Model and Object Drawing Lesson's Sketchbook, Largely Completed rosey I found this wonderful truck

I found this wonderful truck at a little mom and pop antique shop in Jamesport

but none anywhere close to as lovely as this one

2 1/4" tall x 7/8" wide x 5/8" deep

The little legs and feet I believe are made of a strong steel wire--not pliable

Antique Prang's Model and Object Drawing Lesson's Sketchbook, Largely Completed rosey I found this wonderful truckOne of three 1870s notebooks today from a George Abbott of Boston, MA, this one a "Model and Object Drawing No. 2" notebook published by L. Prang and Company (perhaps best known as a maker of geometric solid blocks) in 1875. Drawing lessons throughout, with top and left hand of the pages printed, and right hand left empty for the student to complete the drawing lesson. Happily, George completed the majority of the lessons, in graphite, very