Series XI. Damaged woodblocks
Biographical / Historical
The woodblocks in this collection have suffered through a fire and a flood before being donated to the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library in 1989. While many of the woodblocks are slightly damaged, the woodblocks in this series are damaged beyond recognition and/or research use.
Charred woodblocks
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80+ charred woodblocks.
Work box
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7 woodblocks.
Children in the Wood
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6 woodblocks including fragments with doweled joints.
Early woodblocks by Robert H. Elton
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2 woodblocks; burnt fragments.
Sarah J. Hale series
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13 burnt fragments including title pages for The Good-Natured Little Girl and The Dilatory Little Boy.
Chromoxylographic woodblocks
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8 fire-damaged woodblocks.
Apple Pie title page
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1 fire-damaged chromoxylographic woodblock.
Miscellaneous doweled joint fragments
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8 woodblocks in fragments.
Miscellaneous bolted fragments
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11 charred woodblocks in fragments.
Mother Goose woodblocks
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8 charred woodblocks.
Idle Boy
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4 damaged woodblocks.
Fragments of furniture depictions
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8 woodblocks including McLoughlin piano.
Depictions of children with books
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2 charred woodblocks.
Mother Goose's Rhymes title page
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1 broken multiple woodblock.
Sploit Piggy Wiggy engraved by Edward P. Cogger
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1 fragmented multiple block.
Dame Wonder series
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2 fragmented woodblocks.
Miscellaneous fragments (1 of 2)
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20+ fragments of woodblocks.
Miscellaneous fragments (2 of 2)
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9 woodblocks.
Miscellaneous charred woodblocks
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3 charred woodblocks.
Fragments title pages
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9 woodblocks including an unknown Sarah J. Hale series title; The Practical Letter Writer; Who Would A'Wooing Go?; Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp; Paper Furniture; and The Child's Cotton Plant.
Goody Two Shoes Story Book title page
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4 broken woodblocks.
Dame Wonder series
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11 charred woodblocks and fragments.
Fat Boy
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8 charred woodblocks.
Miscellaneous multiple doweled fragments engraved by Edward P. Cogger
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10 fragments of woodblocks.
Animal scales
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2 charred woodblocks.
King Donkey engraved by Edward P. Cogger
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1 fragmented woodblock.
More miscellaneous charred woodblocks (1 of 2)
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20+ woodblocks.
More miscellaneous charred woodblocks (2 of 2)
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20+ woodblocks.