Luthera M. Whitney's Charming Antique Sketchbook, Full wood and matches A little research tells me

A little research tells me that 500 is a trump taking game related to euchre and bridge

and whoever made this certainly had a vision which they exerted a lot of time and effort to carry all the way through

as with many artifacts of quack science

I think these are great mounted on the wall like sculptures

" and so we can assume the other is of Mr

Luthera M. Whitney's Charming Antique Sketchbook, Full wood and matches A little research tells meI did bother to look up Luthera Whitney, who signed this sketchbook, and turns out she went on to become a published writer, with works including (doesn't seem too surprising!) "Old Time Days and Ways," focused on homesteading, published in 1883. I also found a record of her listed as a school teacher in Springfield Vermont in 1870, age 26, so would guess this sketchbook dates to 1860 or so. While not every sketch here is super exciting, there are a