Domestic Art Booklet
Historical artifact -- Booklet
Identifier:
2023.42.64Description
Hand-bound booklet made by Mary Maddux Greenley. 9 pages made of thick paper. Bound with a blue ribbon tied through two holes. On the front cover in pencil and purple watercolor paint is a geometric design with the words "Domestic Art Grade VII" in the center. On the first page is the name "Mary Maddux" written in purple ink or watercolor paint. On each following page is a textile affixed with a round metal tack, 6 total. Some of the textiles have different types of stitches.Based on the diary of Mary Maddux she would have been 15/16 years old in 1909. It is unclear at which age she attended 7th grade, but this was likely created approximately between 1905 and 1915.