[Title page showing children reading story] – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures [Title page showing children reading story] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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This title page comes from *Flowers for Children*, a book Lydia Maria Child published in Boston in 1845. Child is best known today for her children's verse and her antislavery writing. The illustration shows children gathered around a book, reflecting how illustrated storybooks had become a familiar part of family reading by the 1840s. Her series included a poem that later became known as "Over the River and Through the Wood," now often linked with American Thanksgiving. The record relies on an older caption card and has not been fully verified, so details about the illustrator are uncertain.
| Medium | 1 item. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1845 |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Flowers for Children by Lydia Maria Child (Boston, 1845), title page. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Books...; Children; PI--Works; Holidays; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,337 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-126512 |
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