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Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground – Historic Print

Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground, Boston. Mass. : published by Pastime Publishing Co., c1881. — antique lithograph
Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground, Boston. Mass. : published by Pastime Publishing Co., c1881.. Antique lithograph from the Family Life collection.

(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 antique lithograph captures Pastime for little fingers. The girls' play-ground in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Titled "Pastime for little fingers," this color lithograph shows a girls' play-ground, a subject that set it apart from the parlor scenes common in children's prints of the period. The Pastime Publishing Co. issued it in Boston around 1881, and its copyright registration with the U.S. Copyright Office shows the publisher protecting the design. Inexpensive color lithographs like this circulated widely in the 1880s, offering a glimpse of how families of the era pictured girlhood and outdoor play.

Created / publishedBoston. Mass. : published by Pastime Publishing Co., c1881.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreToys 1880-1890.Lithographs Color 1880-1890.
Notes20427m U.S. Copyright Office.
SubjectsGirls--1880-1890. Children playing outdoors--1880-1890. Games--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,424 × 1,127 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-217236

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