Luthera M. Whitney's Charming Antique Sketchbook, Full wood and matches I think these are great

I think these are great mounted on the wall like sculptures

as with many artifacts of quack science

though I did test the end of one

it reveals itself slowly

Luthera M. Whitney's Charming Antique Sketchbook, Full wood and matches I think these are greatI 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