Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art which together have the effect

which together have the effect of making this young woman

Stamped Star Photo Studio

A nice filagree of geometries

Great backs on the cards

and a pretty rare one--the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection

Immortality...Immateriality, Perfectly Poignant 19th Century Penmanship Practice Page iowa folk art which together have the effectYou know I love penmanship practice notebooks of many sorts, and I don't ever break them up but this single page I found alone, and is a perfect found object as far as I am concerned: what could be more poignant than the pairing of "Immortality" and "Immateriality" written many times over? A pure (and rather existential feeling) found poem, which one might interpret resolve in any number of ways depending on one's disposition. And with Horticulture