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Image 1 — Recently added to the Internet Archive: Creamer's System of Practical Penmanship (1915), 24 pages. For children, but good for all. Some of the letterforms are quirky. Advertising at the back: "Tell mother to use Calumet Baking Powder." https://archive.org/details/creamer-penmanship
Image 2 — Recently added to the Internet Archive: Creamer's System of Practical Penmanship (1915), 24 pages. For children, but good for all. Some of the letterforms are quirky. Advertising at the back: "Tell mother to use Calumet Baking Powder." https://archive.org/details/creamer-penmanship
Image 3 — Recently added to the Internet Archive: Creamer's System of Practical Penmanship (1915), 24 pages. For children, but good for all. Some of the letterforms are quirky. Advertising at the back: "Tell mother to use Calumet Baking Powder." https://archive.org/details/creamer-penmanship
Image 4 — Recently added to the Internet Archive: Creamer's System of Practical Penmanship (1915), 24 pages. For children, but good for all. Some of the letterforms are quirky. Advertising at the back: "Tell mother to use Calumet Baking Powder." https://archive.org/details/creamer-penmanship
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Recently added to the Internet Archive: Creamer's System of Practical Penmanship (1915), 24 pages. For children, but good for all. Some of the letterforms are quirky. Advertising at the back: "Tell mother to use Calumet Baking Powder." https://archive.org/details/creamer-penmanship

u/penpoints — 13 days ago
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Business penmanship (variations) by Francis B. Courtney, from 1908 and 1909. These pieces are large, ranging from about 7.5 to 11 inches wide. Scans from the Henning Collection. I think all of Courtney's writing is calligraphic, even his scribbling.

u/penpoints — 27 days ago
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Funny Fable Folk (1918) is an intro to Zanerian penmanship, for very young children. Stories include: How the Little Fishes Swam, How the Little Woollyworms Crawled, and How the Bees Flew for Dick. 32 pages. I added a copy to the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/funny-fable-folk

u/penpoints — 29 days ago
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I added a book to the Internet Archive: Studies in Pen Art (1914), by William E. Dennis. He was a great figure in the calligraphic arts, who published many journal articles - but this was his only book! Mostly illustrations, with some instruction. https://archive.org/details/studies-in-pen-art

u/penpoints — 1 month ago
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I added a book to the Internet Archive: Studies in Pen Art (1914), by William E. Dennis. He was a great figure in the calligraphic arts, who published many journal articles - but this was his only book! Mostly illustrations, with some instruction. https://archive.org/details/studies-in-pen-art

u/penpoints — 1 month ago
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Ornamental Penmanship by P. R. Spencer (1800-1864). Junius R. Sloan, a landscape and portrait painter, was Spencer's son-in-law, married to Sara Spencer, a highly accomplished penwoman. Envelope dated on back: Dec. 10, 1858. The letter is missing. Image source: private collection, scanned by me.

u/penpoints — 1 month ago
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Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Henning, Aug 9, 1928, by Francis B. Courtney. He called the strange descenders with jagged endings "long sweeps." (See: An Elegant Hand, page 160.) This envelope is in the Henning Collection.

u/penpoints — 1 month ago
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Here are two public-domain photographs from the Henning Collection (IAMPETH). The second shows Courtney (1867–1952) standing beside one of his blackboard creations. In a letter dated March 1, 1910, Madarasz praised Courtney highly, ranking him the best script calligrapher in the U.S.

u/penpoints — 1 month ago
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Photo of Louis Madarasz (1859-1910) as a young man. He was a very famous American calligrapher, highly regarded by his peers, even by the age of 19. He had other interests, too, like acting: "Madarasz performed on stage with the theatrical company of Richard Foote during 1884–1885."

u/penpoints — 1 month ago
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From a book about the American calligrapher Clinton C. Canan (1873-1904), published by the Zaner-Bloser Co. in 1921.

u/penpoints — 2 months ago
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Recently added to the Internet Archive: Graded Penmanship for Catholic Schools, Book 6, 1930. Link below.

This is a little manual by Brother Eugene, designed for sixth-grade students learning the Zanerian style of Modern Business Penmanship. Brother Eugene, the religious name of Richard P. Dunne (d. 1953), was a Franciscan brother and Catholic educator associated with St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY. The penmanship exemplars were prepared by the Zaner-Bloser Co., probably by Earl A. Lupfer. (Attribution not confirmed.) https://archive.org/details/graded-penmanship-for-catholic-schools-book-6

u/penpoints — 2 months ago
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One page (9.5 x 15 inches) from an 8-page land deed, and the cover. Philadelphia, 1890.

u/geomatica — 1 month ago
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This applies to vintage nibs only. (Nowadays several steps are skipped or cheapened.) The 12th stage "cleaning" also smoothed out the rough edges: "tumbled in barrels with water and fine pebble grit for several hours." Step 17 was varnishing, not oiling. Final steps: inspection, sorting, boxing.

u/penpoints — 2 months ago
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Engrosser's Script from Macclesfield, England, 1884. On heavy laid paper, watermarked "Waterlow & Sons London."

u/penpoints — 2 months ago
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Vertical Round Hand Writing Books, no. 2, 1897, by Horace W. Shaylor (1845–1925). Shaylor was a well-known master penman, artist, and teacher, based in Portland, Maine. The talented student was Percy Clark.

u/penpoints — 2 months ago
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Calligraphy made with automatic shading pens, from 1898, by George W. Hess. The strokes and shades were created in one go, using specially formulated inks. The colors are still quite vibrant.

u/penpoints — 2 months ago