Marks of Hand

Drawings and doodles in books are always fascinating for what they can tell us about the child artist. In these images there are two illustrations of navy vessels, one more complete than the other. They are incredibly detailed, as far as book doodles…

Books are often more than just things to be read, they can also be vessels for creative outlet, like this book was for whoever pasted in and wrote stanzas of poetry into the back page and back inside cover. The handwriting is difficult to make out in…

This image features a patriotic poem titled "Red, White, and Blue" that someone wrote into the book pages. It is a simple poem that the writer obviously took their time to write, drawing lines on the page so their writing would be straight and…

Here we have another occurrence of poetry that was written into a book. These poems, however, were written by a child and are clearly playful, teasing remarks. These poems give us an idea of the child's personality and their relationships- who they…