Teacher's Token compiled by Asa Bullard and John Andrew
date: label: date made
content: 1857
notes: label: Description
content: Small chap book containing poems and stories intended to teach morals lessons to children. Illustrationsare included. Chap books were small paper covered booklets sold by peddlers known as chapmen, which comes from the Old English for the term "trade." The sizes made them easier to haul on carts for sale. The book is yellow with red text and the cover is illustrated with two children and a church steeple in the background. The front flyleaf contains a faint inscription. The stories were compiled by Asa Bullard (1804-1888) an American clergyman and illustrator John Andrew (1815-1875). It was published by Taggard & Thompson of Boston in 1857.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Religion
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content: Religion
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.351
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.351
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.2 cm x 7.5 cm x .7 cm; 4 13/32 in x 2 15/16 in x 9/32 in