First Reader
date: label: date made
content: 1902
notes: label: Description
content: This illustrated <i>First Reader</i> emphasizes phonics. Word drills follow the introduction of each vowel sound. It teaches the script alphabet as well as the printed alphabet. There are a total of 55 lessons or chapters on 66 pages. The inside front cover is stamped “Fairfield Public Schools” in Missouri. The book is inscribed Walter Soeber 12.1913.
label: Description
content: Concordia Publishing House was founded in 1869 and continues to publish from its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. It began as a small printing shop with the mission of providing doctrinally sound materials for churches and individuals. <i>First Reader</i> was part of its American Standard Series of children’s textbooks. Today, Concordia Publishing House is the publishing arm of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis City
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.3127.24
label: nonaccession number
content: 2014.3127
label: catalog number
content: 2014.3127.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: book
label: Object Type
content: Books
label: Object Type
content: books
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 5 in x 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 12.7 cm x .635 cm