[A spiral decorating the 'P' in 'Pearce']

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Title: [A spiral decorating the 'P' in 'Pearce']
Date: 1879 May 11
Creator: Atkinson, Pearce, 1868-1896.
Notes: Pearce [Atkinson] ALS to Papa [George W.P. Atkinson], May 11, 1879. Cleveland, Oh., page 2. From a collection of papers containing correspondence between Atkinson and his parents, written primarily in the 1890s. The majority of the letters date from his time at Lehigh University and early engineering career with the Union Pacific Railway. These letters include descriptions of his college life and later railroad work in the mountains of Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado.
Names and Subjects: Child artists.; Children's drawings.; Spirals in art.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Children's art.; Letters (correspondence); Line drawings.; Pencil drawings.
Collection Title: Pearce Atkinson papers
Collection Creator: Atkinson, George W.P. and Atkinson, Pearce, 1868-1896.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 6932
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-30 11:43:35

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Image Size: 4320 x 5802
File Size: 987 KB
Record: 6932
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