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Title	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Prints, Sheet 24-1.
Creator	Kerr, George, Jr. (engraver)
Contributors	John P. Morton & Co. (publisher)
Description	Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: title page for "American School Series. New First School Reader by Noble Butler A.M. John P. Morton & Co. Louisville, Kentucky." with image of girl playing with dogs and birds; galloping horse carrying boy; bull charging at train approaching on tracks; title page for "Mental Arithmetic for the use of Academies and Common Schools by P.A. Towne Published by John P. Morton & Co. Louisville, Kentucky" with image of children counting eggs, signed "G. Kerr Jr."; girl standing outside without coat, holding paper toward falling snow; man ringing bell while children watch and townspeople walk past; boy shining man's boots; birds (quails?) and chicks; boy and girl with goat; woman leaning over baby in bassinet; monkey with rolling pin (sideways); mill with water wheel on stream; woman and boy watching monkeys in cage; boy holding paper and ringing bell; school children fleeing bear in classroom; deer drinking from stream (upside-down); man carrying hay toward cows and sheep (upside-down); signature, possibly of "R. E. Lee"; number 24; buffalo in cage, with woman and boy observing it; male and female lions in cage, observed by woman and boy; eight snowflake designs.
Subject	Textbooks Children Men Women Animals Railroads Snow Shoe shining Waterwheels Danger Bears Zoo animals Zoos Snowflakes
Date Original	18--?
Object Type	Wood engravings
Source	12 x 18 in. page in the John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Collection, University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library.
Citation Information	See http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/description/collection/morton#conditions for guidance on citing this item. To cite the digital version, add its Reference URL (found by following the link in the header above the digital file).
Collection	John P. Morton & Co. Woodblock Collection
Collection Website	http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/morton/
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library
Format	image/jp2
Ordering Information	For information about the use of these images, contact Gail Gilbert (gail.gilbert@louisville.edu), Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library (http://louisville.edu/library/art/ ), University of Louisville.
Image Number	ULAL Morton Woodblocks 24-1 enhanced
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