Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (front cover)
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Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 / front cover
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (title page)
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Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 / title page
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (table of contents)
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Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 / table of contents
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (inside back cover)
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Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 / inside back cover
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (back cover)
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Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 / back cover
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (front cover) - Thumbnail
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (title page) - Thumbnail
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (table of contents) - Thumbnail
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (inside back cover) - Thumbnail
Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836 (back cover) - Thumbnail

Textbook, "The Eclectic Second Reader," 1836

Artifact

Textbook

Date Made

1836

Subject Date

1836

Creators

McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873 

Truman and Smith 

Place of Creation

United States, Ohio, Cincinnati 

Keywords

Books 

Textbooks 

Readers (Textbooks) 

Educating 

Children 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

37.630.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Bookbinding (Process)
Printing (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Blue

Dimensions

Height: 6.375 in

Width: 4.25 in

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