Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing homemade stereoscopic slides late 1930s or so

late 1930s or so

who subsequently accumulate points/counters based on rolls of the dice in relation to the cards they own

and huge eyes

Perhaps meant to represent--or at least allude to--Felix the Cat

I know this blackened redware pipe bowl was found in Virginia and dates to the late 19th/very early 20th century

Dear Friend Mollie, Lovely 1864 Handwritten Letter by Young Teacher with Two Pages of Cross-writing homemade stereoscopic slides late 1930s or soI'm always looking for examples of cross writing, but rarely come across them, so was very pleased to find this one at Brimfield, purchased from a favorite Pennsylvania based dealer. It is dated July, 1864 and addressed to "Dear friend Mollie," though I can't quite discern the signature of its author, who is a young teacher, in her first year of teaching it seems. ("Some think teachers have an easy time of it but my experience so far leads me to have