Joanna's and Mary's Much Battered and Embellished New Merrill Speller storage container missing a corner and showing

missing a corner and showing some wear

surrounding by old medical equipment and preserved specimens

and once could easily divide into teams and make it a timed contest

Nicely fashioned fashioned from scrap aluminum

They are hand numbered in pencil at top center (this one is 10

Joanna's and Mary's Much Battered and Embellished New Merrill Speller storage container missing a corner and showingI don't think I'll get over my great love of much personalized old school books any time soon, and will keep buying them when I find them, whether anyone else wants them or so! This battered c. 1920s speller, which includes both the names Mary Kerrvck and Johanna Babbit inside, is missing a couple of pages as front, has a spine reinforced with black cloth tape, and is annotated with pencil throughout. What I love most are the drawings on the inside