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Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co. Jan 1900

Artistic Tiles, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of 89 unnumbered leaves of photographs and illustrations of embossed art tiles, some displayed as surrounding a mantle and some displayed on their own. Details for the tiles are given including size of tiles and assigned numbers, presumably corresponding to their manufacturing number. Included is a drawing of "a modern bathroom," as well as "profiles, of a few of our base, cap, cove, bead, and door trim tiles."


Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co. Jan 1900

Ceramic Mosaic Tile : Mounted On Paper, American Encaustic Tiling Co.

Artistic Tiles from the American Encaustic Tiling Company

A manufacturer's catalog consisting of seventy-one color plates which depict available patterns, sizing, colors, lettering and numbers for myriad styles of floor tile design.


Mill School - Dist. #88, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Mill School - Dist. #88, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Mill School, also referred to as the Colclessor School. Located 11 miles south and 1 mile west of Rushville in Sheridan County, Nebraska.


Morningside School - Dist. #17, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Morningside School - Dist. #17, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Morningside School, located near Oakland in Burt County, Nebraska. Attached to the school form is a two page personal testimony about the quality of education in the country schools, presumably authored by Mary Ann Hansen, who is listed as the surveyor on the site form.


Ohme School - Dist. #22, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Ohme School - Dist. #22, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Ohme School, located 4 miles west and 2 miles north on Dailey and Custer County roads.


Hardscrabble - Dist. #84, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Hardscrabble - Dist. #84, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Hardscrabble School, located 8 miles south of Whitney in Dawes County, Nebraska.


Harold Warp School - Dist. #13, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Harold Warp School - Dist. #13, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on the Harold Warp School, now located on the grounds of Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska. It includes a copy of the National Register nomination of the building.


Mixed Grove - Dist. #9, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Mixed Grove - Dist. #9, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Mixed Grove School, 6 miles south and one mile east of Arcadia in Sherman County, Nebraska.


Island Grove, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier Jan 1900

Island Grove, Country School Legacy: Humanities On The Frontier

School Buildings

Information on Island Grove (or Garden Grove) school, located 2 miles north and 1/2 mile west from Liberty in Gage County, Nebraska. Also includes notes on an earlier school called Frog Pond School.