Many Little Drawings by George R. Peare and Family, Lynn, MA, 1870s-80s 1920s yankees or one branch of red

or one branch of red berries

shows a little damage

this would I think make just about the best gift ever

and I love there fact that the configuration of entertaining bodies of these two reminds me a lot of the form of a Charles Moore

Many Little Drawings by George R. Peare and Family, Lynn, MA, 1870s-80s 1920s yankees or one branch of redTotal joy than finding a plastic sleeve this week in Vermont stuffed with all of these: several loose drawings of sailing ships, several hand stitched little booklets of drawings, and an 1873 letter from George R. Peare of Lynn, MA to his wife, with some doodles on the back of that, too. I've found a record for Peare (born 1847 in Nova Scotia; died 1912, Lynn MA) which makes me believe the majority of these drawings were done by his children, rather