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The Real Mother Goose (page 1/2)

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[picture: Book cover of The Mother Goose, with tape repair]

Images and some text extracts from The Real Mother Goose published by Rand McNally & Co. in Chicago, 1919.

It turns out that there is also a Project Gutenberg edition of this book, although the images are rather small and seem too dark. Let me know if you would like me to scan any of the images.

The nursery rhymes are traditional, and were published under the name Blanche Fisher Wright; see the Artist link for more information about this enigmatic figure.

Title: The Real Mother Goose

Author: Anonymous

Published by: Rand McNally & Co.

City: Chicago

Date: 1919

Total items: 8

Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.

Some sample images

[picture: Swan]

Swan

A girl in a red dress watches a swan. [more...] [$]

[picture: The Balloon]

The Balloon

Two women stand on a path; one holds a basket under one arm and leads a small child with her other hand. the other faces away from us and has hands on hips. They exchange gossip under a tree. [more...] [$]

[picture: Candle Saving]

Candle Saving

A smiling good-natured bespectacled man wearing a light blue patterned nightgown fastened with a sash and a red and blue bobble-hat holds in his left hand a candlestick with a lighted candle. His right arm is raised with first finger extended as if to make a point. He wears red slippers and [...] [more...] [$]

[picture: Pease Porridge Hot]

Pease Porridge Hot

a woman wearing a white apron is carrying a steaming hot pot of porridge; two children each have an empty bowl and a spoon. [more...] [$]

[picture: To Make a White cake]

To Make a White cake

OVER THE WATER [more...] [$]


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