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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
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.
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...] [$]
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