Objects from the Artwork of Gerard Rutgers Hardenbergh
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Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons
Collection of the Van Nostrand Family
Advertised as “a unique device that ought to prove to be of immense value to teachers of nature study,” this game was made up of two sets: one for land birds and one for water birds. Each came with its own background and set of birds “following with scientific exactness the colors of the living bird.” The game could counter “the chief difficulty that teachers have found in teaching children to identify birds” which was “the impossibility of bringing living birds into the classroom.” Bird Lore magazine reviewed the game stating, “It seems well designed to instruct as well as amuse…”
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons
Collection of the Van Nostrand Family
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons
Collection of the Van Nostrand Family
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons
Collection of the Van Nostrand Family
Published by Charles Scribner’s Sons
Collection of the Van Nostrand Family