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Adding on to my last post. Here is a wonderful chart with moving die-cut parts depicting the head, brain and skull.

I am ever-fascinated by anatomical ephemera- constantly buying and searching through old medical texts. I am not alone. Here is a link to an interesting french ephemera site with a wonderful archive of anatomical material- some of it American and in my collection as well- some European.

Here are some photos from a text that I just found today in my wanderings upstate:

And while I am on this subject, I have some beautiful french anatomical chalk plates….

Click here to see the brand new school maps that Land of Nod is selling for $249. These do make truly great and stimulating room decor for children, and they can economically cover an unsightly bare wall.

Grown-ups enjoy them as well and can feel free to be creative with a relatively inexpensive map. Some people put pins in the places that they have been or would like to go. One couple who bought a map from me was planning on throwing darts at it to choose the ethnic food that they would next eat. I also had an idea to personalize a map by embroidering a travel or immigration route directly on to the map with embroidery floss or yarn.

I have a quantity of school maps that I will be listing for sale on etsy. Below is an example. Many of these maps are only about 20 to 25 years old and in barely used condition. I will be selling them for $40 to $60 each.

I spotted these charming chairs at a flea market in Pennsylvania recently. I didn't purchase them (the price was a bit steep) but sort of regretted it later. Made in France in the 1930s. In the booth of a very charming French gentleman who sells every year at Brimfield.

Two similar school maps from the 1940s that depict the world in two hemispheres as well as "flat." In many cases (as in the map at the top,) American map makers placed North America in the middle- a U.S.-centric view. I will have these maps with me at the Williamsburg flea market this coming Sunday. The bottom one is spoken for, but the top on will be for sale for $125.