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The cover depicts a sepia photograph of two sailboats with crew on a lake with the sails (not square) colored dark blue. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Depicts three scythes with same handle but different blades, viz., a lightening bolt that evolves to a sickle from left to right. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover image is a color photograph of three blue lemons painted with yellow fishing ship numbers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The image on this card is a black and white photograph taken by Gillanders of three, silhouetted, toilet paper, cardboard cores with a horizontal border obscuring their bottoms. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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There are three line drawings of British naval ships on the card, Ajax, Exeter, and Achilles, -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Printed at the Salamander Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The three posts of this poem read, Leaf & Boat, Boat & Bark, and Bark & Leaf. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The black & white photograph on the cover of this card depicts three toy, stylized, wooden boats with rectangular hulls and round wooden dowels for funnels. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This card presents four short poems on orange colored card stock that indirectly caption the color 'orange.' -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents Wikipedia 2011: A Jacobin in the context of the French Revolution, was a member of the Jacobin Club (1789--1794). The Jacobin Club was the most famous political club of the French Revolution. So called from the Dominican convent, where they originally met, in the Rue St. Jacques, Paris. At that time, the term was popularly applied to all supporters of revolutionary opinions. In contemporary France, it refers to the concept of a centralized Republic, with power concentrated in the national government, at the expense of local or regional governments.During the constitutional monarchy, there were two radical groups vying for power, the Girondins and the Jacobins. Although both groups were more radical in their views than the moderates who had designed the constitutional monarchy, the Girondins were somewhat less radical. In late 1791, the Girondins first emerged as an important power in France. At first the two parties were united in their views. The Girondins were concerned about the...

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The theme of this card deals with the French revolution by quoting from J-J Rousseau Confessions. After reading a question proposed by the Academy of Dijon for a prize in the next year, he notes that he seemed to behold another world and became a different man. The question was "HAS THE RESTORATION OF THE ARTS AND SCENCES HAD A PURIFYING EFFECT UPON MORALS?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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Each page consists of an engraving of a sail boat or objects related to a sail boat along with a brief aphorism. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The images are photographs of ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The images are photographs of ships. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The card depicts the phrase, "Clinker Built" in black outlined, white letters with a fractured appearance from being drawn upon the slats of the boat hull. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.