Wordless Wednesday: Math Book Pages


These are images from my mother's math book, A Child's Number Primer, which the Macmillan Company published in 1929. It became my grandmother's personal property when she had to buy it because mom (oops) wrote in it. It had a lot of miles on it by the mid 40s, when mom used it in school. The lessons in it are very much like the ones my daughter does now.

Wordless Wednesday

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  1. That looks like an interesting Math book.

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  2. Hi Sandy, interesting pictures. You dont need words to explain anything in it, illustrations are self explanatory. I have answered your questions on my post's comment page itself, is it okay?

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  3. Anonymous9:16 AM

    Nice books! Like the pictures alot=)
    I was maby 30 meters away from that reindeers, and I was afraid! Iam afraid of all animals that aren`r in a gage;) Its, acually two in that picture, can you see both?
    /jessan

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  4. my niece would be excited to read this book. pretty interesting!

    i'm sorry i haven't been to your site lately. i'm so swamped with office and school stuff.

    you take care always and continue inspiring people like me.

    oh and btw, you look lovely in your profile picture. you are as beautiful as your name.

    Morning Sniffles

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  5. Anonymous9:40 AM

    The lessons might be:
    1. Birds like apples.
    2. Five take away one is FREE!

    Folks try to keep me away from kids' books.

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  6. Anonymous9:57 AM

    These are precious.... I love vintage stuff like this.

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  7. Oh those are great! I love vintage school books!

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  8. I love the simplicity and innocence of these old-fashioned children's books! Lovely WW.

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  9. Oh, those are so beautiful! I'm a sucker for vintage children's school books!!

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  11. I love these old books!

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  12. Wow! That's a classic. It's a nice book. Happy WW!

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  13. Sandy, your mother must save 'everything.' It would be interesting to see what kind of math they were teaching back then. Nice find.
    Happy WW/WT!

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  14. What a wonderful book! Happy WW

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  15. They really are charming.

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  16. Treasure that book, as I'm sure you do!

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  17. Very cool. I found an old book that belonged to my mother and thought about typing a few pages from it into my blog. I actually stared at your mother's math book pics for a while.. and now, after reading the comments, I'm going back to stare some more.

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  18. Sandy I love these old book pages! How great you kept your mother's math book! Happy WW! :)

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  19. Anonymous6:17 PM

    beautiful!! I hope you have these hanging up somewhere!

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  20. i'm back. i posted my WW! it's funny...

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  21. Anonymous7:28 PM

    I never had a math book like this...very cool. Happy WW.

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  22. I love old original illustrations. Have a great Wednesday.

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  23. Anonymous7:40 PM

    interesting book, my Kc would love it! thanks for sharing :)

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  24. What a precious possession!
    A great WW to you!

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  25. They look pretty fun compared to the current math books published in this century.

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  26. Very pretty! Could be still used today... Happy ww!

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  27. Wow these are neat pictures.

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  28. i love old children's book illustrations.... it's interesting that these were in a math book. maybe if we still illustrated our textbooks like this, it would help children learn better. :)

    those are works of art, in and of themselves....

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  29. Wow, those are amazing. Very beautiful math!

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  30. Wow, pretty impressive for a math book! Happy WW!

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  31. Anonymous10:50 PM

    Nostalgia... cool!

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  32. Hi Sandy. The illustrations of today are so much different from before. I still love the illustrations from before...

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  33. These are great! I love the vintage look.

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  34. I love old photos. It reminds me of my elementary school reading books Fun With Dick and Jane. Thank you for visiting.

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  35. What wonderful photos!

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  36. Aw so cute little girl! Very interesting math book your mom has. Happy WW!
    Totally Worn Out
    The Future Pianist

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  37. Ohh neat book looks like this is a old book. very interesting indeed and neat.. :)

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  38. Thats a great peace of Ameracana Sandee! Nice WW to you :D

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  39. Anonymous1:29 AM

    very classing but interesting :)
    well, thank you for your sympathy...it means a lot :)

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  40. This book must have been preserved really well as the pages look in good condition. What a nice piece of your mother's history to have.

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  41. wow - a blast from the past -heha not your Maths book though.

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  42. Wow how interesting to see an old math book. I would love to have one of those.
    Happy WW!

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  43. nice catch for WW!!!! thanks for dropping by...

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  44. Vintage collections, they're priceless :)

    Thanks for visiting my blog earlier :)

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  45. Anonymous6:53 AM

    Those are much prettier than a computer.

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  46. Lovely graphics for a Math Book. How nice that you have kept your mom's math book through the years.

    Thanks for visiting my other blog.

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  47. That's awesome that you still have her books. Happy WW!

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  48. What great pictures. I love and collect old books. This book must be in very good condition. I love the sweetness and simplicity of old school books. Thanks for sharing!

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  49. Lovely!!!!! It is always good to have something to remember!!!

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  50. Anonymous9:26 AM

    How sweet! I just love those old book illustrations.

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  51. Anonymous9:52 AM

    Math books sure were different in the 1920s! Happy WW

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  52. Anonymous10:24 AM

    What an interesting book, Sandy. Good to know you still have the book :)

    My WW is here:
    GreenBucks

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  53. Great blog. I've read everything Teilhard de Chardin ever wrote. While I love THE DIVINE MILIEU, I think his collected essays inspire me the most. I agree with him that St. Paul's Christology points directly to the Omega point.

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  54. Fascinating.

    Happy WW.

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  55. Sandy, I have an award for you at my blog!

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  56. They could create intelligent school books in the older days too. No doubt. By relating to every activities Math had a meaning. From the very first Schoolsdays.

    Excellent WW entry

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  57. Sorry, some letters were missing:

    By relating to everyday activities Math had a meaning.

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  58. Those are so beautiful pictures, thanks for sharing! I love that old style very much!
    Happy WW, Tina

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  59. Anonymous3:10 PM

    What wonderful illustrations, especially for a math book.

    Happy WW

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  60. Fantastic... and it's nice to see someone presenting "older" images that I recognise from my own youth!!! :)

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  61. Makes me think of my childhood. :)

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  62. What nice memories that book must hold for you.

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  63. I love the art work in these old textbooks. How nice you still have it. Happy WW!

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  64. Anonymous6:40 AM

    Great that you still have it. Happy WW.

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  65. Great pictures!

    Have a great (belated) WW!

    My post: Ergonomics.

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  66. Nice books and you had them all these years.

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