Harry Nielson's 1917-19 Biology & Hygiene Notebooks with Tons of Diagrams carved piece and was executed on laid

and was executed on laid paper with a 1813 watermark

I have found a few other examples of these 1906 souvenirs and each is a bit different

I think the blue-eyed "Fat Boy" may actually be based on a Dickensian character of the same title

There is a fair amount of wear to the finish on handle end of the frame and one red bead with a chip on one side

I splurged on this one because I love it so very much

Harry Nielson's 1917-19 Biology & Hygiene Notebooks with Tons of Diagrams carved piece and was executed on laidI really love these high school notebooks, kept by a Harry S. Nielson in 1919 for biology and hygiene class, with lots and lots of primitively hand drawn diagrams, which I find immensely appealing and almost make me want to the subjects such as "how to locate the boiling point" and how magnets work. My favorite is a section off charts diagramming the proportions of water, protein, fat, carbohydrates and ash in various foods, from dried figs to bacon,