Lois Lenski reading We Live In the South
lois lenski, children, we live in the south, photograph
This is a photograph of Lois Lenski reading We Live in the South to children in Sidney, Ohio.
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Photograph of Transient's Home
Photograph, Transient's home, Judy's Journey, Lois Lenski
Photograph of Transient's Home in Florida. Taken during the research process for Judy's Journey by Lois Lenski.
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Photograph of Lois Lenski as a Child
Photograph, Biographical, Lois Lenski
This is a portrait of Lois Lenski as a child.
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Fan Letter From Child
Fan Letter, Lois Lenski
Letter from Beverly King, 4035 S, Harrison Blvd. Fort Wayne, Indiana. Dated March 22, 1947.
"Dear Miss Lenski, I have read some of your books. I think they are so good that [I] am writing you. I wish to congradulate you on Strawberry Girl. I do wish you would send me your picture if possible I would like to hear from you. If you ever come past Ft. Wayne Ind. you [will] always be welcome at my house.
Beverly"
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Mar 1947
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Hand-written Chapter 13 of Judy's Journey
Lois Lenksi's Hand-written draft, Chapter 13, Judy's Journey
Lois Lenski's hand-written draft of Chapter 13 for Judy's Journey.
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Text from a hand-written draft
Mother Goose Tablecloth
Tablecloth, Mother Goose, Lois Lenski
Tablecloth printed with Lois Lenski's illustrations of Mother Goose nursery rhymes.
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Photograph of Birdie Boyer
Strawberry Girl, Inspiration, Character, Lois Lenski
While researching for Strawberry Girl, Lois Lenski met this girl shown here in the above photograph. She was the inspiration for the main character, Birdie Boyer.
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Photograph of Live Oak Tree
Florida, Nature, Live Oak Tree, Palmetto
This photograph was taken In Florida by Lois Lenski while researching for Strawberry Girl. It shows a large live oak tree covered in Spanish moss and surrounded by palmetto plants. It exemplifies Florida nature and the inspirations that Lenski drew from while researching for Strawberry Girl.
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Photograph of a Florida Cracker Home
Log house, Florida, Strawberry Girl
A photograph taken of a cracker log house in Florida while Lois Lenski was researching for Strawberry Girl. This house shows a typical Florida cracker family and home. It shows the lifestyle Birdie Boyer's family lived that was described in Strawberry Girl.
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Rough sketch of Two Figures Picking with Baskets
Lois Lenski, Process, Strawberry Girl, Pencil, Sketch
This is a rough character sketch of two figures kneeling and picking from rows in a garden or field with a small basket. The figure on the left has the name, "Dewey" written above it.This sketch was done in relation to Lois Lenski's research for Strawberry Girl. Sketches like this one show Lenski's process of shaping her illustrated characters' poses in the context of their everyday activities.
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