{"id":67,"date":"2008-04-10T14:23:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-10T20:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/dls\/2008\/04\/10\/idl-staff-pick-childrens-wonder-book-1905\/"},"modified":"2013-10-30T11:40:50","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T16:40:50","slug":"idl-staff-pick-childrens-wonder-book-1905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/studio\/2008\/04\/10\/idl-staff-pick-childrens-wonder-book-1905\/","title":{"rendered":"IDL staff pick: Children’s wonder book, 1905"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Iowa Digital Library approaches the 100,000-item mark, we\u2019re celebrating this milestonetemp by highlighting some of our favorite items from the collections.<\/em><\/p>\n

Title: <\/strong>Children’s wonder book
\nCreator: <\/strong>Steinwender-Stoffregen Coffee Co.
\nCollection: <\/strong>Szathmary Recipe Pamphlets Digital Collection<\/a><\/p>\n

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This is a page from the “Children’s Wonder Book”, a 1905 advertising pamphlet for Yale Coffee containing puzzles and games for children.\u00a0Despite the incongruity of a coffee advertisement aimed at children (or perhaps because of it), I like this object because of the creativity and simplicity of the various activities.\u00a0In an age of video games and Toys ‘R Us, it’s a nice reminder that good old fashioned entertainment can be had with a lemon and some matchsticks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

–Jane Monson
\nDigital Library Fellow, School of Library and Information Science<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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