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183426035Italy 1834. Pen-and-ink watercolour and gouache painted black border titled and dated in white gouache in the lower margin within the border. Lovely 19th-century watercolour of Palermo.<br/> <br/>Catering to the foreigners flocking to the region on the Grand Tour this lovely watercolour shows the town of Palermo with its beautiful hills and mountains in the background with a large fort in the harbour with a British and French ship beside it. The sky is awash in pinks and blues displaying the incredible light of the region. unknown books
187588991Mystic River Groton Ct 1875. Modest-sized newspaper 33cm. Four pages. Later horizontal fold. This school was established in 1869 by Jonathan Whipple and claimed to have good success utilizing their method of "oralism" which utilized "Whipple's Natural Alphabet as part of a system of "articulation and lip-reading" while rejecting the use of sign language. We don't know how many issues of this promotional newspaper were published. OCLC lists one holding -- Galludet University which has 3 issues: Vol. 1 Nos. 6 & 7 March & April 1874 and Vol. 2 No. 1 April 1876. The residential school was reorganized in 1896 as Mystic Oral School for the Deaf with heavy reliance on state aid; operation of the school was taken over by the State of Connecticut in 1921. The school continued to operate until 1980. <br/><br/> unknown books
