Asta Swenson's Uncommonly Good, Very Full 1920s Autograph Book, 1920s with Excellent Drawings old factory sign this is an early-mid 19th

this is an early-mid 19th century pill silverer

Kaleidoscope glass is 1 3/4" in diameter

Box measures 5 1/8" square

1794-1851) in Philadelphia

and a bit more "outsider" than "folk"--a visionary version of a lion

Asta Swenson's Uncommonly Good, Very Full 1920s Autograph Book, 1920s with Excellent Drawings old factory sign this is an early-mid 19thMiss Asta Swenson was clearly a very popular and lively young woman, who also had some friends who were quite the young artists; this is not your typical autograph album! I've focused much more on documenting drawings than written messages but pretty much every page of this 55 page album was filled and full of the liberated spirit and gay humor of the 1920s. An uncommonly good example, from which not a page has been removed. Some stand alone artworks