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Antique Providence Lith Co Berean Lesson Pictures Album 40 Cards Bible Art
Brand/Publisher: Providence Lith. Co.; Berean Lesson Pictures published by Eaton & Mains, New York, N.Y., and Jennings & Pye, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Item: Antique Christian Sunday school picture card collection housed in a small decorative album with slotted card mounts and gilt page edges.
Content: 40 color lithographed Berean Lesson Pictures cards with accompanying printed lesson sheets, presenting Bible stories and moral teaching themes.
Selected card titles include: "David Becomes King", "David and Goliath", "Worshiping the Golden Calf", "The Ten Commandments", and "The Curse of Strong Drink" with Proverbs 20:1; 23:20, 21, 29-35.
Copyright and dates: Cards copyrighted 1899–1902 by Providence Lith. Co.; example lesson sheet dated November 22, 1903 (Vol. 15, 4th Quarter of Berean Lesson Pictures).
Album design: Embossed brown cover with gold and black ornament, metal clasp closure, and thick card pages featuring arched and oval windows to frame the lesson cards.
Text details: Lesson sheet header reads "Berean Lesson Pictures. Published Quarterly" with imprint "Eaton & Mains, New York, N.Y.; Jennings & Pye, Cincinnati, Ohio" and subscription information.
Approximate size: Album about 5.25 in x 6 in x 2 in overall (per handwritten note), a compact format suitable for classroom or devotional use.
Religion/Theme: Christianity; ideal for collectors of Sunday school ephemera, temperance teaching materials, or antique Bible illustration art.
Condition: Antique Sunday school card album with heavy wear and structural issues. Exterior cover has strong surface wear, scuffing, rubbed decoration, bumped corners, and spine ends torn with material loss exposing the binding; metal clasp present with patina. Front inner hinge is split with the cover largely separated from the text block; pages are age-toned with edge wear, slot tears, chips and creases around the mounts, and some bends or small tears to the mounted cards and lesson sheets; 40 cards present.
