19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text sacred Clearly its original recipient--represented with

Clearly its original recipient--represented with this great portrait on the front

Or repurpose all for some other use

Or perhaps it was used for storing tobacco

(Personally though I find this version the most charming

— dates to sometime between 1900-1920

19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text sacred Clearly its original recipient--represented withHard to decide which side of this I like better, so the first photo here shows both sides. I believe this was likely a front matter page of a much studied book, perhaps even a small bible (among the hand written text: "the Bible is the best of books," and then underneath that: "no it ain't"!!) Also written are a series of names, making one assume the book was passed along from one person sibling to another: Sophia, Miriam, and Prudence Gallup, and