Palmer Method Honor Writing

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Description:

Brass button with a “PALMER / METHOD / HONOR / WRITING” inscription on the front. The Palmer Method of penmanship instruction, developed and promoted by Austin Norman Palmer (1860-1927), was essentially a simplified style of the Spencerian Method that had been the major standardized system of handwriting since the 1840s. In time, it became the most popular handwriting system in the United States.

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Credit Line: Gift of Timothy Connelly in memory of Gordon Montgomery Connelly

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2003.0314.01Catalog Number: 2003.0314.01Accession Number: 2003.0314

Object Name: Buttonbutton, promotional

Measurements: overall: .5 cm x 1.5 cm; x 3/16 in x 9/16 inoverall: 1/4 in x 5/8 in x 5/8 in; .635 cm x 1.5875 cm x 1.5875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ea92-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1246999

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