The kindergarten
A kindergarten guide published in New York by Harper in 1893, written by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin for teachers and parents of young children. The two pictures are small printed seals rather than teaching illustrations: a University of California seal with an open book, a star and the motto Let There Be Light, and an Excelsior seal from the 1893 State Board of Women Managers at the Columbian Exposition, with an eagle and wreath. A designer might take their compact circular layouts, ribbon banners and lettered rims as emblem-making models.
