Antique Schoolhouse Slate "Silent" Chalkboard seascape pyrograph silver and white--a flower

silver and white--a flower

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Pohl was absorbed by Horner Co

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Booth's Hyomei Breathing Treatment was made for treating colds

Antique Schoolhouse Slate "Silent" Chalkboard seascape pyrograph silver and white--a flowerThis is a charming antique schoolhouse slate chalkboard with a wood frame. The chalkboard, which would have been used by an individual student, has holes all around the perimeter that would have been threaded with twine or yarn in order to keep the slate from banging on the surface of a school desk thus chalkboards like this are often called "silent" chalkboards! The front side of the slate is solid black; on the lower half of the reverse side are