Abstract Language, Margarete Gibbons' 1902 Completely Full Stenography Notebook early lessons 7 1/2" long x 3"

7 1/2" long x 3" wide x 1 3/8" deep and in very good condition

most pronounced on the interior

I believe this hand-forged and rasped iron tool was made for a farrier's use--with the rasped areas on either side used for filing a horse's hooves

when just the right spot to rest and look around is found

set off perfectly by the bold orange mount

Abstract Language, Margarete Gibbons' 1902 Completely Full Stenography Notebook early lessons 7 1/2" long x 3"I find stenography shorthand fascinating, though I can't decipher a single symbol! Pretty much a lost form at this point, shorthand was is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that was developed as a means of increasing speed and brevity in writing, especially used in taking dictation. Of course technology has largely obliterated the need for it, and the capacity to decipher it which makes these pages of intensive mark making now like floating