I am looking for an image depicting alphabet letters in which each
letter is formed by a  little person or persons. The image that I am
thinking of is a type of children's illustration.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 06 Apr 2004 10:04 PDT

Dear Eveningpiper,

I located an image of children posing of each letter of the alphabet.

Here are the images of the A to the J.
http://68.15.21.151/uploads/researchers/alpha.JPG

If this is the image you?re looking for, I can provide you with the
link to the complete image.

In addition these images are available in an accordion shaped book.

Book Dimentions:
2-1/2" x 3" closed, 65" x 3" when fully expanded
Price:$26.00

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by eveningpiper-ga on 07 Apr 2004 06:09 PDT

You haven't found the one I am looking for but the one in the book
(you showed me A-J) could serve my purposes.

I originally saw the image I am searching for at the Concord, Mass.
museum gift shop, it had a connection to Louisa May Alcott, possibly
her father Bronson who believed in combining exercise and education
for children. Can you keep trying?
Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 07 Apr 2004 12:53 PDT

I did additional research and unfortunately I was not able to locate
the image of the alphabet by Luisa May Alcott's father.

I only found references to it.

?Luisa May Alcott's father had his children make the letter shapes
with their whole bodies. How could you make the letter C with your
body? Try a capital A! Let your child help you think of ways.?
http://www.geocities.com/terriebittner/alphabet.html


From chapter 45 of Little Women:

?She likewise set up housekeeping in the sideboard, and managed a
microscopic cooking stove with a skill that brought tears of pride to
Hannah's eyes, while Demi learned his letters with his grandfather,
who invented a new mode of teaching the alphabet by forming letters
with his arms and legs, thus uniting gymnastics for head and heels.?
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/ALCOTT/ch45.html

Perhaps another researcher will have better luck.

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by eveningpiper-ga on 07 Apr 2004 15:32 PDT

bobbie7-ga,

Can you send me the link to the full alphabet that you found from the
book (you showed me A-J.) I would prefer to pay you for your time as I
am satisfied with the results that you found. How do I conclude the
search?

Dear Eveningpiper,


Here is the complete image of the children posing as each letter of the alphabet 
http://www.greenchairpress.com/gifs/poster.jpg


Green Chair Press is the publisher of the ABC Alphabet book.

ABC Alphabet Book

On each page is a child posing as a letter of the alphabet.
Illustrations by Susan Angebranndt
Handbound accordion 
Accordion book: 2-1/2" x 3" closed, 65" x 3" when fully expanded.
$ 20 (+ $6 for shipping)
Green Chair Press http://www.greenchairpress.com/index.cgi?page=0001&uid=1081270423


Here is a close-up image of the book
http://www.greenchairpress.com/gifs/abc.jpg



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Search criteria
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Google Image Search:

Alphabet poster
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+poster

Alphabet print
http://images.google.com/images?hl=es&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+print


Google Search:

Alphabet poster
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+poster

Alphabet children 
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+children

Alphabet figures 
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+figures
 
Alphabet forms 
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+forms

Alphabet people 
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+people

Alphabet kids 
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+kids

Alphabet letters shapes
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+letters+shapes

Alphabet letters figures
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+letters+figures

Alphabet letters children
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+letters+children

Alphabet letters people
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+letters+people

Alphabet letters exercise
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+letters+exercise

Alphabet letters Alcott
://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Alphabet+letters+Alcott


I am glad that you are satisfied with my research.

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

Great work!

Hello eveningpiper,

Could this image be the one that you're looking for?
http://www.alphabetco.com/salpha1.jpg

Thanks,
Bobbie7

Here's another one.
http://www.alphabetco.com/The%20Flying%20Alphabet%20People%2011.pdf

Maybe what you are looking for:

http://www.go.dlr.de/wt/dv/ig/icons/funet/whimsy13.gif

How about this?:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/leikkikoulu.linnea/images/aakkoset-iso.gif

Here is a modern day activity involving making letters with your body
(scroll down to page 7):

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/bookstore/popovers/36games/8929grp1.pdf

One last interesting one:

http://keaggy.com/desktops/other/humanAlphabet-1024.jpg

Perhaps a call or visit to the Orchard House, the home of the Alcott
family may help:

http://www.louisamayalcott.org/

They promise:

"Archival photographs of the family and objects in the collection are
available for a fee.  Please contact the Curator of Collections at
978-369-4118, Monday -Wednesday 8:30 - 3:30 for further information on
photo fees and policies."

I'm sorry, one more thing at that museum:

Educational Materials for Teachers and Students: 

Mr. Alcott?s "Maxims" for Teaching    Calligraphied Poster: $8.95
"These 58 gems of wisdom were written by Bronson Alcott in 1830 and
are strikingly modern!"

http://www.louisamayalcott.org/shop.html

Is this your museum?

http://picturingbooks.imaginarylands.org/
Aphabet Booklists

This is a huge list of alphabet books that might give you further
leads on locating the book you're looking for.

Good luck.

~ czh ~