Illustrations and extracts from Peter Parlay’s Annual from 1856.
Peter Parley was the nom de plume of Samuel Griswold Goodrich (1793 – 1860) from Ridgefield, CT, USA.
Peter Parley Schoolhouse in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA, has a Web site.
![[picture: The Wassail Bowl]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Goodrich-PeterParleyAnnual/tn/002-the-wassail-bowl-q75-500x500.jpg "[picture: The Wassail Bowl]")
A bearded man in a tall hat and cravat, eighteenth or early nineteenth century leggings, and with a garland round his head reclines, one hand raised. Nearby, in the undergrowth and sitting on a rock, a short but well-muscled man, barefoot, naked but for a garland of flowers and leaves round his waist, holds a huge bowl. The small man wears a large [...] [more...]
![[picture: Victorian Carol Singers]](http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Goodrich-PeterParleyAnnual/tn/004-victorian-carol-singing-q75-500x458.jpg "[picture: Victorian Carol Singers]")
Three Victorian men are stnading singing Christmas songs; one of them plays the harp. A boy watches, and other figures stand in the background. The dress is from the early Victorian era. [more...]
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