Caroline's 1923-24 Account Book with Excellent Lists of Income and Expenses circus advertising Before Bob Ross

Before Bob Ross

and as also as a metaphor

as a lover of rebuses

only auction records of past sales

Caroline's 1923-24 Account Book with Excellent Lists of Income and Expenses circus advertising Before Bob RossThis fills me with total joy. Clearly Caroline's mother was looking to teach her some basic accounting, and helped by filling out the first few pages here (before Caroline herself took over) noting Caroline's incoming funds (looks like 5 cents a week for allowance, and swatting flies her biggest other source of income!), and expenses (candy, gum, forget me nots, valentines, jacklantern, halloween cat, and a series of donations to the Red Cross among