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William Hall Sherwood was the founder of the Sherwood Music School.

The metal side of a stamp used to teach correspondence students about notes on the violin.

This photograph shows several of the stamps used in the Sherwood correspondence books. In the center of the photo is the base stamp for a two-part process. It is the body of a seated man, with some detailing and a few facial features. Above that…

A stamp showing the treble clef. The mark within the stamp may be a mark in the stamp and not meant to be a note.

This photo shows the completed second step of creating stamp one without the underlay. It demonstrates the versatility of this printing method, as the second stamp still creates a clear and identifiable image. The printers would have had the choice…

A stamp used to show the relation between A and A sharp/B flat.

A stamp showing a bar of music that correspondence students could use to practice their skills.

This stamp has a bar of music for the Christmas hymn "Silent Night." It is crossed out, which may indicate that there was an error in the metal base for the stamp, making the finished print incorrect.

A photo of the metal side of stamp one, which shows the finished image in reverse,

This photo shows the student rubbing the paper against the inked stamp with a metal spoon. This helps transfer the ink from the stamp to the paper.