Bowling Green, Ohio Girl's Scrapbook with Photographs and Over 100 inscriptions from Friends and Teachers, Class of 1930

Bowling Green Girl's Scrapbook

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Bowling Green HS Memory album with photographs, newspaper clippings, and rare mementos from a high school girl in 1930 in Ohio. 23 original gelatin print photos, approximately 4.5 x 2.75 in. Signatures and handwritten inscriptions from over 100 classmates, teachers, and friends. “The Girl Graduate Her Own Book,” Designed and Illustrated by Louise Perrett and Sarah K. Smith. Chicago: The Reilly and Lee Co., [n.d.]. 9 x 6 in. Original boards. “The Girl Graduate Her Own Book” in gilt and illustrations of flowers and a young lady on the front cover. 190 pages. Original owner’s name and high school written on label printed inside front cover: Gertrude M. Avery, Graduated from Bowling Green Senior High “1930”. Table of contents include space for handwritten entries on: Class Yell or Motto, Photographs, Autographs, Class Officers, Teachers, Class Prophecy, Invitations, Programmes, Social Events, Press Notices, Gowns, Presents, Jokes and Frolics, and the Baccalaureate Sermon. One newspaper clipping lists all of the graduates who were bound for college; notably, 18 of the names listed are women.

75 signatures and handwritten inscriptions from classmates. Many include short lines about friendship and school memories. “School days are your happiest days, Enjoy them while you’re young, And become old another day”. “Count me as a brick in your chimney of friendship.” Some write a shorter, but more personal line: “A fellow sufferer in English”. Many look towards their futures as wives: “May your life be bright and sunny, and your hubby fat and funny.” “Come and see me (+hubby) April 28, 1935”. “When you are married and living at your ease, Remember you have a friend who is single and does as pleases. -“Al” Aline Allison”. Several sign off with colorful nicknames such as Zoot, Midge, and Bud. 18 photos of classmates. People are identified by given names (although one is simply labeled “pals”), though not the context. Many photos appear to be outside of a large school building, and two images show “our bus,” including the driver and all 28 students who rode it. Two show young ladies (labeled “me”, Elthel & Maria) standing in slacks. Two others shows the subjects in costumes “Lyle & Sally” are dressed in vintage costumes, and “Paul Smith” appears to wear a dress and pearl necklace on the following page. 15 additional signatures from classmates p. 120.

22 signatures from teachers and 3 photos. Also portrait of the album owner and photo of her and friend in their Graduation Dresses. 50 pieces of ephemera including programs for musical performances and school plays. Napkins, paper flowers, press clippings about school dances. Ticket to the Senior Day Steak Roast at City Park. 3 invitations, including enveloped pasted in, with commencement invitation inside. Includes a handwritten list of gifts received, such as: Three Dollars, Modernistic Vanity, Looking Glass, Fancy Hanger, and Perfume Atomizer. 4 cards and letter that accompanied gifts pasted in. Scarlet and gray ribbons in school colors. Check receipts for items related to academic fees and class finances. Newspaper clippings list school events and graduation announcements. “Seniors Look Like Gay Nineties Making Whoopee, Whoopee, Whoopee!” Also a notice about a girls basketball tournament: “…the last game of the girls interscholastic basketball to be played in Bowling Green…” Final pages include newspaper clippings of school friends marriage announcements, from the years following their graduation. Light scuffs to cover. Some wear to interior front hinge. Very good condition.

Item #16825

Price: $245.00