[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book

[Kings Mountain, North Carolina: 1927].

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Hardcover. Oblong quarto. Measuring 11" x 8". String-tied green cloth over stiff paper boards with "My School Day Memory Book" stamped in gilt on the front cover. Contains 169 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 5" x 7", with captions and additional scrap elements. Boards slightly bowed and edgewear else very good with near fine photographs.

A scrapbook and photo album kept by Maud Williams while attending high school in Kings Mountain, North Carolina between 1927 and 1931. It begins with a page of postage stamps cancels, mostly from her friends in North Carolina and a few from Ohio, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee. Following this are pages for photos of her school, classmates, class flower, motto, class colors, autographs, snapshots, and other memories from school. She also includes programs, invitations, handwritten entries, and mementos for events such as the Isadora Duncan Dancers, organ recitals, parties, and plays from the dramatic club. Maud includes newspaper clippings discussing graduation, classmate accomplishments, and marriages. Maud attended the North Carolina Women’s College after her departure from Kings Mountain. The final pages are almost exclusively snapshots from a variety of life events ranging from candids with friends to vacations. From context it appears she went on to become a teacher.

An extensive scrapbook detailing a young girl’s school years in North Carolina.


Item #415960

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Item #415960 [Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book. Maud L. WILLIAMS.
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book
[Scrapbook]: My School Day Memory Book