Between the Covers

Hardcover. Oblong small quarto. Measuring 7” x 11”. String-tied paper boards. Contains 117 black and white or sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 3½" x 5" with captions. Very good album with tiny chips and tears with near fine photographs.

A photo album compiled by Dorothy M. Goby of Lakeham, England while serving with the Civil Defense Service during World War II. Goby was part of the Wardens Service within the CDS and was stationed in Norwich. The album documents her time with the service as well as some post war images. Goby and friends are seen posed in uniform, on vacation trips to Shropshire, and in portrait photos. One image shows Dorothy “after the blitz” in 1942. Some of the snapshots were sent to her from friends serving overseas, including one captioned, “SGT./Pilot Laurie Howard RAAF on the boat at South Africa from Australia to England.” Another reads “Stanley Harvey. RAF 1941 in a rubber plantation Johore, Malaya.” Towards the end of the album Dorothy mounted photographs of friends’ weddings, many of whom were servicemen and women.

Item #448099