Snip ‘n Tuck: The Busy Gal’s Scrapbook. 1950s scrapbook belonging to a young woman from Columbus, GA

32 pp. (15 are used, recto and verso). VG or better, with front cover detached, brittle pages with expected wear and occasional soiling. With Pocket Inserts entitled “My General Junk” (which includes two 1952-1953 Elementary Class National Piano Playing Audition Certificates, a letter from Santa Claus and his helpers at the Columbus, GA post office, and a 1957 Underwater Fantasy at Camp Chattooga menu), “Trip Trophies” (including a July 17, 1957 Southern Railway System ticket from Atlanta and more than 20 brochures from sights in Virginia and Florida), and “Fascinating Fan Mail” (including 5 letters and 2 postcards). Highlights include 8” x 10” black and white photos of students in Vacation Bible School at Bleecker, AL, 2 piano recitals (1950-1952), and 3 group photos of young girls and their female counselors at Camp Chattooga for Girls in northwest GA (July-August 1957); also included are photos of Mt. Clayton and the Blue Ridge Mountains, a Horse Show, and numerous pictures of classmates and family. 76 images in all, 2/3 of which are loosely laid-in, the remaining corner mounted. A wonderful snapshot of a young Southern girl and her travels in the 1950s. Item #260

Price: $150.00