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Please be sure to read this description. This is a very in-depth scrapbook and we have attempted to provide you with at least some of its amazing items inside.
For sale is a handmade scrapbook assembled between Dec 4. 1905 through Dec 19th 1908 and features clippings of current events of the time. This book came out of an estate in Boston MA. We didn't count the pages but we estimate it to be around 150-200 pages long. It is 2 1/2" thick.
Contents:
There are a lot of clippings for the Castle Square Theater in Boston and many many Vaudeville era actors and actresses pictures throughout this book. Examples such as Oliver Twist with John Craig, Lillian Kemble, and Marion Ballou.
There are many clippings about the weather and the record break heat and cold during these times in the Boston area.
Some of the most impressive items we saw in this scrap book were the pages denoted to Buffalo Bill Cody, articles about Theodore Roosevelt in a wedding photo including political cartoon, a bunch of travel tourism memorabilia from Atlantic City, the San Fransisco earth quake, the death of President Grover Cleveland and more!
This scrap book has so much to offer! There are train & steamship time tables, maps, clippings, some postcards, cartoons, etc!
LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF THEATER STUFF!!! If you love Vaudeville and plays plus scrapbooks this is 1000% up your alley!
We did not read this entire book as that would take days but there are all kinds of items to explore here. Please, if you have any questions whatsoever please let us know. eBay limits listings to 12 photos and we have attempted to convey some of the higher points of interest and general condition for you. This is a SERIOUS book for serious collector or a rock solid way to start a collection. Don't sleep on this one and miss out! It's stellar!!!
Measures approx 14" X 10" X 2 1/2"
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SHIPPING:
All items ship within 24-72 hours of cleared payment unless otherwise specified. Smaller items are shipped with US Postal Service and larger items are shipped via FedEx. If expedited shipping is required please contact us prior to bid or purchase. Tracking details will be forwarded via eBay/PayPal when the labels are created for shipment.