WWII Scrapbook
Approx. 211 photos: Various sizes, Most are of military personnel and locations,
some are of non-military folks and locations, a few pets. 2 patches. A few clippings, mostly ads (ex:
Straus Esquire Uniform Div.) Some are dated, beginning in 1941. Some locations named include; Hawaian Islands
(including 1 small photo of Hula Girls), Plato, MO, FT. Leonard Wood, Bennet
Springs, Waynesville, Jeff City, Lebanon Post Office, St. Louis, School of
Mines – Rolla MO, Willow Springs (4-Day Field Problem 8/12/42), Boston Commons
1943.
There are a few photos of equipment,
most appear to be training or day-to-day items.
I did not see any battlefield materials.
There are lots of named
folks, and I am not sure who to attribute ownership to, it may be possible that
a better-informed person may be able to sleuth that information from what is
here.
Graduation Exercises, Officer
Candidate School, Fargo, 12/9/1942
Tucked into the rear are 4
color drawings of barracks/building interiors.
All photos are black and
white, many have typed labels with identifying information. Some photos have
information written on the backs.
50 pages of material, 3 blank
pages at the rear. 4 drawings tucked in at rear (unattached)
Scrapbook covers: 14.50 x
12.25 inches.
Condition:
While the covers are
attached, the cord/string binding itself is intact, but nearly all the inner
paper pages have pulled off the binding. Most page edges have general chipping and
tears along the edges.
Some of the photos are loose
of the mountings. I think a few photos
have gone missing, but it appears that most have survived.
Everything is fairly clean,
most photos appear to be of high-quality paper. The photographer appears to
have been reasonably talented.
The scrapbook will be
securely packaged for shipment to prevent further wear, but it will be up to
the buyer how to reattach/remount pages/materials as they see fit.