Vintage Wooden WWII Victory Scrapbook with Movie Stars War Service & WWII Films

Description: This is a One-of-a-Kind, Hand Made Vintage Wooden WWII Victory Scrapbook.The scrapbook has a great looking patriotic cover made from 1/4" plywood. It is 8 3/4" x 12". It has a red, white, and blue, V for Victory cutout and applied. An interesting touch is that the V incorporates a blue bar with three dots and a dash, Morse Code for the letter V (for Victory). At the top of the V is what appears to be a stencil or similar of an American eagle with an Army soldier on the left, and a sailor on the right. Below the view 'VICTORY ALBUMThe lower right corner is stenciled with "EDMONDS WASHINGTON", a city on Puget Sound, just north of Seattle. The back corner is an undecorated piece of the same plywood. The boards have three holes drilled in the corresponding positions to the three holes in each scrapbook page. I assume the scrapbook was likely loose bound with leather thongs or similar through the holes but, as found, the scrapbook is unbound, and the pages are loose laid between the boards.The scrapbook consists of magazine clippings of photos and articles documenting the contributions of movie stars to the war effort, some via service in the U.S. Armed Forces, some in WWII films, and some who contributed in both arenas. Some of the included stars are:Gig Young - "In life, Gig Young of the Coast Guard; on screen, Lt. Williams of "Air Force".John Payne - "late of Hollywood, now of the U.S. Army Air Corps" (forerunner of the U.S. Air Force).Evelyn Keyes of "Officer Candidate School"Jean Parker of "High Explosive"Some of the clippings are glued down and others are not. There are a couple with star photos on the back that are not included in the listing photos.PLEASE NOTE: You will see that some of the photos have autographs. All of these autographs are reproduced autographs that are part of the magazine photos and articles; there are no hand signed autographs in the album.Most of the pages with clippings are shown in the photos, but there are a couple with star photos on the back that are not included in the listing photos. Some of the clippings are glued down and others are not. There are several blank pages that are not shown.With its unique patriotic cover, this scrapbook would be a great addition to any collection of WWII memorabilia and Home Front items. At the time of the original listing, we had several other WWII related items including ephemera and an English post-WWII trench art item. You can enter WWII into our ebay store search box at the top right of the description page to view the currently available items. "My unique position as Librarian of the Customs Reference Library enabled me to make independent and objective observations of their activities, though they were not particularly obvious to me until now when I review the scenes in retrospect." The manuscript is typed on 8 1/2" x 11" onion skin paper (or similar). The pages are labeled based on the table of contents rather than numbered and I opted not to count them. The manuscript is about half an inch thick. As you can see on the photos of the sample pages, the manuscript is hand typed as evidenced by the type face, the uneven rows of text, and marked up corrections such as the 'espisodes' example in the quote above where the initial s is lightly crossed out in pencil.This manuscript is a unique account that I assume would be of interest to historians and students of post WWII or Chinese history.ConditionCover The boards are in very good condition.Pages and clippingsThe pages are generally in good condition, flat and clean, with mostly intact holes, although there are a few exceptions. As found many of the loose clippings that were not glued down appear to have been subjected to some dampness for a short time, at some time in the past. You can see some light to moderate staining and wrinlking on the outer half to one inch of those clippings. This appears to have been mitigated in timely manner since there is no mildew, odor, adhering to other clippings or the pages, etc. There are few of the clippings with some fairly minor wrinkling and / or creasing. The photos show the condition of the clippings fairly well, so please review them and make your own assessment of the condition as well.The scrapbook is offered as found / as seen / as described. Please visit our ebay store to view a wide variety of antique, vintage and contemporary items. International Buyers – Please Note: Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. Customs fees are normally charged by the shipping company or collected when you pick the item up. These fees are not additional shipping charges. 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Price: 37 USD

Location: Sammamish, Washington

End Time: 2024-11-14T18:54:12.000Z

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