World Scrapbook (3 results)

Thick 4to. [116 pp (unpaginated)], comprised of thick beige leaves, 100s of newspaper clippings, ditto copies, printed packets, menus, theatre programs, announcements, permission forms, documents, 17 tipped-in original photographs, drawings in pencil, coloured pencil, paint, corsages (1 orchid, a couple carnations), and much more. Contemporary embossed post binder, brown boards, gilt raised lettering on front cover, bound at gutter margin w/ brown silk braid (some toning, fraying to some samples, minor tears), still a VG piece. This outstanding World War II-era home front scrapbook chronicles the high school and college career of young Patricia Otis (b. 1925), providing an excellent historical document of life in the Pacific Northwest during the 1940s. Patricia Otis appears to have been a remarkable young woman, heavily involved in just about every high school activity, running for Student Body President, cheerleading, drama, school newspaper & yearbook staff, and much more. She includes souvenirs of participation in the Music for America Operetta a patriotic piece held in Newberg in March, 1942 set just after the events of Pearl Harbor; clipping and drawings of Newberg students filling trucks with sand to put out incendiary bombs should be dropped on the Pacific Northwest; War Bond drives held by the Disabled American Veterans in conjunction with the High School and election of Miss Columbia; photos of the Newberg Union football team nicknamed the Douglas Dive-Bombers; clippings about Patricia as Miss Columbia at Veterans ceremony honoring Henry Hopkins who in 1943 was one of the oldest living Civil War Veterans; a list of service men in South Pacific who had been classmates; describes the shortages of photographic paper due to wartime rationing, as well as clippings announcing the christening of the Liberty ship John W. Troy launched at the Oregon Shipyards in 1944 by her roommate Nancy Merki. In addition, there are 100s of notes, drawings, school souvenirs, dance cards, and much more recording everyday high school and college life. The Romig and Otis family had many military veterans, including Patricia Otis' grandfather, Dr. Edward A. Romig (1852-1939), Army Surgeon for the 40th Infantry during the Philippine Insurrection, who settled in Newberg, OR following his discharge from the Army in 1903; and her father, Ralph Grey Otis (1891-1959), served from 1918-1919 as a Corporal in the US Army, Battery D, 27th Artillery, and later operated the family farm in Rex, OR for many decades. See: The Community of Rex, Oregon, In: The West Side, Feb., 2009, pp. 6-8.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Thick scrapbook. 85 leaves, with clippings on both sides. Most of the newspaper articles are from the New York Times. The photographic reproductions from other sources, magazines. Included, as examples: Belgians shooting a spy at sunrise, various battle scenes, etc. Neatly and carefully assembled compilation. 1914-1916. The red scrapbook, lettered, "Book Shelf Scrap Book" on front cover, is copyrighted 1931, The Educational Press.

World War II scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings, 1945 to 1947, a compiled visual and textual record of wartime reporting and immediate postwar interpretation that preserves how mass media presented military technology, global conflict, and the transition into the atomic age. The scrapbook centers on the final phase of World War II and its aftermath, with particular emphasis on aviation, industrial production, and symbolic moments of Allied victory. By assembling illustrated articles, cover imagery, and advertisements tied to wartime industries, the volume documents the intersection of journalism, propaganda, and public understanding of modern warfare at the moment of Allied triumph and geopolitical realignment. Scrapbook containing more than one hundred pages of clippings from periodicals including Time, Life, and major newspapers, with eighteen Time magazine covers dating from 1945 to 1947. Disbound but retaining original covers with printed design. The contents are organized thematically, including a substantial section on military aviation with illustrated features on transport aircraft such as the DC 3 and DC 4, and combat aircraft including the Martin Mariner, Boeing Flying Fortress, Northrop Black Widow, Grumman Hellcat, Curtiss Warhawk, and Lockheed Lightning. Articles include large format photographic spreads and interior views of aircraft, emphasizing design, capacity, and combat function. Additional sections address wartime events and domestic security, including coverage of the "Eight Nazi Saboteurs" captured after landing from submarines on the Atlantic coast, and illustrated guides to Army insignia and officer dress. A widely circulated image of President Franklin D. Roosevelt standing aboard the cruiser Tuscaloosa appears within a feature on military presentation, reflecting controlled wartime imagery of presidential leadership. Coverage of the atomic bomb includes a 1945 article describing the Los Alamos test as the beginning of a new historical epoch, accompanied by imagery of the explosion cloud, alongside combat photography such as "Fighting Lady," depicting aerial engagements in the Pacific, and a newspaper image of the flag raising on Iwo Jima. The scrapbook preserves the visual language through which Americans encountered World War II, combining battlefield imagery, technological display, and corporate advertising from firms such as Lockheed, General Motors, and Texaco that linked industrial production to military success. The inclusion of atomic bomb reporting marks a shift from conventional warfare to nuclear modernity, while aviation features underscore the centrality of air power in both combat and public imagination. As a curated compilation rather than a single publication, the volume demonstrates how wartime narratives were assembled, circulated, and retained at the individual level, offering insight into the formation of historical memory in the immediate postwar years. Pages show some edgewear and the scrapbook is disbound; contents remain clean and legible with strong visual quality. Overall very good condition.