A Naval Scrapbook. Circa late 1800s, early 1900's.
New Haven: ca. 1890's-1920's.
Scrapbook. Approx. 8" x 10" composition book with marbled paper covered boards, cloth spine, and lined paper. 56 pages used for pasting down of cut out photographs of Naval ships, illustrations of Navy ships, news clippings relating to the ships, and several hand written descriptions and and hand written information on the ships. There is one original 3" x 4" photograph of the German Flagship "Kaisarin Augusta" pasted down inside opposite a cut out photograph of the ship. Laid inside the rear cover is a 1921 article from the Springfield, Mass. newspaper about the Battle of Jutland. There are 3 loose (approx. 5" x 8") color lithographs of the "Chicago", "Yorktown", and "Baltimore" laid inside. Most of the illustrations are of American ships with a few foreign vessels mixed in. Written on page 1 and 2, respectively, is a list of "Armored" and "Unarmed" Ships of "The United States Navy". Scrapbook is in good condition with browned paper spots from news clippings and some of the glue used in making the scrapbook. On the right front flyleaf is the inscription of "Richard Hooker 233 Church Street, New Haven." There was a Lt. Commander Richard S. Hooker who served in the Navy during the time frame this album was made. Good. Item #11902
Price: $175.00