{"product_id":"my-record-book-scrapbook-of-annunzia-nancy-arnao-graduated-with-distinctions-from-south-philadelphia-high-school-for-girls-in-1928","title":"\"My Record Book\" compiled by Annunzia \"Nancy\" Arnao, 1928 graduate of the South Philadelphia High School for Girls","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlue cloth 3-prong binder with printed cover; 94 scrapbook leaves with printed section headers and additional ephemera laid in. Pages are fragile and tattered at the edges, many loose from the binding, as typical. Rubworn and overall a bit misshapen from its bountiful contents, haphazard but satisfying to navigate. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003ethe bulk of content comes from around her graduation in 1928, with material extending from roughly 1926-1931.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eOne of our favorite examples of such albums, thanks to the 50+ devastatingly great vernacular photographs and Nancy's copious, often moody self-portraits. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe portraits of the women form a veritable catalog of bob hairstyles and the album vividly captures the life of a teenage girl in 1920s South Philadelphia, including close ties to the Italian-American community and trips down the shore (Wildwood, of course). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOther scrapbook ephemera includes party favors and invitations, some dried flowers, souvenirs from trips. Newspaper clippings include local Italian-language periodicals; by contrast, flourishes of French add a little \u003ci\u003eje ne sais quoi \u003c\/i\u003eto some of the girls’ inscriptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"[scrapbooks, young women, ephemera]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46336771227798,"sku":"Q2199","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0315\/9778\/9229\/files\/APC_7441.jpg?v=1776180131","url":"https:\/\/alsobooksbooks.com\/products\/my-record-book-scrapbook-of-annunzia-nancy-arnao-graduated-with-distinctions-from-south-philadelphia-high-school-for-girls-in-1928","provider":"Haec City \/ Also Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}