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1954-55 New York City - Elaine Brockhouse Scrapbook, GM Motorama, Harvard game
$ 18.45
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1954-55 New York City - Elaine Brockhouse Scrapbook, Pinecrest FL
. One of a series of scrapbooks kept by Elaine Brockhouse, 91-year-old niece of William D. Pawley, who initiated the formation of the famous American volunteer group of airmen known as the Flying Tigers who supported China in World War II from an aircraft manufacturing and supply base he organized in India. He was a confidant of Presidents Truman and Eisenhower and U.S. ambassador to Peru and Brazil after World War II.
The scrapbook is 9 X 12 in. and very thick. Includes Washington Square Outdors Art Exhibit program; many Playbills including the Pajama Game, On Your Toes, Peter Pan, Anastasia; U.S. Navy Military Sea Transportation service menu; Harvard-Princeton football program and tickets; Elaine's engagement to Navy Commander Dick Brockhouse photos and events; General Motors Motorama of 1955 brochure; New York Young Republican Club annual ball photos; The Bath Club, Miami Beach, house guest card courtesy of Bill Pawley; more..
Nice condition.