1954 New York City - Elaine Brockhouse Scrapbook, NY Giants, Yankees, polo

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February-September 1954 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 Yale Club restaurant; Carnegie Hall program; El Morocco, Versailles; Metropolitan Opera; NYC Ballet; Caine Mutiny Court Martial and other playbills; Latin Quarter program; Provincetown Playhouse - 2 playbills; New York Rangers vs. Montreal Canadiens hockey program; NY Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox, also New York Giants vs. St. Louis Cardinals game w/2 tickets each; USLTA Singles Championship tennis program, Forest Lawn; Washington Square Art Exhibit program; Jones Beach Marine Theatre; Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival; UN Visitors Guide; Ringling Bros circus; Roosevelt Raceway;  personal photos; apartment lease for 0/month; Eighth South Republican Club May Day Ball; Ninth Assembly District Republican Club - Dewey for governor; ; more..
Nice condition. SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE LIKE THIS.