1956-57 Long Beach, CA - Elaine Brockhouse Scrapbook, U.S.S. Haven,

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May, 1956-February, 1957 - Long Beach, CA - 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 personal photos, many playbills and ticket stubs (Harout's Ivar Theatre, Courtney Circle Theatre, Long Beach Community Players, Horsehoe Stage - Hollywood, Hollywood Bowl, Huntington Hartford Theatre, Biltmore Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse; Cal Scenic highway No. 1 brochure; Carmel; San Francisco Grey Line, Yosemite; Cal. Fish Hathery brochure; Long Beach Armed Forces Day; Los Angeles home Show; Museum of Shell Murals, Laguna Beach; Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach; Knott's Berry Farm brochures; "Welcome to Disneyland" 1956; TWA Lunar Flight Certificate - Disneyland Spaceport via TWA rocket ship; First Fleet Review; Handbook of the Mission Inn, Riverside; Los Angeles County Fair; "The Spirit of the Navy" program, L.A. Naval Base; San Diego Zoo map; Jai Alai - Tijuana program; more.
Nice condition. Ship weight 7 lbs. SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE LIKE THIS.