Graduation Memories, a scrapbook for a female student at Jefferson High School

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"Graduation Memories," a scrapbook for a female student at Jefferson High School

Entry/Object ID

2016.17.1.1

Description

"Graduation Memories," a scrapbook for a female student at Jefferson High School in Los Angeles, 1922. The scrapbook was published in 1917 and consists of blue pages with suggestions of what to add to each section including descriptions of the school, history, teachers, class mottoes, classmate photos and autographs, commencement events and personal information. The book includes newspaper clippings, course schedules, event listings, newspaper advertisements, ribbons of the school colors, programs, invitations, personal inscriptions from classmates, calling cards, commencement program, pressed flowers in an envelope. There are several blank pages in the book. The book is hardbound with a blue cover and gray spine. Overall, the book and the objects pasted inside are in good condition. The cover exhibits moderate abrasion from use.

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Scrapbooks