tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post5211082254621296325..comments2023-09-04T04:33:45.104-07:00Comments on Erica's Adventures in Genealogy: A Scrapbook with a Surprise, and a QuestionEricahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13225103411139373556noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-54139433855411295252013-03-29T12:05:59.004-07:002013-03-29T12:05:59.004-07:00Yes, that was very interesting. Jim's grandmo...Yes, that was very interesting. Jim's grandmother saved all the Currier and Ives pictures from the Traveler's Insurance calendars over the years, pasting them onto pages in an old book. Another scrapbook that I know about belonged to a man in Westwood (where we lived for over 25 years) who clipped out every news article and ephemera about town affairs. He pasted them onto pages of old unwanted books. So the practice was common. Waste not, want not!<br /><br />Posted for BDakinEricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13225103411139373556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-79334968793292763262013-03-28T18:44:09.919-07:002013-03-28T18:44:09.919-07:00What a fine scrapbook find for your family history...What a fine scrapbook find for your family history! You'll find a lot more on books remade as scrapbooks in my book, Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance.<br /> I have seen other scrapbooks made with Congressional Records, but wouldn't assume the scrapbook maker was the initial recipient. Often scrapbooks were made from books that had been discarded or passed along in some other way -- many wonderful stories buried there! You can learn more about the history of the Congressional Record from the Library of Congress, at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwcr.html Cutting out some leaves to make room for pasted in material was common too. <br /> A child could well have been cutting up Demorests. Nineteenth century magazines typically had material that would appeal to all members of the household. Children were encouraged to cut things up and to make scrapbooks, to become more skilled with scissors, and to develop their taste. <br /> As you delve deeper, and see that your family scrapbooks have a lot in common with other scrapbooks of the period, you may also see more about what's unique about them, or especially tied to family history. -- Ellen Gruber Garvey<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937408984948526826.post-55458481812140952662013-03-25T18:49:06.227-07:002013-03-25T18:49:06.227-07:00Erica-
One thing to consider when looking at your...Erica-<br /><br />One thing to consider when looking at your scrapbook is that Victorian children were encouraged to scrapbook in the 19th century and this meant to cut out pictures of "stuff" and to collect images. (When we think of scrapbooks now, it's basically a type of photo album, then it was for all kinds of ephemera). In fact they were encouraged to do this for many reasons including educational and in the interest of not wasting "scraps." Obviously adults kept scrapbooks as well.<br /><br />In the book The Scrapbook in American Life Edited by Susan Tucker et al., page 201 it says: <br /><br />"Although albums could be expensively bound and embellished, they could also (and often were) a simple recycled magazine, ledger, or unwanted books. For example, a child might compose a scrapbook of illustrations, poetry, humor, and anecdotes, pasted over the printed pages of a catalog."<br /><br />Hope that helps! What a great heirloom! Thanks for sharing it with us.<br /><br />--GenaGena Philibert-Ortegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12853485188995075397noreply@blogger.com