The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book
Chicago: Reilly and Britton, [ca 1920]. 8vo. Unpaginated. Boards missing, first section loose, some toning and edgewear, top edge gilt, good only.
High school yearbook and scrapbook compiled by Anna Elizabeth Zillig (MacMillan), a 1922 graduate of North Avenue Presbyterian School in Atlanta, Georgia. She filled the pages with photographs, newspaper clippings, invitations, programs, her own handwritten reflections as well as notes from friends and family. Also of note, several beautiful sketches by her sister, Sophie Marie Zillig Smith (Davis), and ink drawings by Charles "Chas" Willet Davis, Lily Frieda Grobli (Lewis), and John Henry Grobli. A charming representative of 1920s society in Atlanta and a glimpse into women's education at the time.. Item #9417
Price: $75.00