Perrett, Louis & Sarah K. Smith (Designed and Illustrated)

[HIGH SCHOOL] [SCRAP BOOK] The Girl Graduate - Her Own Book; Nevada, Missouri High School - Sarah Marie Inwood

Nevada, Missouri: The Reilly and Britton Co., May 21, 1914. Hardcover. 190 pages. 23.5 x 15.5 cm. A momentous moment in this young woman life - Sarah Marie Inwood (1896-1987) - her High School Graduation in 1914; the innocence will be broken in a few months as WWI begins in June. The scrapbook contains black and white photographs of friends and fellow graduates, autographs, black and white photos and autographs of the teachers along with a black and white photo of the school, a handwritten narrative of the Commencement Exercises, a handwritten narrative of the Commencement Program and the Class Play, and laid in - twenty-three printed calling cards - with Ralph L. Clemmons writing: "I hearby state that a state of war exists and has existed between us by your own act since the 19th of April 1914 Prepare for Warfare or Wield for the love of Mike Amen."

Census records show Sarah Marie worked for the First National Bank for several years and married a local fellow, Fred Harriman, in December, 1925. The couple eventually moved to St. Louis, Missouri but were buried back home in Nevada, Missouri. Interior clean, boards lightly soiled, outercase in two pieces. Illustrated, embossed boards. Very good, in good case. Item #5053

Price: $100.00