1955-56 New York City-Long Beach, CA – Elaine Brockhouse Scrapbook

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1955-56 New York City and 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 many Playbills and ticket stubs (Witness for the Prosecution, Fanny, Bus Stop, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Silk Stockings, Damn Yankees, Diary of Anne Frank, more); UN Vistors Guide, Radio City Music Hall program; Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit; Sandler’s Wells Ballet, Columbia vs. Harvard football game w/tickets; personal photos; Versailles night club couples photo; Grand Canyon National Park brochure; Shady Acres miniature golf scorcard, North Long Beach; Tijuana Jai Alai and bullfight programs; San Diego Home Show program; Ramona pageant program; 400 West Twentieth Street, Long Beach home photos, interior/exterior; naval hospital ship U.S.S. Haven AH-12 photo; Richfield Oil Corp. “Subsidence and Oil Production” controversy brochure; more.
Nice condition. Ship weight 7 lbs. SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE LIKE THIS.