1947 Ephemera from Crescent City High School [Putnam County, Florida]

Crescent City, Florida: Privately printed, 1947. Loose_leaf. Good. Loose_leaf. Two pieces of ephemera from Crescent City High School in 1947, both attached to a small loose-leaf scrapbook page: 4-page program for a "Style Show" and list of cheerleading cheers for the '46-47 school year. Scrap paper to which both pieces of ephemera are affixed is toned, brittle, and chipping.

8 1/2" X 5 1/2" 4-page program for a "Style Show" sponsored by The Business and Professional Woman's Club of Crescent City and taking place at Crescent City High School on Thursday, March 27, 1947, featuring "Business and Professional Women of the Past," "Future Business (truncated) and Professional Women," and "Business and Professional Women Today," with lists of names, as well as names of those providing musical interludes. Moderate toning to progra,Rear of program is attached to scrapbook page and is not removable, thus the last page is unreadable. One name circled in pencil, else unmarked.

14" X 8 1/2" sheet of paper, type-written then copied, recto only, containing 17 athletic cheers for the Crescent City Crescents. Moderate wear to paper, with a great deal of creasing and one small tear, all readable. Name in ink to bottom of page.

A serendipitously surviving piece of high school scrapbooking from nearly 75 years ago, celebrating school pride and women in business in Crescent City, Florida in the 1940s. (Inventory #: 9680)