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Lot 079 - Antique Snapshot Photo Album Belonging to Ethel M. Vendt of North Easton, Massachusetts, Containing 200+ Photographs Beginning 1923 Including Women's Basketball Team, Brockton Y.M.C.A., Washington D.C. Capitol, Telephone Switchboard
Lot 079 - Antique Snapshot Photo Album Belonging to Ethel M. Vendt of North Easton, Massachusetts, Containing 200+ Photographs Beginning 1923 Including Women's Basketball Team, Brockton Y.M.C.A., Washington D.C. Capitol, Telephone Switchboard
An antique black-page snapshot photograph album belonging to Ethel M. Vendt of North Easton, Massachusetts, containing upward of 200 photographs dating from 1922 through the early 1930s. The album documents Vendt's personal and social life with white ink captions throughout identifying subjects, dates, and locations.
Notable contents include a 1926 women's basketball team photograph with a full roster captioned beneath, listing M. Broman, E. Lawson, A.M. Williams (Manager), D. Lamb (Coach), A. Horton, S. Broman, N. O'Neil, C. Healey, E. Christensen (Captain), S. Carlson, A. Johnson, D. Vendt, and M. Case. A page captioned "Brockton Y.M.C.A." contains multiple snapshots with captions including "Stenogs," "The 'Y' Gang Aug. 1923," "The Physical Department," "A Quartette," "Who Is She?," and "The Gang." A 1925-dated snapshot shows a woman seated at a telephone switchboard. A June 1930 page documents a trip to Washington, D.C. with a snapshot of a man captioned "Nils" posed before the U.S. Capitol building. Additional pages include a woman posed with an automobile, a snapshot captioned "Billy the Broncho Rider," and various candid outdoor and domestic scenes with handwritten captions and dates.
The album pages and photographs show age-consistent wear. Some photographs have slight curling or toning.
