Author: ALFRED GORDON ROOKE, US NAVAL SERVICEMAN
Title: Ww2 Mail Art Scrapbook
Description: 0. Hardcover. Scrapbook, 1945 --WW2 'MAIL-ART' SCRAPBOOK of (64) HAND-ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPES-- by US naval serviceman and newly married ALFRED 'GORDY' ROOKE to his new bride, PEARL (MUNSON). Scrapbook includes a few love letters handwritten by Gordy, a small snapshot of Pearl, and (2) newspaper cartoons personalized by Gordy to Pearl. GORDY'S LOVE LETTERS are filled with joy, passion and good humor-- A.G. ROOKE's handwritten envelopes show his return address and postmark (dated 1945) from US NAVAL AIR STATION in JACKSONVILLE, FL-- where Gordy Rooke was stationed while new bride Pearl was home in St. Paul, Minnesota, waiting with their infant son Steve. WW2 MAIL-ART SCRAPBOOK-- 10.25"x12.75", (64) hand-illustrated envelopes, still bright and colorful-- in good condition. Very Good.

Keywords: correspondence art, mail art, WW2, marriage, Florida, US naval, vernacular art, valentines, courtship, 20th century