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1883 antique AUTOGRAPH ALBUM sacramento ca MAUD VANDAMENT die cut scrapbook
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Antique 1883–1886 autograph album belonging to MAUD VANDAMENT, believed to be from the Sacramento, California area. This is an especially attractive example because many of the handwritten pages are decorated with colorful Victorian die-cut scraps, giving the album the additional character of a period scrapbook.
The album is filled with handwritten entries addressed to Maud and Maudie, including poems, friendship verses, remembrance sentiments, personal messages, signatures and dates. The visible dated entries range primarily from 1883 through 1886.
One of the most important entries is written by Maud\'s brother, Lincoln Vandament. This corresponds with genealogical information identifying Lincoln Vandament as Maud Vandament\'s sibling. Research also located Maud Vandament in The Sacramento Bee, providing additional support for the family\'s Sacramento, California association.
The album contains a wonderful variety of original Victorian decorations and handwritten material, including:
- Numerous handwritten autograph and friendship entries
- Entries addressed specifically to Maud / Maudie
- An entry from brother Lincoln Vandament
- An entry from cousin Marie
- An entry identified as from a schoolmate
- Dates primarily from 1883–1886
- Friendship and remembrance poems
- Personal messages and sentiments
- Verses concerning friendship, love, happiness and marriage
- Numerous colorful Victorian die-cut scraps
- Elaborate floral bouquets
- Roses and other flowers
- Birds and butterflies
- Figural decorations
- Hands and sentimental friendship imagery
- Small printed sentimental scraps
- Pages containing multiple die-cut decorations
- Several large and elaborate decorative arrangements
Visible names and signatures include W. H. Caverly, A. P. Hamrick, Thomas Anderson, Maggie W. Shields, Lela Parks, Geo. A. Fleming, Laura E. Whitmore, B. Rice, Leona B. Peck, and numerous others.
One particularly entertaining entry signed Geo. A. Fleming contains a humorous verse contrasting the earlier female occupations of knitting and spinning with the newer interest in dressing and having a beau.
Several locations are written in the album, including New York Ranch and Jackson. “New York Ranch” is presented here exactly as written and is not being interpreted as New York State.
The album itself measures approximately 4.25 x 7 inches and has a burgundy/red embossed hardcover with rounded corners. It shows antique age and use, including rubbing and wear to the covers, edge and corner wear, toning, spotting/staining, handling wear and areas where material or decorations appear to have once been attached. Numerous original die cuts remain in place and retain strong, attractive color. Please examine all photographs for the exact contents and condition.
An appealing and very personal 1880s Victorian autograph album / scrapbook, combining original handwriting, identified family material and a substantial assortment of period die-cut decorations. The identification of the owner as MAUD VANDAMENT, together with the entry from her brother Lincoln Vandament, gives the album particularly good genealogical and family-history interest.
Likely locale: Sacramento, California, based on genealogical/newspaper research rather than an inscription explicitly stating Sacramento in the album.
Measures approximately 4.25 x 7 inches.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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