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ITEM: WWII Advertising Premium Coca-Cola Pocket Memo Notebook with 1947 Industrial Arts Teacher Logbook, Senior Trip Diary, Amateur Film Notes & Original Travel TicketsNOTEBOOK CALENDAR: October 1943 – December 1944
DIARY & LOG DATES: June 1947 (Charlotte High School, Charlotte, Michigan)
INCLUDED TICKETS: Original 1947 Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Co. Ticket & Gray Line Prepaid Sight-Seeing Order ITEM OVERVIEW
Up for sale is an extraordinary piece of 1940s Mid-Century Americana: an authentic WWII-era Coca-Cola Bottling Co. pocket memo notebook used as an extensive personal logbook by a Charlotte High School (Michigan) Industrial Arts / Shop Teacher! This notebook serves as a rich, multi-page time capsule filled with handwritten entries in ink and pencil: 1. 1947 Senior Class Trip Itinerary & Diary (June 9–10, 1947): Details the full trip from Charlotte, MI to Chicago, IL. Tracks crossing Lake Michigan on the historic W&M Steamship Company "Clipper" ("no meals because sickness?"). Detailed Chicago schedule including stays at the Hotel Harrison, tours of Chinatown, Hull House, Bohemian Art Colony, seeing a show at the Chicago Theatre, visiting the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and Adler Planetarium. Chaperone safety instructions ("Must have the name & number going on these trips..."). 2. Industrial Arts / Shop Class Log Roster:
Period-by-period lists (1st through 6th hour) tracking student shop project balances ("Shop tickets unpaid"). 3. Amateur 16mm/8mm Home Movie Production
Notes:
Technical lighting and exposure logs for movie film (Super X Panchro), listing f-stop settings (f 11, f 2.8), shutter rates (16 frames, 8 frames), and specific scenes filmed ("Jeane serving coffee to Boris", "Kissing (second time)"). 4. Financial Trip Reconciliation:
Total trip costs ($1,218.44) and budget returns to school administrator ("Returned to Mr. Huston $136.93"). BONUS LAID-IN TRAVEL TICKETS INCLUDED:
Found directly inside the pages are two original, authentic 1940s transit documents: Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company Ticket: Stamped JUNE 9, 1947 - MILWAUKEE DOCK. The Gray Line Prepaid Sight-Seeing Order: Issued to CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL, stamped by Waldo Travel Agency, Lansing, MI (JUN 7, 1947). CONDITION REPORT
Please review all high-resolution photos closely, as they accurately depict the exact item you will receive.Cover / Exterior: Red textured paper wraps show authentic age-wear, edge creasing, and spine rubbing/chipping consistent with a carried 1940s pocketbook. Interior Pages: Full text block complete with handwritten ink and pencil entries. Natural newsprint paper toning and light handling marks throughout. Tickets: Original paper tickets are intact and clean with strong ink stamp impressions. PACKAGING & SHIPPING
Protective Packaging: Sandwiched securely between two pieces of rigid cardboard inside a weather-resistant mailer to ensure the spine and loose transit coupons remain flat and protected during transit. Shipping Method: Ships promptly via USPS Ground Advantage with full tracking.
