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WWI Jamestown NC Family Achive Lot: Bundy/Pendergrass. This cohesive time capsule maps the generational journey of the Bundy and Pendergrass lineages, tracking them from early childhood schoolhouse education into domestic patriotic mobilization on the American Homefront during the final weeks of the Great War. To preserve its deep historical integrity, this lot is being sold strictly intact as a single archive.
INCLUDE IN THIS ARCHIVE: 1. The inscribed Mayme Pendergrass School Slate (circa 1895-1910): Authentic antique student writing slate chalkboard in its original mortise-and-tenon wooden frame. This highly personalized artifact features beautiful, deep turn of the century cursive hand-engraved directly into the margins by it original Owner. 2. Original Homestead/Farm Photograph & Family History Charts: Original period silver-gelatin photograph capturing the family's real homestead in Jamestown, NC. Accompanying this is the family's lineage documentation, which serves as the crucial "connective tissue" that legally and historically links the Pengergrass and Bundy generations3. Antique "Mother Goose" Softcover Chapbook: A late-19th/early 20th century children's nursery rhyme booklet featuring an iconic woodblock style cover of Mother Goose astride a flying gander.4. Ladies Notebook and Calendar: Dispensary Medical Assn., 1899 - image Rulon - Miller Books5.WWI U.S. Sugar Ration Booklet: Bundy family of 3 including O.C and Mayme Pendergrass Bundy and child 6. War Savings Pledge Notice Card (dated Oct 23, 1918): A rare piece of NC Homefront military history. Card is officially hand-dated October 23, 1918 and postmarked October 24, 1918 less than three weeks before the Armistice. Signature includes Chairman T.R. Faust, War Savings Chairman for Guilford County, NC.7. O.C. Bundy Selective Service WWI Draft Registration Card: Official military draft card belonging to O.C. Bundy, pairing seamlessly with the War Savings Card to form an airtight Homefront sub-lot.
CONDITION NOTES: All items are in honest, original vintage/anquite condition with a beautiful aged patina. The slate frame is sturdy with clear, legible carvings. The paper ephemera items show expected age-toning, minor edge wear, and handling appropriate for centennial paper documents, but have been kept flat and preserved well. Please review the photos carefully otherwise evaluate exact cosmetic condition.
