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RARE Vintage 1929–1933 5-Year Handwritten Diary Lot w/ Vintage Photos & Ephemera
**Location / Context:** Kansas City, Missouri area
**Format:** "A Line A Day" 5-Year Journal (Covering 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, and 1933)
**Overview:**
Up for sale is a fascinating and intimate piece of late 1920s to 1930s social history! This original handwritten 5-year diary captures five complete years of daily life, relationships, travels, movie/theater trips, bridge games, and personal reflections during the onset of the Great Depression.
Includes a collection of vintage laid-in ephemera found tucked inside the diary, including period photos, newspaper clippings, calling cards, and handwritten star maps!
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**Highlights & Content Details:**
* **Rich Daily Entries (1929–1933):** Handwritten in multiple ink colors throughout, detailing daily social events, romantic interests, movies seen (e.g., Orpheum theater outings), bridge parties, radio shows, and personal feelings.
* **Music & Memoranda Pages:** Features neat handwritten lists of popular 1920s/1930s songs and tunes (e.g., *"Singin' in the Rain"*, *"Tea for Two"*, *"Ukulele Lady"*, *"Goodnight Sweetheart"*).
* **Included Ephemera Lot:**
* Original vintage photographs (including a couple standing by a 1920s automobile and a woman with a young child in a winter coat).
* Business cards (Napier's Footwear Salon on Walnut St., Kansas City).
* Newspaper clippings and period radio schedule cutouts (WDAP radio, William Barclay).
* Handwritten constellation / star chart drawing.
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**Condition & Specifications:**
* **Cover:** Genuine dark textured leather / suede with embossed gilt title *"A Line A Day"*.
* **Binding:** Vintage pre-owned condition; binding intact with light edge wear consistent with age. Pages are firmly attached.
* **Paper / Ink:** Clean pages with dark, legible securely packaged with tracking via USPS.