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ARTIFACT:
This is a rare Boy Scouts of America Sea Scouts scrapbook, journal, graded essay and published Sea Scout flood map from the 1936 flood in western Massachusetts centered around Northampton. Edward Banas authored the five-day journal from March 1936 and graded essay on the flood, and selected various newspaper clippings documenting the devastation caused by the swollen Connecticut River. The fold-out area map was produced by the Sea Scouts of Ship Number 113. The excessively rainy weather and rapid snow melt that March resulted in flooding in several New England states, but the area of Northampton was particularly hard hit.
VINTAGE:
Published 1936.
SIZE:
Scrapbook: 36 double-sided pages, approximately 11-1/2 in height and 8-1/4" in width; map unfolded is about 16" by 21"; report: 3 pages; journal: 6 pages.
MATERIALS / CONSTRUCTION:
Textured paperboard cover, construction paper, lined paper, newsprint.
ATTACHMENT:
Rivet binding.
MARKINGS:
Edward Banas written inside cover.
ITEM NOTES:
This is from a Sea Scouts collection that we will be listing more of over the next few months. ebay MCEX14 LACEX8/14 SACEX3/15
CONDITION:
6- (Fine): The scrapbook's cover is in rough shape but still bound; interior pages are all fair aside from overall yellowing and some staining on the last few pages.
GUARANTEE: As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.
