Lee Gentry American Legion scrapbook, 1929-1935

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This scrapbook was donated to William C. Morris Post 36, American Legion, Fort Lauderdale Florida by Lee Gentry, a member of the original drum and bugle corps. Gentry created the scrapbook between 1929 and 1935, and the scrapbook was donated to the post sometime after 1962. Scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, stickers, photographs, a map, posters, fliers, ration stamps, event cards, and drawings, including materials in Spanish and English. Events documented by the photographs and clippings include the American Legion National Convention in Havana in 1933 and Memorial Day commemorations. A drawing of Lee Gentry is included in the back.

Wooden cover with hinges. Cover is decorated with etched design and lettering reading "scrapbook."

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