1934 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A SMART CHARMING AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL 'GIRL NEXT DOOR' DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA

Syracuse, Eastwood New York NY. Very Good. 1934. Manuscript. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript 1934 diary authored by Dorothy Mae ["Dodo" or "Dot"] Smith a 17 year old high school in the Eastwood and Syracuse New York areas. She writes about everything - her family, girlfriends, boyfriends, school and daily activities +++. She has a crush on someone named "Al" who plays in a band and obviously is older. Tucked in the diary was a letter from Al in which he refers to an encounter they had during his last visit. Dorothy sends for photos of the popular Radio Stars, worries about her clothes, sneaks cigarettes and writes about it in French. The diary is packed with entries that are long, detailed and well written by a smart emotive young gal. She also names everyone she is in contact with, visitors, teachers etc., and will prove filled with genealogical and historical of the local area. This diary is an ideal slice of Americana looking into the life of a depression era teenager girl. G+. [Her brother, George Smith, has two diaries we are offering Inventory #000958].; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; High School, Girl Next Door, Feminism, Women's Studies, Post Suffrage, Post Flapper Era, Depression, Depression era, Personal, Memoir, Handwritten, hand written, autograph, autographs, signed, letters, document, documents, manuscript, manuscripts, writers, writer, author, holograph, personal, Americana, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, GENDER STUDIES, WOMEN'S STUDIES, .