48mo - over 3" - 4" tall Manuscript On offer is a super historical snapshot of life in early Chicago handwritten by a charming shop-girl who has rubber stamped several times throughout her name "JOSIE FLEMING". Josie writes of working in a shop that makes paper boxes and many of the entries are about her work at the shop and as Josie lives in the suburbs of Chicago she writes of frequently traveling to Bloomington, Springfield, Chicago, Lincoln Park, etc. She is very involved in Church and Sunday School. She also writes of activities of a bygone era: making a water proof sack, coloring her leggin's brown, sewing carpet bags, taking "hors" cars to town, Kenneth having congestion of the brain, had headache, rubbed oil of pepperment on my temples, etc. One entry reads "Monday Oct. 9, 1871 - did dishes, blacked stove, heard of the terrible fire in Chicago - Jessie came in and said she was going to Chicago as the fire was near her school." Toward the end of the diary, she mentions taking a train trip to Toledo and Cleveland, Ohio. She writes that the train arrives at the depot late at night and some of the passengers have to stay in the depot overnight. There were five rocking chairs available and electric lights were burning and she had never seen such extravagant accommodations ever before. She writes of going into town and shopping many times, and mentions many of her friends and acquaintances by first and last name. Overall G. Very Good
CAD 1085.99
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