[Sally Ochsenbein] Meta Morris Grimball (illustrated by)

Vintage Baby Book [1915; 1920]

Cupples & Leon Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #649924

6.5 x 8 3/8 in. [50] pages, with color illustrations by Meta Morris Grimball. Original light gray cloth with black stamped illustration and title on front cover. // Provenance: Sally Ochsenbein’s copy; born June 22, 1920 at St. Josephs’ Hospital in Omaha Nebraska; 32 b/w photos mostly of her as a baby and toddler, a few of her younger relatives and friends, and her mother. Printed birth notice, Baptism Certificate, and two invitation cards, all mounted. Many of the pages are filled in with her information, including birth data, baby’s weight (upto 12 months), Birth gifts from parents friends and family, her first outing, first tooth, first Christmas, etc. Overall a nice snapshot of a childhood in the early 20th Century.

Price: $125.00