Author: ALFRED 'GORDY' ROOKE, US NAVAL SERVICEMAN
Title: 1945 Ww2 Mail-Art Archive - Newly Married Serviceman's Hand-Drawn Envelopes & a Few Letters
Description: 0. Hardcover. Scrapbook, 1945. --WW2 MAIL-ART SCRAPBOOK-- (64) HAND-ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPES drawn by US Naval serviceman (& newly married) ALFRED 'GORDY' ROOKE. Brightly colored envelopes, postmarked 1945, in good condition-- made for and mailed to Gordy's new bride, PEARL. Scrapbook includes some love letters to Pearl, a small snapshot of Pearl and (2) newspaper cartoons personalized by Gordy to Pearl. 1945 LOVE LETTERS are filled with a newly married and new father's passionate love and good humor. Hand-drawn envelopes have A.G. Rooke's return address, US NAVAL AIR STATION, JACKSONVILLE, FL-- Gordy's envelopes are addressed to his new wife, Mrs. A.G. Rooke, in St. Paul, Minnesota-- waiting at home with their infant son Steve. HAND-ILLUSTRATED, 1945 MAIL-ART ARCHIVE, in good condition, 10.25" x 12.75" -- a WW2 serviceman's envelope-archive brims with love and affection. Very Good.

Keywords: correspondence art, mail art, WW2, marriage, Florida, US naval, vernacular art, valentines, courtship, 20th century