Scope and Contents The album title is inscribed on the front cover. Consists of black and white photographs with accompanying handwritten captions. Contains photographs of various people and places in Europe. Locations include: Rome, Venice, and Naples, Italy; Paris and Versailles, France; Monte Carlo; and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Venice photographs include depictions of Nazi propagandist and chancellor Joseph Goebbels participating in a gondola parade, labeled a "water fete" by Van Day Truex. Appraiser...

Scope and Contents Title is inscribed on a piece of tape on the spine of the scrapbook, but it is not wholly accurate. In addition to photographs of Truex's Paris apartment in the 1930s, it also contains documentation in the form of photographs and reproductions of French tapestries, interiors, and furniture and photographs of Salon No. 9 at Place des Vosges, Paris as occupied by William M. Odom in the 1930s. Clippings documenting Truex's New York apartment and former Parsons instructor Urban Morgan's home in...

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Album consists primarily of newspaper clippings about singer and actress Grace Moore, including her death. It also includes handwritten and typed working drafts of a speech, a recipe, and a few black and white photographs. Moore was one of Truex's clients in his role as interior designer, but she was also a friend. Only part of the album is available digitally.