Set of 12 Story Scrap-booking Scraps

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

Object NameScraps

Mediumpaper

ClassificationsToys and Games

DimensionsEach: 2.8 x 3.7cm

AcquisitionPresented in 2006 by Rosemary Watt.

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDMS076468

Keywords

About MeScrap-booking has been a popular pastime since at least the middle of the 19th. It was considered an appropriate occupation for children and women, who were encouraged to collect mementoes and arrange them in books in an artistic way. All manner of items were included such as trade cards, photographs, poems and letters. A whole industry grew up around this pastime, providing beautiful leather bound albums as well as other materials. Some publishers also produced printed paper scraps for children to collect, which were extremely popular as they depicted many appealing subjects such as military and historical figures, flowers, animals and children at play. They were eagerly collected and swapped by many Victorian and Edwardian children.
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Do you think that you could rearrange these scrap book pictures to make a story? Hopefully it doesn't end with the ladies becoming vegetables again. This would be a real "Turnip for the Book"!