The Eckel Gazette; a family newspaper at the turn of the 20th century
Tulsa, OK: The Vincil Company, 1964. Staplebound. 4to, pp. [4], 89, [7]. Staple-bound paperback. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and cover with minor wear. Coffee stain on front cover. Inscribed and signed by the family newspaper creator and editor on the title page: "To Peter and Susan and Michael Athens Merry Christmas 1967." Good. Item #1828
Compilation of family newspapers designed and drawn by Edward Eckel, Jr. when he was 11 years old in 1901, and living in Williamsport, PA. Years later, they were compiled and published by his wife, Emily Pope Eckel. From the foreword by Mrs. Eckel: ". . I submit that it gives to grown-ups and youngsters alike a vivid picture of family life sixty-three years ago, when bicycles and street cars and horse and buggy were the usual vehicles about town; . . .when Queen Victoria had only recently died, and William McKinley was President of the United States." Dr. Eckel became the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Tulsa and was the founder of Saint Simeon's Home for the Elderly in Tulsa. Dr. Eckel died in 1969.
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