Preferred Citation

[item identification], Alexandria Scrapbook Collection, MS003, Alexandria Library, Local History and Special Collections, Alexandria, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 2 books that have been converted to scrapbooks by gluing playbills, poems, articles, drawings, and religious materials onto the pages. The scrapbook in folder 1 contains religious articles, poetry, and images pasted into a book on agricultural reports. The scrapbook in folder 2 contains playbills and concert programs from the National Theater, Ford's Opera House, the Alexandria Musical Association, the Vocal Society of the Assembly Presbyterian Church, etc.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ford's Opera House (Washington, D. C.)
• Plays.
• Poetry.
• Scrapbooks.
• Theater and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.