Lyvia’s 1928 Handwritten Daily Diary with Wallpaper Cover struiped topped with a thick coat

topped with a thick coat of varnish or shellac

) were painstakingly embedded into it surface at some point to turn it into a large

with pins at shoulder and hips holding tight

with more detail evident against the black

and even better for the hand-written notes on the reverse of all of them

Lyvia’s 1928 Handwritten Daily Diary with Wallpaper Cover struiped topped with a thick coatVery faintly printed on the front of this handmade wallpaper covered book is Lyvia C. Moohil (I believe) Diary 1927. She actually began writing in it January of 1928, and proceeded to fill most every page with a brief note of the day: Minister called , Dorothys sewing club met here, Clyde worked here papering and painting," so and so came, so and so went, it was hot, etc. On the end few pages a list of the nicknames of each state Bear St.Arkansas;