scrapbook
Catalog Number
2020.23.4a-akDescription
Scrapbook, with hard, white cover and black, paper pages. The first several pages have envelopes glued down to them. A letter is inside each envelope. Other items, some loose, appear in the scrapbook, including newspaper clippings, selective service documents, telegrams and newsletters.The envelopes were all sent by Herbert Colton, Jr. to his parents. Their address was 155 West 13th Street, Holland, MI.
History
Herbert Chapel Colton, Jr. was born in Holland, MI on 8-8-1923 to Herbert C. (1894-1965) and Jeanette (1903-1978) Colton. Herbert Jr. was a graduate of Hope College and worked at the Fafnir Bearing Co. in Holland prior to joining the US Army in February 1943.Herbert Jr. worked for 30 years at Heinz in Holland after WW2. He married Evelyn Diekema. Herbert Jr. died on 4-6-1981 in Louisville, KY.