Scrapbooks

Scrapbooks that were gifted to or created by Herbert and Trudl Zipper. The pages contain materials like newspaper clippings, photographs, and concert programs that showcase their lives as artists and advocates of the arts. The scrapbooks have materials dated from 1915 to 1989.

See the albums below for a selection of scrapbook pages from various scrapbooks: Early Life, Manila, Brooklyn, and Chicago.

Manila

Trudl Dubsky’s 1st Dance Recital in Manila (1937)
 

Brooklyn

Early days of Dr. Zipper’s efforts to revive the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra (June 1947)
 

Chicago

Zippers begin at the Winnetka Music School (August 1953)