Teenage girl's vernacular photo album of multigenerational women in 1950s California

Oblong quarto, 8.25 x 11.5 inches. Limp suede with wraparound wallet closure and sailing-off-into-the-sunset vignette painted on the cover. 35 leaves tentatively bound with a suede cord (and a bobby pin holding the center). Just over 100 snapshots in total (about 20 loose), plus 47 individual school portraits arranged over 2 leaves. Manuscript captions appear in white, many duplicated in type and taped to the pages--the tape adhesive has failed and many of the typed captions are loosely tucked in. Likewise, there are some pages where captions remain for missing photos; some leaves are dislodged and creased at the foredge, possibly out of order. Some discoloration to snapshots, especially those added later in the sequence. Light residue from the suede and black paper, Very Good condition overall. The album was started by a teenage girl in 1955 with a photograph of her beloved chihuahua, "My first true love," a recurring character in the album (among other dogs). It jumps chronologically