Margaret Louise Sims was born July 19, 1907, in Pulaski County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Turner Ashby Sims, born in 1869, in the State of Missouri, and Leslie Belle Sims, born in 1876. She had 3 brothers. Margaret attended Little Rock High School, was a socially active person, and participated in many activities.
Margaret married George Francis Reichardt III on July 20, 1925. They had a son together and divorced in 1933. The 1940s census shows her working as a clerk and living with her parents, son, and a brother in Little Rock. In 1943, she married Thomas Alton Blakeley and moved to Texas. After his death in 1963, Margaret remained unmarried until her death in 1986, in Longview, Texas, at the age of 79.
This scrapbook was created by Margaret Louise Sims and focuses on her life, interests, and friends from 1921-1927.
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Margaret Sims Reichardt "Stunt Book" scrapbook, 1921-1927, part 1
Part 1 of 2 of Margaret Sims (Reichardt) "Stunt Book" scrapbook with content on Little Rock High School and invitations for events, including dances, by Delta Sigma; Tri "S" club; Delta Phi Omega; and Kappa, Kappa, Kappa. Includes ticket stubs for trains and orchestra performances, restaurant menus, a program for Notre Dame football, and a program for the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York June 13, 1922 graduation. Scrapbook also includes photographs, a horoscope, handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings including wedding announcements and an article on an explosion of the U.S. Mississippi that killed 3 Arkansans.
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Margaret Sims Reichardt "Stunt Book" scrapbook, 1921-1927, part 2
Part 2 of 2 of Margaret Sims (Reichardt) "Stunt Book" scrapbook with newspaper clippings on topics including wedding announcements, an anniversary, and bridge games. Also includes photos, school news, graduation cards, announcements, and programs on horse racing at the Arkansas State Fair, polo, the Majestic Theater, plays, dances, balls, musical performances, Little Rock High School football, Notre Dame football, and a Canadian Pacific Hotel guide on visiting Quebec.
