Title is inscribed on a piece of tape on the spine of the scrapbook, but it is not wholly accurate. In addition to photographs of Truex's Paris apartment in the 1930s, it also contains documentation in the form of photographs and reproductions of French tapestries, interiors, and furniture and photographs of Salon No. 9 at Place des Vosges, Paris as occupied by William M. Odom in the 1930s. Clippings documenting Truex's New York apartment and former Parsons instructor Urban Morgan's home in the 1950s are also present. Some pages contain undated magazine clippings in French as well as English.

According to annotations inscribed inside the scrapbook, Parsons faculty member Stanley Barrows purchased this scrapbook at a Parsons School of Design library book sale in 1967. It is unknown who compiled the contents and when, except prior to 1967. New School Archives staff do not know when Barrows annotated the scrapbook or for what purpose.