Album of views of major urban centres in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, Ontario and Québec and scenic views of the Adirondack Mountains, the White Mountains, Niagara Falls, Montmorency Falls and Chaudière Falls, United States and Canada
1886
- Album PH1986:0431:001-050 comprises 32 views of the United States, including: seven views of the Adirondack Mountains in New York; three views of the White Mountains in New Hampshire; seven views of Boston, Massachusetts; five views of Washington, D.C.; four views of Cambridge, Massachusetts; and two views of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There are 14 views of Canada, including seven views of Ottawa, Ontario, and seven views of Québec: three views of Québec City, Québec; three views of Beauport, Québec; and one view of Montréal, Québec. There are eight views of Niagara Falls: five views of the American side and two views of the Canadian side.
Albumen silver prints
album (closed): 30,1 x 26,3 x 3,7 cm comps. (range): 7,9 to 25,1 x 5,9 to 24,4 cm sheets (range): 10 to 14,9 x 10 to 15,5 cm sheets (range [bound]): 23 to 29,3 x 23 to 29,3 cm
PH1986:0431:001-050
- Contemporary binding consists of white tape binding, tooled maroon leather-covered boards and spine with marbled endpapers. There are 36 cream-coloured wove cardboard pages of which only the first 16 are used. The pages have gilt edging and the bottom right corner of page 13 (PH1986:0431:037 and PH1986:0431:038) is broken off.
inscribed and dated - on PH1986:0431:001, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support, u.c.: "Canada + United States 1886." inscribed - on all of the photographs, by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary supports, u.c. to l.c.: with titles imprinted and numbered - on several of the photographs, by an unknown hand, in typescript, in the image, l.l. to l.c.: with series [?] number and title
Adirondack Mountains; New York; United States;
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