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(CANADA)
Album with 92 delightful amateur photographs
of a trip to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
Canada, including scenes along commercial
thoroughfares, picturesque views of Digby and
the bay,residential homes set in tree-lined streets,
and lovely views ofWolfeville,Windsor, Halifax
(including the market and bird’s eye views of the
harbor), Pictou,Truro, Charlottetown, as well as
Norton, Rothesay, St. John, New Brunswick,
and Carleton; with a few intimate pictures of
people strolling on the piers, at the beach, or
shopping. Albumen prints, 3
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
inches
(8.9x11.4 cm.), in window mounts, each with
a handwritten caption on recto; laid in are 7
prints that appear to be scenes in England, and
a photochrome ofYellowstone.Tall 4to, cloth,
backstrip detached. 1890s
[1,500/2,500]
There’s an authentic feeling of discovery in these
pictures as the photographer happily snaps away.
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(INDIA)
Accordion-fold album entitled “Souvenir of
India” containing 12 studies of native peoples,
many of them occupationals, both in the
studio and outdoors. Includes “Bengali Babo,”
“Upcountry Woman,” “Bhestees,” “Chinese
Lady,” and more. Albumen prints, 5
1
/
2
x4
1
/
4
inches (14x10.8 cm.), and the reverse, each
with a caption, in pencil, on mount recto.
Small 8vo, gilt-lettered cloth, edgewear. 1870s
[400/600]
From the Collection of John Silverstein.
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