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(JAMAICA)
Album containing 39 platinum prints by an accomplished photographer of the verdant island of
Jamaica; with scenes of lush vegetation, Kingston harbor and street scenes, local plantations, natives
posing in front of their huts, the botanical gardens, picturesque landscapes, laborers at the docks, the
church at Half Way and much more. Platinum prints, 22 are 7
3
/
4
x5
3
/
4
inches (19.7x14.6 cm.), and
the rest smaller, many with a handwritten caption, in ink, on recto. Tall 4to, leather, worn; prints
mounted on one side of the sheet. Circa 1900
[1,200/1,800]
An especially fine travel album, with pictures that depict the bustling town of Kingston, the stunning
natural landscape, as well as rural areas. Most of the photographs are beautifully printed and composed.
