Swann Galleries - The Vernacular Eye - Sale 2345 - April 17, 2014 - page 53

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(MASSACHUSETTS CYANOTYPES)
Album with approximately 200 charming cyanotype snapshots, including numerous views of family
and friends sporting in the warmer months in Eastern Massachusetts towns and along the coastline,
as well as NewYork Harbor and Coney Island.The subjects enjoy sailing and canoeing, and include
affectionate portraits of friends, Harvard baseball, and excursions. The towns depicted include
Lexington, Concord, Gloucester, Hyannis Port, Boston, what seems to be some views of
Connecticut, and possibly Princeton; also including dogs, children, picnics, and self-portraits (?).
Cyanotypes, various sizes from 3
1
/
2
x2
1
/
4
inches (8.9x5.7 cm.), and smaller, some cornered onto
numbered album pages and some glued, most with a caption, in ink. Small oblong 8vo, red gilt-
lettered cloth with twin-bolt binding; one leaf detached. 1899
[500/750]
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