Quicama, Angola: [1929]. Unbound. The 79 b/w silver gelatin snapshots (61 different, 18 duplicates) vary in size; most are approximately 5.25” x 3.25” Twelve have typed or manuscript captions on their reverse. All slightly convex. The photos show the two white hunters (Roschen and Stringwald)—many with them posing with their... More about Group of 79 photographs documenting an Angolan safari by two American geologists who were...

Transcontinental United States: 1928-1929. This 11” x 7.5” album contains 88 pages packed with over 80 photographs (2.75” x 2”) plus postcards, Baker's original bill-of-sale, driver’s permits, tickets, original art, souvenir stickers, telegrams, and other ephemera. The album and contents are in very nice shape. Baker, the grandson... More about Scrapbook-photograph album documenting a cross-country trip from Brooklyn to San Francisco on a...

California, Niagara Falls, St. Louis World’s Fair, Hawaii, Philippines, Japan: Early 1900s. Leather album (approximately 7” x 5.5”) with a hand-drawn front-cover illustration of a Philippine mission. Contains 50 photographs (mostly 2.75” x 3.75”) and one introductory card dated April 19, 1905 which reads in part, “A few snap shots... More about Photograph album documenting the travel of a California sugar magnate and his wife

Various locations: 1907-1911. Notebook. Campbell was the son of the wealthy owner of the Knight-Campbell Music Company of Denver. His 4” x 7” leather diary contains approximately 385 pages. Each diary page accommodates entries for multiple years Entries begin in January 1907 and continue to October 1911. Most pages contain... More about Five-year diary of a Colorado piano dealer including his vacation trips throughout Europe in a...

Naples: 1810. Unbound. This two-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 14.5” x 10” unfolded. It was sent by Olphert Tittle in Naples to Olphert Tittle (his father) in Beverly, Massachusetts. The letter is dated “March 11th 1810,” and its salutation begins “Honor’d Mother.” It bears a weak red strike of..... More about Letter from a U. S. mariner held captive in Naples after his ship was captured and condemned...

Alaska, California, and Washington DC: mostly 1913. Unbound. This 10.5” x 7” album contains over 150 photographs (most between 3.25” and 5.25”) glued to 35 leaves. Over 110 of the photos are of the ship’s Alaskan mission, many captioned. About a dozen are of Washington DC, and the last 30... More about Photograph album documenting the 1913 Alaskan cruise of the U. S. Coastal and Geodetic Service...

France and Switzerland: 1923. Photograph Album. Album is 11" x 7" with over 100 pages and approximately 140 photographs, most measuring 2.75" x 4.75" and captioned in type. Also includes one newspaper clipping and one postcard. Photos are in nice shape; glued to pages. Cover have some minor wear and... More about Honeymoon Photograph Album of France and Switzerland - 1923

Algeria, Morocco, Morocco Agency, Spanish Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, and Greece: : Round-the World Society, 1925-1926. Loose-leaf binder. This collection of 57 pieces of correspondence (41 mimeographed letters numbered XLIII through LXXXIII and 16 post cards) and six half-tone photographic enclosures is housed in a 6.75” x 9.5”... More about Letters from a Globetrotter: Written for members of the Round-the-World Society