Title: "Photo Album 1924 world tour" Author: ** Place: Publisher: Date: Description: Photo album of 52 leaves black cardstock with approximately 500 mounted silverprint photographs. 11x15, black cloth. First leaf with manuscript text in white ink "W.W. Foster / Our 1924 trip around the world, showing only the pictures photographed with the large camera. / Also (last half) / Camera views of our 1926 tour through Europe." Almost all the photos measure 3x5 and are captioned in white ink on the page. The world tour begins in Hawaii, then to Japan, China, the Philippines, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Palestine, etc. The thoughtful photographer focused primarily on street scenes, native peoples, etc. Out of the 500 or so photos only a handful depict the travelling party. A good portion of the album is devoted to the Far and Near East. Lot Amendments Condition: A very few photos silvered; dampstain to lower right corner not affecting photos, else very good. Item number: 167436
Title: "Photo Album 1924 world tour" Author: ** Place: Publisher: Date: Description: Photo album of 52 leaves black cardstock with approximately 500 mounted silverprint photographs. 11x15, black cloth. First leaf with manuscript text in white ink "W.W. Foster / Our 1924 trip around the world, showing only the pictures photographed with the large camera. / Also (last half) / Camera views of our 1926 tour through Europe." Almost all the photos measure 3x5 and are captioned in white ink on the page. The world tour begins in Hawaii, then to Japan, China, the Philippines, Java, Burma, India, Ceylon, Egypt, Greece, Palestine, etc. The thoughtful photographer focused primarily on street scenes, native peoples, etc. Out of the 500 or so photos only a handful depict the travelling party. A good portion of the album is devoted to the Far and Near East. Lot Amendments Condition: A very few photos silvered; dampstain to lower right corner not affecting photos, else very good. Item number: 167436
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