Johnson, William G. Historically Significant Archive of a British Railway Engineer On His Time Working In Brazil, Including Two Maps (One Hand-Drawn and One Printed), Eight Studio Photographs by Marc Ferrez relate to the Estrada de Ferro Railway Company Trains, Ninety Eight Pages of Diaries and The Extracts from His Trips Around Brazil in Years 1894-1898, Seventeen Pages of Typewritten Summaries of Two of His Trips ‘A Trip To Interior of Bahia’ and ‘A Visit to the Sao Joao Del Rey Gold Mines’, With Author’s Corrections in Texts And Variations Against the Entries in the Diaries as well as Forty Eight Photos of Johnson’s Work and Leisure in Habana, Cuba. Brazil, Habana ca.1895-1906.
Rainstrick, J. Historically Important Album with Ninety Original Photographs, Taken by a British Telegraph Department Officer in Transvaal (Modern-Day South Africa) during the Second Boer War, Showing National Scouts Leaving Wonderfontein, African Workers en Route to the Witwatersrand Goldfields, Wounded Soldiers Aboard the Princess Christian Hospital Train, Boer Prisoner About to Be Executed, the Compiler with his Telegraph Colleagues, and Public Celebration of King Edward VII’s Coronation, as well as Individual and Group Portraits of Local Residents and Early Cityscapes of Pretoria (Lord Roberts’ Official Residence, President Kruger’s House, Jewish Synagogue, etc.) and Johannesburg (Train Station, Post Office, Government Buildings, Telephone Tower, etc.); also with ca. Thirty-Six Postcards; titled: ”Album.” Ca. 1899-1906.
Leytsinger, Yakov Ivanovich (1855-1914). Collection of Six Original Photograph Views of Arkhangelsk, Solovetsky Monastery and Mezen City on the White Sea. Ca. 1890.
Album with Fifty Original Gelatin Photographs of a British Merchant Ship’s Early Cruise through the Black Sea & the Mediterranean, Showing Constantinople (Istanbul), Odessa, Pompei, Venice, Bagnara, Livorno, Petras, Nice, Santander, Henaine, Bona; also, with the Photos of Arkhangelsk, Dartmouth, Hull, etc. Ca. 1900s.
Album with 130 Original Photos of the 1939-1940 Soviet Oil Exploration Expedition to Nordvik Bay, Showing the Expedition Base Camp (General View, Bathhouse, etc.), Construction Works (Rotor No 2), Team Members (Including the Compiler and his Wife), Equipment (Boiler Room, Rotor Drilling Rig, Oil Drilling Rigs, etc.), and Infrastructure (Meteorological Station, Tankette, etc.); also, with the Photos of a Local Fire, Funeral of Deceased Explorers, Rallies, and Native Yakuts; titled: Alʹbom dlya malyuvannya [Album for Drawing]. Ca. 1939-1940.
Historically Significant Album with 128 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 17 Printed Postcards Taken during a Voyage to German New Guinea, German Samoa and Fiji, Showing Settlements and Papuan People of the Bismark Archipelago, Ceremony of Hoisting German Imperial Flag in Samoa, the First Governor of German Samoa Wilhelm Solf, Paramount Chief of German Samoa Mata’afa Josefo, Wreck of SMS “Adler” in Apia Harbour, Native Samoans, German Colonial Residents, Samoan, Papuana dn Fijian Warriors, Views of Banda Islands, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Underwood & Underwood Publishers (1882-1940s). Collection of 32 Gelatin Silver Stereoviews Showing the Second Boer War (1899-1902), Titled: The South African War Through the Stereoscope, Volume 1. Ca. 1900-1901.
Middlebrook, J. E. Album with Sixty-One Original Albumen Photographs of Mostly South Africa, Showing Detailed Interior Views of Kimberley and Mines, Sites and Memorials of the Second Boer War, and Lively Street Scenes and Ethnographic Views of Cape Colony (Cape Town, Grahamstown, Graaff-Reinet, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Cradock, King William’s Town, Queenstown, East London), Natal Colony (Natal, Durban, Pietermaritzburg), Orange River Colony (Bloemfontein, Harrismith), and Transvaal Colony (Pretoria, Johannesburg, Jeppestown, and Barberton); also, with Several Photos of Zimbabwe; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1899-1902.
Interesting Collection of Twelve Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Native Canoes and a French Steamer in the Harbour of Dakar and Senegalese People Posing in Front of Their Huts. Ca. 1900s.
[Eaton, Minnie Emily] (1866-1954). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of a Noted American Christian Missionary (United Brethren in Christ) in Sierra Leone, Containing 180 Loose Original Well-Annotated Gelatin Silver Photos and 50 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, Showing Missionary Stations, Churches, Hospitals and Schools in Freetown, Moyamba, Taiama, Rotifunk, Shenge, and Bonthe, “U.B.C. Roruks Parsonage,” Churches in Rembee and Bendu, Portraits of American and Native Missionaries, Sierra Leone School Children and Students of U.B.C. Institutions, Chiefs, Families, People in Traditional Costumes, &c. WITH: Rare Eaton’s Brochure with the Translation of Bible Verses into Mende Language “A Ngewo Lato”; WITH: Fifteen Printed Postcards of French Senegal; WITH: 36 Real Photo and Printed Postcards and 40 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Jerusalem and Palestine, Taken and Collected during Eaton’s Pilgrimages in 1929 and 1934-35. Ca. 1910s-1930s.
Album of 113 Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Solomon Islands (US Soldiers, the Wrecks of a Japanese Submarine and Yamazuki Maru, Japanese Troop Transport), Guam after the Battle of Guam (Inarajan (St. Joseph’s Church), Umatac (Umatac School, Outdoor Library, San Dionisio Church), Portraits of Chamorro People), and Portraits of Melanesians (Likely Ni-Vanuatu) in Traditional Dress, etc. Ca. 1940s.
Album of 20 Albumen Photographs Showing Barberton, Including Town Views, “Harvey Greenacre & Co” Store and Employees, “Market Square,” “Woodbine Mine,” and “Moodie’s Dam,” etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Historically Significant Album with 37 Albumen Studio Photographs of the British Colony of Natal in Modern-Day South Africa, Showing Durban (General Views from Berea, original St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, West Street, the Bluff, Durban Bay, Bridges over the Umgeni River), Pietermaritzburg (General View from Fort Napier, Church Street, First Building of the Natal Society Library), Umgeni and Umkomas Rivers, Howick Falls, Pinetown, a Hotel in Verulam, Memorial at the Battle of Majuba Hill, Oxen Wagon Trains, Zulu People, &c. Ca. 1880s.
[Burton, F.] Album of 143 Original Amateur and Studio Albumen and Gelatin Silver Photographs of Cape Colony, Showing Cape Town (House of Parliament, the Original St. George’s Cathedral, Adderley Street, the Castle of Good Hope), Suburbs of Cape Town (Claremont, Newlands, Tokai, Muizenberg, Simon’s Town, Kalk Bay, etc.), and Environs (Table Mountain, Lion’s Head, Cango Caves, Knysna Forest, etc.). Ca. 1897-1902.
Historically Significant Collection of Twenty-Two Mounted Original Albumen Photographs of the Komati River Goldfields, Showing the Gold Mining Town of Steynsdorp/ eMlondozi, Mining Properties of “Comstock, 10-stamp Battery,” “Virginia Reef,” “Wave Reef,” “Ladysmith Camp,” “Umsoli,” “Annie’s Faith,” “Umlaleen,” “Forbes Reef, Swaziland,” Group Portraits Taken during the “Opening of the Umsoli Battery, July 9 ’88,” a Portrait of “Mr. Von Brandis, Mining Commissioner, Steynsdorp, Komati Gold Fields,” &c. Ca. 1880s.
[Ott, Adolph] (1873-1953). Album of 24 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Johannesburg, South Africa, Showing Street Views (Pritchard St., Market Square, Commissioner St., Rissik St., Harrison St., Kirk St., and Jeppe’s Town), Jumpers Deep Gold Mine, Robinson Deep Gold Mine, etc. Ca. 1905
Pollard, F.E. Collection of Thirty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Gold Mines and Refining Plants of the Witwatersrand Gold Fields around Johannesburg. Ca. 1900.
Interesting Collection of Twelve Albumen Photographs Documenting an Early Cruise by Steamship from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Lima, Peru with Stops in Peru Along the way. Ca. 1890.
Historically Significant Extensive Collection of Nine Folders with over 700 Original Film Negatives and an Album with 96 Well-Annotated Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by a French Resident of Indochina in the 1930s; With Interesting Images of Angkor Wat Temple Complex, the Royal Palace of Cambodia, Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, Chau Doc and Nearby Villages, Battambang, Buddhist Temples and Sculptures, Scenes of Public Celebrations, Military Parades, Street Processions, Portraits of Native Farmers, Musicians, Dancers, Elephant Drivers, Buddhist Monks, Tribesmen, Families and Children, &c. Ca. 1930s.
Interesting Collection of Two Albums with over 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken during a Caravan Road Trip Across British Colonies in Southern Africa, Showing Modern-Day South Africa (Cape Town and Environs, Durban, East London, St. Michaels Port St. John’s, Drakensberg Mountains, Kruger National Park, Wyllie’s Poort, Magoebaskloof &c.), Zimbabwe (Customs House in Beitbridge, Shangani Patrol Memorial in the Matobo Hills, Victoria Falls, Great Zimbabwe Ruins, &c.), Zambia (Livingstone Zoo, Road from Lusaka to Fort Jameson/Chipata, Luangwa River), and Malawi (Fort Johnson/Mangochi, Lake Nyasa/Malawi, Mulanje Town and Mountains, “Lyons Lujeri Tea Factory,” Mpatamanga Gorge); WITH: Two Loose Gelatin Silver Photos Showing the Party and their Caravan at Mpatamanga Gorge (Malawi); WITH: a Manuscript Diary, Titled: A Venture into the Sun: “Darkest Africa in Fairest Mood,” M.V.T.; WITH: A Manuscript, Titled:] Victoria Falls, A Humble Expression of it in My Own Words, 1938. Ca. 1937-1939.
Skeen & Co. (fl. ca. 1860s-1920s); The Colombo Apothecaries Co. LTD. (fl. ca. 1880s-1890s); Scowen, Charles Thomas (1852-1948) & Others. Album with 77 Original Albumen Photos of Sri Lanka, Showing Colombo, Kandy, Portraits of Market Sellers, Tea Pluckers, Buddhist Monks, a “Kandian Chief,” a Female Musician, a Snake Charmer, &c., Titled: Der ferne Osten. Ca. 1890s.
Skeen & Co (ca. 1860s-1920s) & others. Album of 12 Albumen Studio Photographs of Colombo, Showing Its Harbour and Breakwater, Chatham Street, Mount Lavinia, Kelani River Pontoon Bridge, a Hindu Temple, a Religious Procession, etc. Ca. 1890s.
Album with 56 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing British Rubber and Tea Plantations in the Kelani Valley, Sri Lanka, Including the Kiriporuwa Estate of the “Nagolle Rubber and Tea Plantations Ltd.” and Halpe Estate of the “Ceylon Rubber Co. Ltd.,” Their Managers, Native Workers, Rubber Harvesting Operations, &c. 1913-1914.