Vansant, K.L., U.S.S. “New Mexico”. Attractive Keepsake Album with Sixty-Seven Gelatin Silver Studio Photos and Real Photo Postcards, and One Piece of Printed Ephemera, Compiled by a Sailor from U.S.S. “New Mexico” during the US Fleet Exercise at Hawaii and its Good-will Tour to South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand in April-October 1925; the Album is Titled: U.S.S. New Mexico. In Remembrance of Maneuvres at Hawaii – Australia – New Zealand, 1925. Ca. 1925.
Album of ca. 117 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Philippines (Leyte-Samar Naval Base, Manilla National Post Office, Guiuan Church, Manicani-Barrio School, and Portraits of Filipino Locals and US Sailors), Qingdao (St. Michael’s Cathedral, Zhanshan Temple, Kiautschou Governor’s Hall), Honolulu (Waikiki Beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial), and US Naval Ships in the Pacific (USS Topeka, USS Logan, USS Leary). Ca. 1944-1949.
[Spencer, Abigail Leilani] (1935 – ca. 2020). Interesting Album with ca. 230 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, from the Estate of a Native Hawaiian Resident of Waimea/Kamuela (Hawaii Island), Showing her Friends and Fellow Students from Waimea Intermediate School, Hawaii Episcopal Academy, and University of Hawaii, Views of St. James Episcopal Church and Hawaii Episcopal Academy (Waimea/Kamuela), Community Celebrations, Invitations to the Graduation Ceremony and Senior Prom of 1952, &c. Ca. 1948 – early 1960s.
Fernique, Etienne-Victor, abbe (1836-1915). Collection of Forty-Eight Original Albumen Stereo-view Photographs of Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bethphage and Bethany, Issued in the Series: Souvenirs de Terre Sainte. [Paris]: ca. 1860s.
[Fischer?] Album of 247 Gelatin Silver Photographs of Southern India Taken by a Descendant of the Zamindar of Salem George Frederick Fischer, Showing Family Estates and Residences (the Fischers’ Estates in Salem, Yercaud; Mysore Palace; “Bertie’s House” in Kodikanal; “Laura’s Bungalow” in Coimbatore, etc.); the Cities of Madura (Meenakshi Temple, Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal, Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam and Temple), Mysore (Chamundeshwari Temple, Jamia Masjid Mosque), Salem, Trichinopoly (Rock Fort Temple), and Bangalore; Portraits of the Maharaja of Mysore; Portraits of the Compiler, His Friends, and Family; a “Hindu Procession”; Jewish Indians and the “Jewish Quarter”; etc. Ca. 1911-1912, 1920.
Hefferan, A. (active ca. 1890s-1920s) & others. Album of 78 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs of Delhi (Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Humayun’s Tomb, Safdarjung’s Tomb, Qutab Minar, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi Gate), Agra (Agra Fort, Taj Mahal), the Residency at Lucknow, the Cawnpore Massacre Well Memorial, Mountainous Views of Darjeeling, Double Loop on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, etc. Ca. 1910s.
Clifton & Co. (fl. ca. 1890s-1930s) & Others. Album with 97 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Collotypes of India, Showing Agra (Taj Mahal Complex, Agra Fort, Moti Masjid, the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah), Bombay (Victoria Terminus, Crawford Market, Dwarakadhish Temple, Government Secretariat, Elphinstone Circle, University Library & Clock Tower, Oval Maidan, Queen’s Statue, Flora Fountain, General Post Office, High Court of Judicature, Elphinstone College & Sassoon Library, Oriental Buildings, Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Municipal Hall, Town Hall, Esplanade, Victoria Gardens, &c.), Delhi (Jama Masjid), Shiva Temple in the Elephanta Caves, a Series of Portraits of Indian People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
[Connor, John Richard, Major, British Indian Army] (1908-1970). Historically Significant Album with ca. 510 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by Major John Richard Connor of British Indian Army during His Service in King George V’s Own Bengal Sappers and Miners, with Interesting Images of the Regiment’s Headquarters, Officers and Various Operations in Roorkee, Views of Hindustan-Tibet Road from Narkanda to Ropa Valley and Beyond (Numerous Rest Houses, Settlements, Himalayan Peaks and Valleys, Local People), Kashmir, Mt. Nanga Parbat, Road and Bridge Construction in the North-West Frontier Province (Jehangira, Akora, Haryankot), “Loe Agra Operations, 1935,” &c.
WITH: a Printed “Farewell Address to Major J.R. Connor, R.E. (Roorkee, 15 August 1942)” from “Subedar Mela Ram and Clerical Staff, Orderly Room, KGV’s O. Bengal S. & M. Group I.E.” Ca. 1931-1935.
Album of 34 Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Activities of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, Including Photos of Christ Church, Christ Church College (Campus, Staff and Teachers), Women’s Mission Association Hospital, Prince of Wales Hospital, etc. Titled: Cawnpore. Ca. 1900s.
Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken and Collected by a British Corporal during His Service in Quetta, Meerut, Delhi and Chakrata in 1935-1937. Ca. 1935-1937.
[Benton, William Stephen] (1893-1983); Benton, Dorothy Charlotte (née Leitch, 1911-1992). Historically Significant Private Archive of Five Albums with ca. 530 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, 26 Loose Gelatin Silver Photos and ca. 70 Manuscript and Typewritten Documents, Letters and Notes, From the Estate of a Prominent Engineer and Executive of Government Railways in British India, William Stephen Benton, and his Wife Dorothy, With Interesting Images of Kashmir (Srinagar, Trekking in the Lidder Valley, Sonamarg Hill Station, Picnics near Gulmarg and Nalla Ferozpora), Punjab (Rawalpindi, Murree, Lahore), Khyber Pass, Damaged Railway Bridge, &c., Group Portraits of Associates of the North Western State Railway (Rawalpindi), British Intelligence Office in Nabha House (New Delhi), Members of “Railway Golf Club, Lahore,” “Kashmiri Women,” &c. Mostly ca. 1910s, 1920s-1940s, 1968, 1983.
Album of 111 Original and Studio Gelatin Silver Photographs of Burma (Irrawady River, Pyaungshu Forest, Shweli River, Goteik Viaduct, Mingun (Hsinbyume Pagoda), Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing) and British India (Dalhousie, Bettiah, Dehradun, Lucknow, Lahore, Delhi, Agra, “Dholi,” “Birowlie,” “Bowarrah”), etc. Ca. 1910s.
Bourne & Shepherd; Burke, John (ca. 1843-1900); Nicholas & Co.; Scowen & Co.; Skeen & Co.; Pont, V.&E., and Others. Album with Forty-Nine Large Albumen Photographs of British India and Ceylon. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
Mallitte, Oscar (ca. 1829 - 1905) & Others. Album with 139 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photos of Northern India, Showing Philander Smith College (Methodist Residential School), Its Principal, Teachers and Students, Mussoorie, Landour, Nainital, Delhi, Agra, and Excellent Ethnographic Portraits of Indian People: Tailors, Servants and Ayahs, Coal Burners, Sweepers, Water Carriers, Coolies, Artisans, Sellers in Various Shops (General Merchant, Sweetmeat, Fruit and Vegetable, “Moody Shop,” Stick Maker, Goldsmith, Wood Carver, “Cashmere Cloth”), &c. Ca. late 1890s - early 1900s.
Historically Significant Album with 35 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Construction and Early Operations of a Sugar Factory in the Dutch East Indies – Most Likely, the Djatiroto Complex (Jatiroto, East Java), Showing the Factory, Machinery, an Auxiliary River Dam Under Construction, Railway Station, Locomotive to Transport Sugar Cane, European Administrators and Javanese Workers, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Kleingrothe, Carl Josef (1864-1942). Portfolio with 51 Photogravures of Sumatra, Showing Tobacco and Coffee Industries (Tobacco Plantations of the Deli Company, Arendsburg Tobacco Company, and Others; Fermentations Sheds; Workers Receiving and Sorting Tobacco; Coffee Plantations), the City of Medan (Harbors and Railway Stations, the District of Kesawan, the Sultan’s Palace, Streets), Portraits of Sultans (Deli, Serdang, Siak, Assahan, and Langkat), Portraits of Indonesians (Batak Chief, Batak Women, Klingalese People, Javanese People, Malay People), etc. Ca. 1898.
[Goldberg, Boris Isaevich] (1892-1946). Historically Significant Album with 33 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Iran from the Estate of Boris Goldberg, USSR Official Trade Representative in Persia in 1925-1926, Showing Office and Associates of the Soviet Trade Mission in Tehran, Meetings and Events with Persian Officials, Front Entrance to the “Mixed Russo-Persian Textile Partnership Mansudjat Iran-o-Rus,” Iranian School and Students, Dervishes, Opium Smokers, Merchant, Water Carrier, Tooth Removal Procedure, &c. Ca. 1920s.
Historically Significant Collection of Fourteen Original Albumen Photos, Likely Taken by a Professional Russian Photographer in Mashhad, Iran, in the Late 1890s, Showing Imam Reza Holy Shrine before the 1912 Bombardment, Gawhar-Shad Mosque, British Consulate, Iranian Artillery Barracks, Governor’s Palace, Russian & Cossack Forces, etc.; also, with the Photos of “Tehran” and “New Afghan Gate”. Ca. 1890s.
Heider, Karl G. (b. 1935). Album with 36 Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing Persepolis (Aerial View, Entrance Hall, Apadana Palace Columns and Reliefs, Throne Hall, the Tachara, Tombs of Darius I and Xerxes I at the Naghsh-e-Rostam Necropolis); Titled: Persepolis or Tacht-i-Jamshid, from the Travels of KGH, April 11 and 12, 1957.
Album with 65 Original Albumen and Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs of Italy and Including some of France, Germany, and Monaco. Ca. 1890s - early 1900s.
Naya, Carlo (1816-1882), Van Lint, Enrico (fl. 1850-70s), Fotografia Pompejana, Sommer e Behles, and Others. Large Attractive Collection of 78 Early Albumen Studio Photographs of Italian Cities, Showing the Main Sites, Streets and Architectural Details of Venice, Rome, Pompeii, Palermo, Genoa, Pisa, Turin, etc. Ca. 1860s.
Sommers, Giorgio (1834-1914, fl. 1857-1888); Rive, Roberto (fl. ca. 1865-1890s); Amodio, Michele (fl. ca. 1850s-1880s). Attractive Keepsake Folder with 59 Large Original Albumen Studio Photographs of Italy, Showing the Architectural Sites, Streets, and Art Pieces from Rome, Florence, Naples, Capri, Amalfi, Pozzuoli, Casamicciola, Sorrento, Herculaneum, Paestum, ect. Ca. 1870s-1880s.
Fawkes, H.C. Photo Album with Forty-nine Original Photographs from a Voyage to Palermo and Naples, with Four Original Watercolours made during the Trip, and Numerous Ephemera, Including Dinner Menus, Advertising Leaflets, and Twenty-five Colour and Black and White Printed Postcards. 1905.
Brogi, Giacomo (1822-1881); Fratelli Alinari (fl. ca. 1854-1920s); Bolletti Fotografi (fl. ca. 1870s?). Album of 46 Albumen Photographs and Five Watercolour Paintings Showing Italy, Including Perugia (Piazza IV Novembre, Appian Way, Etruscan Arch), Pisa (Piazza dei Miracoli), Pompeii (Ruins of Pompeii), Venice (St. Mark’s Square, Bridge of Sighs), Naples, Amalfi, Vietri, etc. Ca. 1880s-1890s.
Interesting Album with 105 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photos of Jamaica (Kingston Streets and Residences, Pier of the “Standard Fruit and Steamship Company,” Road Sign of the Hardwar Gap in the Blue Mountains), Haiti (Port-au-Prince, Interior of Catholic Cathedral, Sans-Souci Palace, Citadelle Laferrière) and Atlantic Colombia (Port with a Pier and Plane Hangar, Coastal Villages, a Road Sign to Tubara, Portraits of the Locals, &c.). Ca. 1937.