Historically Important Album with 290 Original Photographs from an Early Mediterranean Cruise, Showing Urban Scenes, Iconic Landmarks, and Portraits of Locals from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Bethany, Jaffa, Beirut, Baalbek, and Damascus; also, with the Photos of Malaga, Chorro, Grenade, Alicante, Elche, Valencia, Barcelona, St. Malo, St. Servan, Melun, La Chambre, Luce, Famagusta, Rhodes, and Athens. Ca. 1905-1906.
Attractive Collection of 55 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Syria and Lebanon, Including Interesting Aerial Views of Damascus, Tartus, Beirut, Tripoli, Sidon, Riyak, Baalbec, Palmyra, Valleys of Barada and Oronte Rivers, as well as Classical Images of Damascus, Aleppo, Tartus, El Mina, source of the Oronte River, Norias of Hama Water Wheela, Ruins of Tetraporticus and Temple of Bacchus in Latakia, Palmyra, Beirut, Beiteddine Palace, Tripoli, Hasbaya, Ruins of Byblos (Jebeil), Pyramid of Hermel (Beqaa Valley), Medieval and Crusader Castles (Masyaf Castle, Marqab/Margat, Krak des Chevaliers Fortress, Beaufort Castle), &c. Ca. 1920s.
[Bartet, Albéric Joseph Alfred Louis] (1871-1968); Maison Bonfils (1867-1909); English Photo Co. & others. Historically Significant Album with over 280 Original Studio and Amateur Photos and Collotypes, Over 60 Printed Postcards, Magazine and Book Clippings and Ephemera, Documenting A. Bartet’s Service as a Naval Doctor on board the French Cruiser “Pothuau” in the Mediterranean in 1901-1902 and Showing Negotiations with the Moroccan Ambassador Si Abdel Kerim ben Sliman, Capture and Occupation of Turkish Customs House in Mytilene (Lesbos Island), French Naval Ships, “Pothuau” Officers, Views, Scenes and Portraits from Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Greece, Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, &c.; The Album is Titled:] Souvenir du Levant; Le Conflit Franco-Turc, Envoi de la division du Contre-amiral Caillard à Mithylène, Occupation de la Douane Séjour à Syra (Cyclades), November 1901; Vingt-quatre Heures a Tanger avec une division navale Russe, 10 Avril 1902. Ca. 1880s-1890s, 1901-1902.
Historically Interesting Album with Sixty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Lithuania, Mostly Kaunas, Showing Local Landmarks (Historical Presidential Palace, Church of St. Michael, Holy Cross & Pazaislis, Town Hall, Lithuanian Air Force Headquarters, Kaunas Castle, Maironis Lithuanian Literature Museum, War Museum, and Art Museum & School Palace), Hotels (Vesbutis), Shops (S. Kacenelbogenas, Manufaktūros, Automatas), Bridges (Petras Veleisis Bridge), Avenues (Laisves Aleja) and Streets (Daukantas, Luksio, Carmelitu, etc.), and Scenes from a Local Market; also with the Photos of Train Depots in Meskuciai and Joniskis Villages. Ca. 1930s.
Graham Photo Company. Album with 36 Original Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs, Showing Los Angeles (Figueroa Street, a Street in St. James Park, House of Harrison Gray Otis), Pasadena (Orange Grove Avenue, Raymond Hotel, Mansions of William C. Stuart and Charles Richardson), Arcadia (Baldwin’s Ranch), Altadena (House of Colonel George G. Green), Redlands (Brookside Avenue, House of Albert C. Burrage), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue), San Gabriel, a Portrait of Actress Helena Modjeska in her “Arden Forest” House near Silverado, a Scene at an Ostrich Farm, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Historically Significant Album with 77 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Antananarivo (Royal Palace, Andafiavaratra Palace, St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, Silver Palace, Andohalo/Jean Laborde Square, &c.), Portraits of Queen Ranavalona III, Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, General Gallieni and His Staff, General Théophile Pennequin and Queen Binao of the Sakalava People, Numerous Settlements and Sites Across the Island (Antsahavola, Ambohimanga, Tsinjoarivo, Mandraka Falls, Analamazaotra, Maromby, Mahatsara, Fianarantsoa, Tamatave/Toamasina, Ile Sainte Marie/Nosy Boraha, Maroantsetra, Vohemar, Diego-Suarez/Antsiranana, Nossi-Be/Nosy Be, Antongombato, Majunga/Mahajanga, Fort-Dauphin/Taolagnaro, Farafangana, Mananjary, & Others), Scenes of French Weddings and Parties, Portraits of Indigenous Noblemen, Workers, Dancers, Musicians, Warriors, &c. Ca. 1895 – early 1900s.
Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Diego Suarez/Antsiranana (Port and Roadstead, Cap Diego, Pointe du Corail, Ville Basse, Rue Colbert, Antsirane Neighbourhood), French military Camp d’Ambre and Forests of the Montagne Ambre, Betsileo, Hova, Sakalava, Antemoro People, Inhabitants of Comoros and Sainte-Marie Island/Nosy Boraha, Malagasy Tirailleurs, Scenes of Kabary, Views of Antananarivo and Toamasina, &c. Ca. 1900s.
Collection of 179 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Madagascar, Taken and Collected by a French Military Doctor Stationed in Majunga/Mahajanga, Showing Majunga Streets and People, Marovoay, Betsiboka River, Antananarivo, the French Military Hospital in Majunga, the Festivities during the Arrival of General Gallieni in Majunga in July 1900, Including Many Well-Executed Portraits of the Native People, etc. Ca. 1895-1901.
Album with Thirty-Seven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of an Early Cruise from New York to the Mediterranean, Showing the Holy Land (Jerusalem, Tiberias, Nazareth), Egypt (Cairo, Giza), Algiere (Algiers), Greece (Athens), Portugal (Lisbon), Spain (Seville), Italy (Venice, Rome), Gibraltar, and Monte Carlo; titled: Photographs. 1926.
Historically Interesting Album with Forty-Four Original Photographs of Mexico, Showing the Portraits of Local Dancers, Musicians, Women & Children, Street Merchants, &; also, with the Photos of Ancient Landmarks of Mexico City, Chiapas, and Tlaxcala; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1940s.
Historically Significant Album with ca. 330 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Documenting Oil Drilling and Transportation by the Texas Company of Mexico in the Amatlan and Tepetate Oil Fields South of Tampico, Veracruz. Ca. late 1910s – early 1920s.
Otte, Pauline (1919-2005). Album of 59 Original Gelatin Silver Snapshot Photographs of a 1944 Tour of Mexico Taken by an American Woman, Showing Mexico City (Hotel Reforma, Metropolitan Cathedral, Palace of Fine Arts, House of Tiles), Cuernavaca, Desert of the Lions National Park, a Bull Fight in Xochimilco, Teotihuacan, etc. With Over 15 Pieces of Ephemera from the Tour. Ca. 1944.
McCrackan, Rev. John Henry (1856-1906); [Rondthaler, Rev. Edward, Bishop] (1842-1931). Historically Significant Journal with 59 Original Albumen Snapshot Photographs, Nine Printed Postcards, and Over a Dozen Specimens of Dried Flowers and Plants, Illustrating a Travel of an American Episcopal Clergyman John McCrackan and a Moravian Pastor from North Carolina Edward Rondthaler around Palestine in April – May 1889.
Historically Significant Collection of Eleven Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Printed Postcard, Showing Life in Kansas City Just Months before the 1918 Great Flu Pandemic; with the Photos of the Now-Demolished Westgate Hotel, Newman Theatre, Union Station Depot, Children’s Mercy Hospital, and Various Local Stores with Clearly Visible Signs. 1918.
[Buchan-Hepburn of Smeaton], Sir Archibald Banister] (1852-1929). Album with Nine Original Watercolours, and Sixty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Made on a Mountaineering Trip to Montenegro and Albania, with Interesting Views of the Komovi Mountains of the Dinaric Alps (Andrijevica Village, Kucki Kom Peak, Tara River), Durmitor Mountain Range, Podgorica, Kolasin, Niksic, Zabljak, Cetinje; Lake Skatar, Kir River and Shkodër City in Albania, and Others; With: Seven Watercolour Views of Rural France at Rear. 1908.
Cosme, Robert. Album of ca. 228 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of a French Naval Officer’s Service Aboard the French Cruisers Galiée and Desaix During the First Year of the French Conquest of Morocco, Showing the Bombardment of Casablanca, Combat Exercises, French Officers and Sailors, Sultan Abdelaziz of Morocco, the Harem of the Pasha of Mogador Bel-Ghazi, and Moroccan Cities (Tanger, Mazaghan, Mogador, Saffi), etc., Titled: Campagne du Maroc. Ca. 1907-1908.
Album of 107 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing French Military Activity (Camps, Camp Raids, etc. in Casablanca; French Soldiers and Officers in “Dar el Baroud”), the Bombardment of Casablanca (Preparations, Aftermath), a “Nzaha” in “Dar el Baroud,” Moroccan Sultan Abd al-Aziz in Rabat. Ca. 1907-1908.
Collection of Two Albums with 79 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Casablanca During French Occupation After the Bombardment of Casablanca (1907). Ca. 1907-1908.
Buchanan, William Insco (1853-1909). Attractive Collection of Eighteen Albumen, Gelatin Silver and Autochrome Studio and Amateur Photos of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Collected and Taken by an American Diplomat William I. Buchanan during His Trip to Russia in Summer-Autumn 1909. Ca. 1900s.
Album with 238 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Showing the Construction of the Lüderitz-Keetmanshoop Railway in German Southwest Africa in 1905-1907, Railway Stations, Military Posts, Schutztruppe Officers and Soldiers, Artillery Guns, Lüderitzbucht, Shark Island, Cornelius Fredericks as a Prisoner, Distressed Herero Girls, Railway Workers, etc. Ca. 1904-1907.
Album with 33 Original Gelatin Silver and Albumen Photographs, Taken and Collected by an Officer of HMS Niobe during the Second Boer War and Showing the Defence Installations in Walvis Bay (Fort Niobe, Cuddy Cop, Fort Stocker), Artillery and Maxim Guns, Cape Garrison Artillery Camp in Walvis Bay, HMS Niobe, Its Officers and Crew, Boer Prisoners and Their Tent Camp on Saint Helena, Imprisoned Boer General Piet Cronje, Governor of Walvis Bay, et al.; with Two Ink-Drawn “Plan of Settlement Shewing Fortifications and Defences Forming Fort Niobe, Erected by Naval Brigade from HMS “Niobe” for Defence of Settlement from Boer Raids, Feb. 10th-14th 1900;” and “Plan of the Boer Enclosure and Deadwood Camp, St. Helena, 1900”. Ca. 1900-1901.