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.
Collection of 26 Large Early Loose Albumen Photographs of the Casamance Region in Southern Senegal, Showing Premises and Operations of “Compagnie Commerciale et Agricole de la Casamance” on the Carabane Island, in Ziguinchor, Mangacounda, Sédhiou, Karantaba, French Catholic Mission on the Carabane Island, Portraits of French Customs Officers, Native Workers, and Diola People from the Upper Soungrougrou River. Ca. 1890s.
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.
[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.
[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 Album with ca. 310 Gelatin Silver Photographs, Including Two Studio Portraits and ca. Twelve Printed Postcards, of Mostly Philippines, Taken by an American Naval Wife Before the Japanese Occupation, Showing Igorot Women Dancing, a Filipina Street Merchant, the Bustling Yanko Market, San Roque Street with Iconic Shop Signs (Budweiser, Coca-Cola, People’s Store), a Floral-Adorned Funeral Car, and the Compiler’s Evacuation on SS Washington; Also Showcasing Landmarks in Manila, Cavite, Malolos, and Antipolo, Along with Scenes from Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Singapore, India, the Holy Land, England, Germany, and Scotland. Ca. 1939-1940.
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.
Interesting Album with ca. 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Caribbean, Taken and Collected during a Cruise of S.S. “Moltke” with Amateur Snapshot and Studio Photos of Destruction of St. Pierre (Martinique) after the Eruption of Mount Pelee in May 1902, and Lively Views of Havana (Cuba), Charlotte Amalie (Saint Thomas), San Juan (Puerto Rico), Fort-de-France (Martinique), Nassau (Bahamas), Portraits of the Locals and Tourists, &c. Ca. early 1910s.
Album with Twenty-four Original Gelatin Silver Photos Documenting the 1919 Voyage of S.S. Boveric Through the Strait of Magellan Starting in the South Atlantic and Ending in Iquique, Chile. September - October 1919.
[O’Vary, Geza Philip] (1887 – after 1946) & [O’Vary, Helene] (ca. 1883 – after 1958). Collection of Three Photo Albums with ca. 416 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken by an American Employee of the Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Maatschappij (Nederlands Colonial Oil Company) During His Work at the Oil Refinery in Soengei-Gerong (Sungai Gerong, South Sumatra) in 1929-1931. Ca. 1929-1931.
Album with 243 Photographs Taken and Collected by an American Tourist during Her Early Car Trips from Wisconsin to San Antonio, Texas, in October 1933 and May 1935; Showing S. A. Missions (Mission San Francisco de Espada, Mission of the Immaculate Conception, etc.), Churches (National Shrine of the Little Flower, Our Lady of the Lake Church, etc.), Local Landmarks (Governor’s Palace, Sunken Garden, Fort Sam Houston), etc.; also with the Photos of Mexico (Saltillo, Monterey, Matamoros), Illinois (Rochelle, Springfield, Elkville), Oklahoma (Miami), Missouri (St. Louis, Florissant, Devils Elbow), Arkansas (Forest City, Little Rock, Devall’s Bluff), and Other Texas Cities (Hearne, Edinberg, San Juan, etc.). 1933-1935.
Postlewaite, Margaret Alice (ca. 1871-1955). Album with Ninety-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of an Early Cruise from New York to the Black Sea & the Mediterranean, Showing Constantinople (Istanbul), Trebizond (Trabzon), Tiflis (Tbilisi), Sebastopol, Yalta, and Odessa; also with the Photographs of Madeira, Gibraltar, Algiers, Palermo, Nice, Genoa, and Contrexéville; titled: Margot Alice Postlewaite Views Taken on our Two Months Trip on the Prinzessin Victoria Luise. Leaving New York Wednesday, March 12th 1902. Ca. 1902.
Berggren, Guillaume (1835-1920); Abdullah Frères (active ca. 1858-1899); Sebah & Joailler (1888-1908) & Others. Album with 65 Original Albumen Photographs of Ottoman Istanbul and Its People. Ca. 1890s.
Leroux, Alexandre (1836-1912); Rhomaïdès Frères (fl. ca. 1868-1910s); Neurdien Frères (fl. ca. 1850s-1900s). Album of 93 Original Studio and Amateur Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Countries in the Mediterranean, Including Greece (Acropolis of Athens, Mycenae, Panorama of Nafplio), and Turkey (Izmir, Ephesus, Honaz), and Algeria (Algiers, Biskra, Roman Ruins, Portraits of Algerians), etc. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Album of 173 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing Greece, Including Athens (the Acropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Church of Panagia Kapnikarea, Royal Palace, Kerameikos, Street Scenes), Sparta (Street Scenes), Meteora Monasteries, Temple of Hera Olympia, Temple of Apollo Delphi, Delos, Knossos; Turkey, Including Istanbul and Smyrna, etc. Ca. 1910-1912.
Album with Eight Original Albumen Photos Documenting the Svyatohirsk Lavra a Few Years before its Closure by the Soviet Authorities; with Rare Photos of the Now-Destroyed Arsenius Skete and the Holy Gate.; titled: Vidy Uspenskoy Svyatogorskoy Pustyni [Views of the Holy Mountains Pustyn of the Holy Dormition. Ca. early-1900s.
Historically Significant Album with 100 Original Gelatin Silver Amateur Photographs, Documenting Construction of Cast Iron Metallurgical Factories on the Vishera River and Its Tributaries (Kama River Basin, Eastern Urals), belonging to the French-Owned Volga-Vishera Mining and Metallurgical Joint-Stock Company or Société Minière et Métallurgique Volga-Vichéra, Titled: Vizhaika – Kutim, Vels – Chuvalsk. Reka Vishera i Zavody Obschestva “Volga-Vishera.” Vyaika – Koutime. Velce – Tchouvalsk. La Vichéra et les Usines de la Société «Volga-Vishera». Ca. 1890s – early 1900s.
Album with 66 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and Cyanotypes of Utah, Showing Salt Lake City (South Temple Street, Downtown, LDS Business College, Tabernacle), Mining Industrial Facilities, Surveyors, Native Americans, Homesteaders, &c. Ca. 1900s.
[Ross, George Olen, Colonel, G-5 III MAF Headquarters] (1920-1994). Extensive Private Archive of Over 420 Mounted and Loose Gelatin Silver Photos (Including over a Hundred Panoramas) taken and Collected by Colonel George O. Ross During His Service in the Headquarters of the III Marine Amphibious Force, Da Nang, in the Vietnam War, and Showing Da Nang Military and Air Base, Numerous Military Planes and Helicopters, Commanding Officers of the III MAF at Reviews, Award Ceremonies, Dinners and Social Events, Korean and South Vietnamese Military Commanders, Open-Air Catholic Mass Led by Cardinal Francis Spellman in Vietnam, Views of Da Nang, Portraits of Vietnamese Civilians, School Children, &c.; With Eight Official Invitations to Military Ceremonies and Dinners in Da Nang. Ca. 1965-1967.
Thomas, M. Historically Important Album with Sixty-Five Gelatin Silver Photographs and One Real Photo Postcard Taken by an American Officer, “Major Thomas,” during the Allied Intervention in Vladivostok, Showing Golden Horn Bay with Allied Naval Vessels Navigating Along the Waterfront, Bustling Scenes of Svetlanskaya Street with Pedestrians in Traditional and Western Attire, and Rare Early Views of the Railway Station, and the Now-Demolished Triumphal Arch and the Church of the Intercession of the Theotokos; Also Documenting the Philippines, with Images of American Soldiers’ Quarters in Manila, Indigenous Filipinos Holding Shields, and Iconic Landmarks (the Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Plaza San Lorenzo Ruiz, and a Buddhist Sculpture); titled: Scrap Book. Ca. 1919.