[RICHMOND] [ALBUM] SOUVENIR ALBUM OF RICHMOND, VA

Brooklyn, NY: Albertype Co, 1895. 5”x7” soft-cover thread/string bound album showing scenery in Richmond, Virginia c.1895. Front cover with wear especially along spine; binding is lost but pages are all excellent. ~~Adolph and Herman Wittemann founded the Brooklyn, NY Albertype Co. publishing company of postcards and “view books” around 1880. Adolph Witteman was the photographer of thousands of landmarks around America published in the “American Views” series of souvenir books. This volume credits him with the copyright of the views therein: 16 captioned black and white images of Richmond-area landmarks, such as the Jefferson Davis Mansion, Hollywood Cemetery, Washington’s Headquarters, Broad Street, and Lakeside Park. ~~The book describes the images as photo-gravures, which refers to a process whereby the photographic negative is transferred to a metal plate, which is then etched. The etched plate allows for multiple high-quality prints to be produced. ~.