[Photo Album]: Pennsylvania Snapshots

  • SIGNED Softcover
  • 1914
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1914. Softcover. Very Good. Oblong quarto. Measuring 14" x 11". Black cloth over paper boards containing 293 sepia toned photographs affixed to stiff black paper measuring between 1" x 1" and 8" x 10", some with captions. A good or better album with a detached front cover and some loose pages with about near fine photos. A photo album of turn of the century Americans, mostly in the Pennsylvania area, captured through amateur photography in the form of snapshots. The photos show family and friends between the years 1906 and 1914, posing around homes and gardens in stylish hats and dresses. Some can be seen with animals, including horses and puppies, as well as newborn babies. There are also some early photo strips of a mother and child. An 8" x 10" photo of a woman in a kilt is labeled as Mrs. R.G. Kennedy. There are photos from various fishing trips and extensive photos of a trip to Niagara Falls with many photos of the Falls. Two photos show an early plane, labeled as 1914, which had recently landed in a lake. A large accumulation of amateur snapshot photography depicting American life from the early 1900s.

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