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1860-1870
photo album # 151
GUSN-194606
Travel album (10 1/2 x 12) evidently compiled or owned by W.B. Storer whose name appears on the cover. Of particular interest is a large group of cartes de visites documenting various regional styles of Russian military dress, issued by a St. Petersburg photographer. Thre are also photographs of excellent qualtiy of Berne, Switzerland, circa 1870, Interlaken, the Grisons and traditional costumes (all Switzerland). In addition are views of Venice, Italy and Germany (including tinted costume series). The album also includes some portraits by Boston photographers Black and Warren (Cambridgeport), and New York photographers Brady and Anthony. General dates: 1860s-1870s. 25 leaves, many detached.
military uniforms
landscapes (representations)
cityscapes (representations)
costumes (character dress)
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
photograph albums
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
black-and-white photographs
portraits
album number 151
1 photograph album; 9 1/8 x 11 3/4 inches
PC009
Photograph albums collection
1984
PC009.151
Gift
Europe
photograph albums
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
black-and-white photographs
portraits
Storer, W. B.
Silsbee, Case & Co.
J. W. Black & Co.
E. Anthony
Warrens (Firm)
Switzerland
Berne, Switzerland
Interlaken, Switzerland
Venice, Italy
Germany
Russia
Item
photo album # 151
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