Chicago Album
Bound volume
Charles Frey
American
Chicago Album
ca. 1885
Bound volume with lithographs
Overall (closed): 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 × 3/8 in. (15.8 × 24.2 × 1 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionSmall album containing 22 lithographs of architecture and street scenes in Chicago. Includes a two-page panorama of the city. Images appear to be illustrations from photographs. Printed captions are included with each image. Binding is broken and pages are loose. Cover is red with debossed gold lettering and decorative elements.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, OA: Chicago \ Album
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on inside of back cover, T: Newport R [illegible] 50¢ 5/1945 Boyer
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on inside of back cover, T: Newport R [illegible] 50¢ 5/1945 Boyer
