[Album of tourist snapshots, including Pan American Exposition]
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Bound volume
[Album of tourist snapshots, including Pan American Exposition]
ca. 1900
Bound volume with collodion and/or gelatin silver prints
Overall: 28.7 x 39.3 cm
Gift of the 3M Foundation, ex-collection Louis Walton Sipley, 1977
1977.0281.0001-0188
DescriptionAlbum of tourists snapshots, approximately 9 x 11 cm., mounted 4 per page in pre-cut window openings with stamped gold line borders. Of note are 65 images taken at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo New York, 1901. These include views of the midway, exteriors of the pavilions of various nations, the African village, various exotic animals, as well as views of a bullfight. There are also smaller selections of views from Montreal and other places in Quebec Canada and areas of the Adironadack Mountains. Also of note is an image of "Lucy" a six story wood and sheet tin building shaped like an elephant in Margate near Atlantic City, and several views of a baseball game at the Castner's cottage in Long Branch New Jersey. There is also an image credited to Key Pittman of lightening striking a house.
Inscriptions inside cover (stamp): Brady-Sipley Collection 431223
inscriptions in ink at the top of each page identify the locations of the images. Some photographs are individually captioned with ink titles.
inscriptions in ink at the top of each page identify the locations of the images. Some photographs are individually captioned with ink titles.
