Photographs of Montreal

Photographs of Montreal

Bound volume

Alexander Henderson

Maker
Canadian, b. Scotland, 1831–1913

Photographs of Montreal

1870
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 7 1/16 × 5 7/8 × 11/16 in. (18 × 15 × 1.7 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1950.0006.0022
DescriptionPhotographically illustrated volume with 46 pages, illustrated with 20 photographs of various locations in Montreal, Canada. Green cloth cover with gold debossing. Glue binding has failed, all pages with plates are loose.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover; PHOTOGRAPHS \ OF \ MONTREAL \ BY \ ALEX HENDERSON
Printed on appied label on inner, front cover: DAWSON BRO'S \ BINDERS \ MONTREAL
Inscribed in ink on page 1 [flyleaf]: Mrs Mary A Juliand \ Montreal Sept 12, 1870
Inscribed in pencil by Alden Scott Boyer on page 1 [flyleaf]: 1870 \ Nice \ B
[Page 3 is a title page with list of illustrations and publisher's information]
[Each photograph has a pencil inscription with a plate number under the LRC]
Inscribed in pencil by Alden Scott Boyer on page 45: NY State \ 11/48 \ Boyer \ 1st I have \ seen puch. \ AB

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