[South America]
Bound volume
Unidentified
Maker
Various makers
Maker
[South America]
ca. 1865
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 6 1/8 × 4 13/16 × 1 1/2 in. (15.6 × 12.2 × 3.8 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1976.0064.0001-0037
DescriptionCarte-de-visite album containing 19 photographs from South America. Images include portraits from studios in Rio de Janeiro, Lima, and Buenos Aires. Album in bound in brown leather with a decorative border and debossed gold lettering on the spine. A metal label engraved with "J.T. Child" is adhered to the front cover.
Inscriptions Engraved in metal label adhered to front cover, C: J.T. Child
Debossed in gold on spine, C: ALBUM
Inscribed in black ink on recto of front flyleaf, TC: J. Theodore Child \ 50 School St. \ Boston \ Mass \ Feb 9 1865
Inscribed in black ink on verso of front flyleaf, TLC: Gift of Miss Ruth. L.S. Child \ 20 July 1938
Printed in green and gold on title page, C: The American \ Photograph \ ALBUM.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back flyleaf, TRC: Meburg Boston \ 1-1949 \ Boyer \ in Lot \ Superior \ This \ B
Debossed in gold on spine, C: ALBUM
Inscribed in black ink on recto of front flyleaf, TC: J. Theodore Child \ 50 School St. \ Boston \ Mass \ Feb 9 1865
Inscribed in black ink on verso of front flyleaf, TLC: Gift of Miss Ruth. L.S. Child \ 20 July 1938
Printed in green and gold on title page, C: The American \ Photograph \ ALBUM.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on recto of back flyleaf, TRC: Meburg Boston \ 1-1949 \ Boyer \ in Lot \ Superior \ This \ B
