Exposition Universelle de 1889
Bound volume
Exposition Universelle de 1889
1889
Bound volume with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 7 5/16 × 10 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (18.5 × 27.5 × 8 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1453.0001-0050
DescriptionDeluxe album containing 50 mounted photographs with printed borders and captions, including views of the pavilions of various countries and displays of machinery at the Exposition. Each image includes printed descriptive captions. Two photographs are blindstamped "Societe de la Tour Eiffel." Included is a close up image of the elevator of the Eiffel Tower. Album is bound in red cloth and leather with debossed gold text and decorative elements.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, C: EXPOSITION \ UNIVERSELLE \ DE 1889
Debossed in gold on spine, TC: EXPOSITION \ UNIVERSELLE \ 1889
Inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf, T: 22 Juin 1946. Georges A. Cavaleracela [?] 50 vues [illegible]
Debossed in gold on spine, TC: EXPOSITION \ UNIVERSELLE \ 1889
Inscribed in pencil on verso of front flyleaf, T: 22 Juin 1946. Georges A. Cavaleracela [?] 50 vues [illegible]
