Alaska Souvenir Album
Portfolio
Edward J. Partridge
American, 1856–1891
Alaska Souvenir Album
1887
Portfolio with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 5 9/16 × 8 11/16 × 9/16 in. (14.2 × 22.1 × 1.5 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
DescriptionPortfolio containing 12 albumen silver prints published by Edward J. Partridge. Images include views of Muir glacier, Sitka, and groups of natives. A catalog of additional Alaska Views from the publisher is pasted inside the back cover of the portfolio case. Case is light brown with dark brown debossed lettering and decorative elements.
Inscriptions Debossed in brown on front cover, C: ALASKA \ SOUVENIR \ PHOTOGRAPHS
Printed inside front cover, C: Partridge's \ Alaska Photographs. \ W.H. PARTRIDGE, Publisher, 2832 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. \ E.J. PARTRIDGE, Opposite the Post Office, Portland, Ore. \ SAM. C. PARTRIDGE, 529 Commercial St., San Francisco, Cal.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on bottom flap of portfolio case, BL: Mass - 8-1945 \ Boyer \ I [circled] II [circled] I E \ Fine Photography - 1887
Printed on inside back cover: [catalog of Partridge's Alaska Views]
Printed inside front cover, C: Partridge's \ Alaska Photographs. \ W.H. PARTRIDGE, Publisher, 2832 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. \ E.J. PARTRIDGE, Opposite the Post Office, Portland, Ore. \ SAM. C. PARTRIDGE, 529 Commercial St., San Francisco, Cal.
Inscribed in pencil (in Boyer's hand) on bottom flap of portfolio case, BL: Mass - 8-1945 \ Boyer \ I [circled] II [circled] I E \ Fine Photography - 1887
Printed on inside back cover: [catalog of Partridge's Alaska Views]
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