Childhood's Happy Hours

Childhood's Happy Hours

Portfolio

Scherer & Engler

Maker
Martin Scherer, German; Hugo Engler, German

Childhood's Happy Hours

1880
Portfolio with albumen silver prints
Overall (closed): 11 × 8 13/16 × 3/4 in. (28 × 22.4 × 1.9 cm)
Gift of Alden Scott Boyer
1981.1310.0001-0015
DescriptionPortfolio containing 15 albumen silver prints depicting illustrations of childhood activities. Prints are numbered and mounted to board. Portfolio case is red with gold debossed lettering and black debossed decorative elements on the front cover.
Inscriptions Debossed in gold on front cover, OA: Childhood's \ happy hours \ GEO. KIRCHNER & CO. \ NEW YORK \ E. Sehnal.
Inscribed in Boyer's hand in pencil inside front cover, TLC: W[illegible] \ W/M N. Y. \ Jae \ 15 plates

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