[Photo Album]: Woman's Family Album

Oblong small quarto measuring 11.5" x 7". String-tied green cloth over stiff paper boards with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 93 sepia-toned or black and white albumen photographs measuring between 3" x 3" and 4.5" x 6.5" with some captions. Good only with rubbing, chips, and tears with very good photographs. A woman's photo album documenting her travels and time with family and friends over the year 1899. The album opens with a photo of a young woman in a bathing costume which reads, "ready for the plunge '99." Following this are artistic shots of women playing cards silhouetted by a nearby window and the profiles of women by the same window arranged by height reading "steps." They celebrated the Fourth of July in the park and the friends are photographed in a group shot "in the park." Other photos show friends and family at parties, in costume, and posed in a garden. One photo show two women fencing with the caption "don't challenge them!" and another shows a man in straps hanging from the ceiling which simply reads, "gym." They vacationed on Lake Ontario in August of that year and photographed the house and group. Other images show family farms and friend's houses that were called upon in the fall of 1899. Towards the end of the album the photographic prints change to Kodak number 2 and show portraits, boating, nature photography, and other activities. It appears the compiler had an interest in photography and it is shown throughout the album in the varied subjects she chooses. The last section of images included large ships and seascapes including one striking photo of the sun setting over the ocean. An interesting collection of amateur photography by a woman at the turn-of-the-century.…