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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Quarto. Measuring 9.5" x 11". String-tied decorative cloth album. Contains 44 black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring around 5" x 5", with captions. Accompanied by two letters and 17 pamphlets. Very good album with a slightly bowed front board with near fine photographs. A photo album kept by Jack Livermore while taking a "South Pacific/Far East Cruise" beginning in January through April of 1958. This album is marked as "Part IV" and mostly contains photos of the Bali leg of the tour but also features pamphlets and brochures from many of the other countries Livermore visited including Fiji, Japan, and the Philippines. All of the photographs are well-composed and show an artful eye and an interest in the new cultures he was experiencing. He begins with photos from the cruise ship which are affixed to the front pastedown followed by images of the local women of Bali: topless in sarongs, bathing, washing their clothes in a river, and posed in the jungle. Later the album shows dancers in traditional clothes and headdresses performing a Legong dance. The dancers were young women and were traditionally highly regarded in society. The dances tells traditional stories including "the Tale of the King of Lasem." Also featured throughout are relics, temples, and statues depicting religious deities and the culture of the country. They visited a bat cave, local markets, and photographed working men and women in town. Many of the local people are seen boating for recreation or labor purposes. One photo shows a group of smiling people in a small boat off the shoreline, another shows banteng (indigenous South Asian cattle) being used to plow. Among the ephemera is a laid in letter from an Asian silk merchant answering a request for silk samples from Jack. An interesting collection of late 1950s Asian travel photography and ephemera.