Description:
Album of Photographs, mostly of Asia, early 20th century, including photographs of the Philippines, Qingdao China, Kobe, Japan, Honolulu, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, and Port au Prince, Haiti, showing street scenes, daily life, and architecture, approximately 190 photographs printed as postcards, most with notes indicating the location, in a leather-bound album with embossed dragon motif, album 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in.
Provenance: Given to Ella Williams Webb, then through her family.
Estimate $200-300
Some photographs missing, most held in paper corners but some taped, album binding loose.
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Keywords
Photographs, Hawaii, Panama Canal, Honolulu, Kobe, Qingdao, China, Haiti, Japan, Philippines, Ella Williams WebbSuhyung Kim
Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3263
Helen Eagles
Deputy Director, Asian Works of Art
508-970-3132
Asian Works of Art
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