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France and Belgium

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Description
Album is bound in black textured material. The title "France and Belgium" is handwritten in white ink in the left center of cover. The number "87" is affixed to the top of spine with glue. Images are nearly all black-and-white photographic postcards of churches and other historic sites in France and Belgium, collected while Charmian London was in Europe in 1923. There are a handful of photographs of female friends of London's whom she met on the trip.
Type
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Date
1923-approximately 1920
Call number
JLP 525
Creator
London, Jack (1876-1916)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The nucleus of the collection was purchased by Henry Huntington from Charmian London in 1925. Additional groups of material were acquired by both gift and purchase from Mrs. London and later from literary executors Irving Shepard and I. Milo Shepard over many years. Further material has been acquired from other sources; the provenance of these items is noted on the individual folders.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
NOT AVAILABLE: Albums 1-92 and Large albums 1-30: Do not circulate. Use digital reproductions in the Huntington Digital Library.
RESTRICTED: Boxes 283, 284, 287, 433, 591, 592, 594, 624 and Volumes 1-30: Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
RESTRICTED: Boxes 595, 596, 623: housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.
Associated people
London, Charmian.
Shepard, Eliza London.
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