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1-2. Great Britain 3. Austria, Switzerland, Italy
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Hamilton Andrews Hill family collection of photographs of Europe
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A collection of 632 photographs in 11 albums of cities and scenery of Europe, dating from approximately 1890s. The photographs were collected and mounted into albums by the Hamilton Andrew Hill family of Boston, Massachusetts beginning in 1890, when members of the family sailed to Great Britain, May 3, 1890 (written at the beginning of Album 1). Primarily cabinet-sized prints, with some larger, the images are by various European photographers including George Washington Wilson, James Valentine, Francis Frith & Company, Francis Bedford, and Fratelli Alinari. The first three albums have captions in ink and some pressed flowers glued to pages; the others have no writing. Views include architecture, ancient ruins, people, city and street scenes, photographs of paintings and statues, and other scenes, and depict primarily Great Britain, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Holland.
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Albums 10-11
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10. Germany, Switzerland, Holland 11. Great Britain
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Souvenir Postcard Albums
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Set of four volumes belonging to Yoch with postcards from Europe, Mexico, and Africa, some containing correspondence or annotations. Three albums have indexes; the volumes are labeled "F.Y." with numbers 1-4. Volume 1 contains approximately 180 postcards from Africa, Austria, Belgium, and England, several with brief handwritten annotations (65 pages). Volume 2 contains approximately 180 postcards from France, Germany, Holland, and Hungary (50 pages). Volume 3 contains approximately 390 photographs of Italy, Mallorca, Mexico, Spain, and Switzerland (98 pages); the album includes several loose items. Volume 4 contains approximately 170 items, including postcards and photographs depicting landscapes, flowers, people, missions, exteriors and interiors of homes, artwork, statues and frescoes, and other imagery; many of the works shown are from the Museo Nationale, and several photographs are probably by Yoch and Council (45 pages).
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