A Family Travel Scrapbook of Ontario, Canada 1979
Self-Published, 1979. A Fine Hardcover Album. A well-made album showing the natural history and beauty of the regions visited with some historical significance due to the brochures.
Self-Published, 1979. A Fine Hardcover Album. A well-made album showing the natural history and beauty of the regions visited with some historical significance due to the brochures.
Hardcover. A few topics of many: Lisbon, Evora, Walled town of Obidos, Faro, The Pink Palace of Queluz; Palaces, Cathedrals, Monasteries, Fatima; Architecture and Architectural features including Moorish; Wineries and Viticulture, Cork Oak, Fishing; Topography.
1959. Hardcover. A well-constructed color photo representation which includes interior photos of Notre Dame de Bonsecours Cathedral; Landscapes, the Governor's House in Quebec; Photos relating to the fishing industry; covered bridges, lighthouses and wharves; Nova Scotia and New Brunswick scenes.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:Grant’s Farm Manor—the historic Busch estate built in 1913 for August Anheuser Busch Sr. and Alice Zisemann—is one of Missouri’s most significant private residences. The album’s architectural and landscape photographs document the property at mid-century, complementing known historical views but with unique, unpublished perspectives.Subjects: Anheuser-Busch; Grant’s Farm; Equestrian Sport;.....
California: Self published, 1930s. HISTORICL CONTEXT —Compiled during a period of expanding automobile travel and regional tourism, the album reflects the growing accessibility of Northern California’s scenic destinations in the interwar years. Locations such as Lake Tahoe and Donner Lake were increasingly popular as leisure destinations, while the San Francisco.....
Honolulu, Hawaii: Paradise of the Pacific, 1949. Numerous Artists and Photographers. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
A Fine Hardcover Album. A well-made album covering a trip through Texas, New Mexico, Tennessee and Mexico. A variety of photographs with highlights of topography, saguaro and other cactus; Oil production, mining and much more.
A well-made album showing the natural history and beauty of the regions visited with some historical significance. From 1974.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE —Compiled at the transition point of American leisure culture, this album captures the final golden era of the railroad vacation before the automobile revolutionized Western travel. The inclusion of 'A Swing Around Pike’s Peak' guide excerpts and specialized rail tickets highlights how the tourism industry of Colorado purposefully.....
California: Self Published. Photographs by [wife of Ken Fitzpatric]. Soft cover. The photographer is the wife of Ken Fitzpatrick, identified only as "self," with children Ted, Muriel and baby Fiona, Doris, Ian and Skippy, and Jackie (young girl).Some of the photos are laid in [envelop], including one of "our house.....