BOY'S SUMMER CAMP and TRAVEL PHOTO ALBUM 1908-1917 - 1100 PHOTOS

Item #570

15.24 x 11” album with a black textured cover that reads “Photographs” in gold. Both the front and back cover are detached from the album. Contains around 1100 black and white photographs from 1908-1917 that feature travel and photos from a boy’s summer camp. The album belonged to Charles Edward Hermann, who was a St. Louis native who went on to become Chairman of the Board of Reliance Whiting Co., and an inventor of machines for crushing and air classifying rock and Whiting. Photographs measure between 1.5 x 1.5” up to 5.5 x 3.5” and are glued to the page with a few held to the page with corner tabs. A few are loose. Each photograph is annotated, though some comments are faded, and a majority of the photographs have been numbered and have a year written beside them. There are 154 numbered pages, though it appears that one page is missing towards the end of the album. The photographs feature Charles Edward Hermann’s extensive travels as a young man and include locations such as Panama and the Gaten Locks, Miraflores Locks, and Pedro Miguel Locks. There are also photos from travel through Canada, England, France, Italy, and parts of the United States. The travel photographs largely feature buildings and the landscape, as well as family members on ships. There is a section devoted to photographs from “Field Day aboard the Caronia.” The latter half of the album contains photographs from Hermann’s time at Camp Minne-Wonka in Wisconsin, which include images of nature, fellow campers, and animals such as porcupines and bears. There are also photos of football games at Smith Academy, horse racing, and other sports. A charming series of photos feature a dog named Flyp. Other photographs feature Boy Scout trips to Onondaga Cave, and a boy on an Indian motorcycle. There are some detached photos and a couple that appear to be missing. At the front of the album is a loose copy of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat from August 6, 1965. There is also a booklet from 1914 describing Camp Minne-Wonka, a boy’s camp at Virgin Lake in Wisconsin.
The album is entirely filled and the photographs are in good condition, but the album itself is chipping.

Price: $1,200.00