Item #850 1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM
1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM

1949 TWO WOMEN TRIP AROUND THE WORLD - HUGE PHOTO ALBUM

Item #850

15” x 11 1/4” 75-page album houses 720 black and white photographs. Photos are held to the page with corner tabs, and each photograph is dated and captioned on verso, and paired with its negative.

These photographs depict two young, American women’s travel on a cruise ship around the world during the summer of 1949. The photographs are documentation of their travels. With visits to Japan, China, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Copenhagen, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, England, France, and more. Some places they only docked for one night, unlike in Italy where toured through the old cities for close to a week’s time.

Carbon copies of typewritten and longhand letters sent home to Vineland, New Jersey, tell of their excursions into port city centers and shops around the world.

It appears that Celia Kaler, who was traveling with her friend Esther, was the primary photographer and curator of this intricate and beautiful album. Each series of photographs are organized by location. Each section, when provided, has carbon copies of letters home, envelopes, blank postcards, maps, pamphlets, and currencies from the place pictured. On verso of each photograph is the date inscribed along with a charming or apt caption. In Taipai, for instance, a photograph of children on the street - one child is standing with their rear-end bare, the caption reads “southern exposure not an infrequent sight.”

A few photos are loose and around ten are missing. Some brochures and maps that were taped to a page, have fallen off. Still this album was made with excess care and remains in excellent condition.

Price: $550.00

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