Interesting Collection of Twelve Albumen Photographs Documenting an Early Cruise by Steamship from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Lima, Peru with Stops in Peru Along the way. Ca. 1890.
by [SOUTH AMERICA - PERU]
- Used
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
12 albumen photos each ca. 12 x 16.5cm (4.5 x 6.5 in). All mounted recto and verso on 6 original beige card leaves and all captioned in manuscript black ink on mounts. Some very mild fading of a couple of the images but overall a very good collection of strong, sharp and interesting images.
This collection of photographs with 11 photos of Peru and 1 of Ecuador includes images of: City of Guayaquil, Ecuador; Boatsman at Paita, Peru; Paita, Peru from the boat landing (with the Hotel Pacifico in the foreground); Street in Paita, Peru; Paita, Peru from the steamer; Unloading passengers in boat at Eten (Peru); Peruvian Balsa, Paita, Peru; Pacasmayo, Peru; Adios, San Lorenzo (Island, Peru); Tomb of Pizarro – Alcove of Cathedral, Lima; Exposition Grounds – Lima; The Palma al Champeriso (Passenger Steamship).
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- Bookseller
- Globus Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- PC6
- Title
- Interesting Collection of Twelve Albumen Photographs Documenting an Early Cruise by Steamship from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Lima, Peru with Stops in Peru Along the way. Ca. 1890.
- Author
- [SOUTH AMERICA - PERU]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Photography, Latin America, Americana, PERU
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...