Bissell, Mary Eleanor. Panama-Pacific Exposition photo album, 1916-1919
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1919
Extent
From the Collection: 3.5 Linear Feet (7 documents boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchase, 2015.
General
Oblong folio (14.5 x 9.25 inches). 100 pages (unpaginated) of heavy black stock paper with 166 photographs ranging from 3.25 x 3.5 inches up to 8 x 10 inches, three of them color-tinted images of the Exposition, 48 real photo postcards, 65 printed color postcards, four black and white postcards, many with small manuscript captions in white ink below the images, a few clipping tipped-in. Contemporary limp embossed black cloth photo album with bound spine.
General
Photo album including over 280 original photographs, color-tinted photos, and real photo postcards. The first section is devoted to images of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco Bay, Glacier National Park, and the home of Hezekiah & Sigurd Bissell in Altadena, California. The second half primarily includes photos and images of travels in Camden, Maine; Boston, Massachusetts; Campobello Island, Canada at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay; along with a Homecoming Day parade for World War I veterans.
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu