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Historic trees of Philadelphia, circa 1899 (inclusive)

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1 volume

Abstract:

Ethel Austin Shrigley (1875-1936) was a naturalist and suffragist from Lansdowne, PA. This volume contains a typescript of Shrigley's book, Historic Trees of Philadelphia, which was published in 1899.

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H. Ehlers Ahmednagar prisoner of war camp photograph album, circa 1914-1918 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet (1 box)

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Ahmednagar, a city and fort in India, was the site of one of Great Britain's prisoner of war camps during World War I. This camp held both prisoners of war and German and Austrian civilians from 1914 and 1918. This photograph album, belonging to H. Ehlers, contains 54 photographs that document life at Ahmednagar. The landscape surrounding the camp; the buildings; the inhabitants (both military and civilian prisoners); and the prisoners' pastimes, espeically sports and cultural activities are particularly well represented.

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Photograph album by a British soldier, 1945 (inclusive)

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1 volume

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Photograph album by an unknown British soldier in 1945. The album contains black-and-white snapshots of the soldier's journey from Italy to Quetta, Pakistan.

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Random recollections of a year abroad in Europe and Africa, vol. 1 England, 1858 (inclusive)

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1 volume (+ 1 leaf, 1 leaflet)

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A handwritten diary, by J. H. Slack of Philadelphia. The volume, probably bound by Slack, was written in 1858 and recounted his trip to England in spring an summer of 1856. Slack stated in the preface of the diary " [I] wrote with a double purpose, first as a souvenir of my voyage for my own gratification, and secondly to afford pleasure to my large circle of friends to whom my private journal would be inaccessible."

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Elizabeth R. F. Parrack photograph album, 1938 (inclusive)

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2 volumes

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A small collection of materials created by Elizabeth R. F. Parrack comprising one oblong photograph album, a copied typescript itinerary, and one folded world map.

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Sir Malcolm Hailey photograph album of Sarda Canal, 1928 (inclusive)

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0.08 linear feet (1 volume)

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This album is a presentation photograph album given to Sir Malcolm Hailey, later 1st Baron Hailey, by Moona Lal and Sons, photographers. Hailey was governor of the Punjab from 1924 to 1928 and of the United Provinces from 1928 to 1930. The twenty-six photographs in the volume document the completion of the first stages of the works on the Sarda Canal, United Provinces (now Uttar Preadesh).

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Alexander Fullerton Huston scrapbook of world leaders, circa 1870s (inclusive)

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0.4 linear feet (1 volume)

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Little is known about the owner of this album, Alexander Fullerton Huston. Huston probably lived in Pennsylvania in the mid to late 19th century and possibly practiced law. This volume is dated roughly to the 1870s and contains engravings and photographs of European and American royalty, leaders, explorers, scientists, philosophers, and actors. It is divided into thirteen sections, each one being defined by a geographic region. Within these sections, there are engravings and photographs of the most influential people of that area presented in chronological order.

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Amelia Smith Calvert photographs of Costa Rican plants, circa 1909-1910 (inclusive)

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0.2 linear feet (1 box)

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"Photographs of Costa Rican plants" is a two-volume album compiled by biologist Amelia Smith Calvert (1876-1965). Each page of the album features a black and white photograph of a plant native to Costa Rica, with up to a paragraph of type-written text that provides the Latin and common names of the plant, its appearance and characteristics, the specific location where the specimen was found, and the date on which the photograph was taken. Calvert conducted this research on a 1909 to 1910 expedition to Costa Rica with her husband, entomologist Philip Calvert.

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Razmak Brigade photograph album, 1930s (inclusive)

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0.1 linear feet (1 box)

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This photograph album, created by an unidentified British soldier, contains pictures from the Razmak Brigade (located along the North West Frontier of India, near Afghanistan) during the 1930s, likely during the Waziristan campaign. The album documents the wartime realities and daily life of the soldiers and locals in the region.

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Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert collection of ophthalmology material, 1596-2000, undated (bulk: 1785-1925) (inclusive)

Extent:

5.25 linear feet (20 boxes)

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The Dr. Daniel and Eleanor Albert collection of ophthalmology material (1596-2000, undated) presents the historical transformations of eye care and ocular medicine, with a particular emphasis on the field in the nineteenth century. While the majority of materials in this collection relate to ophthalmology, some pertain more broadly to medicine or to American history. In addition to the historical medical documents, this collection includes dozens of pairs of antique spectacles and over one hundred ophthalmoscopes.

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