Call Number:

Ms. Coll. 1167

Repository:

University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Extent:

0.4 linear feet (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Alexander Fullerton Huston scrapbook of world leaders, circa 1870s, Ms. Coll. 1167, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania

Date:

circa 1870s (inclusive)

Creator:

Huston, Alexander Fullerton

Form:

Scrapbooks, Engravings (prints), and Photographs

Abstract:

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.

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 collection dates roughly to the 1870s and contains engravings and photographs of American and European royalty, political leaders, military leaders, explorers, scientists, philosophers, artists, 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, from the beginning of the country's history to roughly 1870. The sections include America, England, Denmark and Sweden, Italy, France, Germany and Prussia, Russia, Poland, Prague and Austria, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Turkey. After these thirteen sections is a handwritten description of Dr. Michael Leib (1760-1822), a U.S. Senator from 1809 to 1814, which is followed by Dr. Leib's obituary.