Philadelphia Area Archives

Start Over Place Europe--Description and travel

Jeanie Groome Black travel diaries, 1890 october 13-1891 november 8 (inclusive)

Extent:: 3 volume
Abstract:: These three bound diaries were kept by Delaware resident Jeannie Groome Black during her travels in Europe with a group of ten Delawareans from October 13, 1890, to November 25, 1891.

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Incidental notes of a trip to Europe made in 1868, 1868 june 3-november 24 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (approximately 258 pages)
Abstract:: John C. Giles's journal contains a detailed account of his daily activities on a grand tour of Europe taken with his wife and daughter from June 3 to November 24, 1868. Giles described landmarks, churches, museums, plays, concerts, weather, hotels, transportation, shopping, dining, correspondence, people met, and social activities.

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Harriet S. Crothers travel diary, 1846 august 18-november 22 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (187 pages)
Abstract:: This travel diary documents the honeymoon tour of continental Europe taken by American Harriet S. Crothers in the fall of 1846. Entries describe tourist activities she and her husband undertook while visiting major cities in the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and Czechoslovakia.

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Clementina Dalcour travel diary, 1891-1903, 1919 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (128 pages)
Abstract:: This travel diary belonging to American foreign language instructor Clementina Dalcour documents her European travels between 1891 and 1903, including travel in Paris, Antwerp, and Brussels. Some entries, such as those written in Paris, are in French.

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