SNAP SHOTS FROM WEYAUWEGA:
Place unknown: Published by the Author, [c. 1890]. Oblong album, 6 1/2 x 5 inches, 8 leaves with 16 original cyanotypes 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches mounted within rules recto and verso on thick card leaves. The front card cover is titled and decorated with a sketch and borders all in cyanotype; the rear has cyanotype borders; bound with silk ribbons. There is a crack to the front board with a small chip at the lower edge. The photographs are sharp and in fine condition. Item #54667
Weyauwega (meaning "here we rest") is a small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, first founded as a stopping point for Native Americans portaging between the two rivers; later populated by fur traders.
The compiler of this album wrote on the recto of the front cover (in cyanotype), " HOW DEAR TO THIS HEART ARE THE SCENES OF MY CHILDHOOD" The images included views of a large white house with a white picket fence, scenes along the river front, a dam on the river, the Church, a horse and buggy parade down the main street, barns and other structures, etc.
Price: $250.00