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Photograph album from the Lowman's family trip to Guatemala in 1898

Contains photographs of scenes from Inglesia de Santa Tomas and the market in Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Photograph album by unknown individual documenting scenes in Cuba and Peru circa 1925

Album assembled by an employee of the Panpacific Company which was constructing the highway from Santa Cruz to Cochabamba, Bolivia. Views inclue street scenes, local markets, parades, native dances, celebrations, and the activities of the wives and dependents of the employees

The album records the years following the October Revolution. The album begins with propagandistic photos of Lenin, Hungarian Revolutionary Bela Kin, Chairman of the Mongolian Delegation Djin-Sin, parades, the Third International. It then progresses into urban images of cities, landmarks, demobilized sailors, working in a heavy machinery factory, and field hands in long rows, drying corn. Also pictured is a children's parade, where they are lined up and each is carrying a rifle, a group of emaciated kids are sitting naked and staring at the camera, and an endless line of bundled people are waiting for provisions by a stopped train - a reminder of the Great Famine of 1921 which followed the post-Revolution civil war and killed an estimated 5 million people. It is possible that some of the photos were German-produced and other Russian-created, i.e. the negative vs. the positive images, although at the time, after the First World War and well into the 1920s, the countries gravitated towards each other and relations were warm. [From dealer description]

Album contains 134 uncaptioned black-and-white photographs of Mexico, many of which appear to be on a ranch. Images feature Caucasian men in front of various homes and buildings, on horseback, women in Victorian clothing, a dentist, surveyors (possibly at a mine); Mexican families, cillages with thatch-roofed homes, women washing clothing in creeks, a girl making tortillas by hand, men harvesting agave, families in river canoes, men getting water at a large well, street vendors; cities scenes and landmarks such as parks, bird's eye view and street scenes of Mexico City, monuments, churches, theaters, courtyards, hotes, stagecoaches and horse-drawn carts, street cars, trainyards, markets, catacombs; several images of Mesoamerican stone carvings; scenic view of jungle, waterfalls, mountains; adn several commercial shots relating to a coffee plantation. Locations include Mexico City, Metlaltoyuca and Pantepec (Puebla). [From dealer description]

Photograph album with 127 Original Gelatin Silver Photos Illustrating Life of American Residents during the First Years of the Panama Canal Zone, with Views of Empire, Sabanas, Ancon, Panama City, Cristobal, Lac Cruces, Chagres River, Camacho Reservoir, Fort San Lorenzo, Portraits of American Residents, Afro-Panamanians, etc.], circa 1907-1909. Historically significant, detailed and well-annotated collection of original lively images taken by a resident of the American-administrated Panama Canal Zone during the first years of its existence. According to the Isthmian Canal Convention of 1904, the control over the construction of the Panama Canal, and the administration of the area stretching on both sides of the future Canal for about five miles fell under the control of the United States, and stayed as such until 1979 when the Canal Zone was abolished and Panama Canal went under the joint control of the United States and Panama (was fully turned over to Panama in 1999). The album dates back to the first 5 years after the creation of the Canal Zone, and to the time of the active construction of the Canal itself (it was completed in 1914). The photographer was most likely one of the American engineers or other white-collar workers employed during the construction. He travelled to the Canal Zone on board the steamship “Panama” with his family and was provided with a house in the "family quarters" of Empire town (Spanish "Emperador," was located south of Las Cascadas), where the headquarters of the Canal administration and engineers were located. The album contains over twenty interesting photographs of Empire – a general view of the town with "Canal just beyond near hill," views of "Our house," disbursing office, bachelor and family quarters, the mess hall (interior and balcony), Chinese vegetable gardens which provided the Zone with fresh produce (on one photo the Americans pose with a gardener in front of his hut), tennis courts, cricket field with the players, "native huts, back of Empire," and others. There are also over fifteen portraits of the American residents of Empire and Ancon towns, with most names captioned underneath: "Collins, writer for Sat. Evening Post" (likely, James Hiram Collins, 1873-1943, American writer and journalist), "Cleland, Wilma & Marty McDevit," "Pickens family," "Carlson, Brown, Squires" and other gentlemen photographed in the bachelor quarters, "Mr. & Mrs. Jackson," "Peggy U. & cousin Stanley Kelly," Storla family posing in their house in Ancon , a group portrait of "Tennis enthusiasts" (with several names added - Squires, Poole, Manley, Keeling, Hosletter), et al. Other interesting photos show the Camacho Reservoir, gate house and spillway; American houses in Las Sabanas, several views of the road to Sabanas (featuring Ancon Hill in distance, and an officer of "Panamanian Mounted Police" riding a horse), Hotel Tivoli in Ancon, a Decanville steam railway engine with an American woman posing in the engineer’s seat, several portraits of Afro-Panamanians, including a portrait of a newly-wed couple captioned "our <…?> Boy’s wedding." There are also several views of Cristobal town on the Atlantic coast showing the Cristobal Point taken from the sea, "De Lesseps building" (old French Canal Headquarters with the statue of Christopher Columbus in front, the statue was moved in 1916 and 1930, and is now located on the Juan Demóstenes Arosemena Boulevard), the waterfront, and Tortoise Lagoon. Eight photos depict a pleasure trip down the Chagres River to Fort San Lorenzo and show the Americans boarding a small river steamer at Gatun, Chagres River, ruins of the fort and the members of the group posing in front of the "old powder magazine." Another eight pictures illustrate a trip to the ancient town of Las Cruces on the upper Chagres River, now abandoned due to the rise of the Lake Gatun; the pictures show the trail to Las Cruces, the town and its Afro-Panamanian inhabitants. Over twenty photos depict Panama City: the harbour at low tide, boats of "coastwise shipping," the seawall, interior of a "jail yard," entrance and interior of the President’s Palace, "Government Opera House," the Church of Santo Domingo and the famous Flat Arch (built in 1678, burned in 1756 and was ruined ever since; the flat arch eventually fell in 2003 and was later restored), "the Cathedral & Plaza," the Church of Santa Ana, La Mercedes church, street views (the one with playing children is captioned "Panama playground"); a scene of a bull fight on Plaza Herrera, the spectators; the Old Panama City (ruins of the bridge of over moat and Cathedral of San Jeronimo) and others. There are also several views of the Caribbean Sea and the "Panama" steamship taken on the way to Cristobal. Overall an historically important first-hand visual account on the early years of the Panama Canal Zone. [From dealer description]

This photo album contains 129 black-and-white photographs with a few handwritten captions of scenes in Mexico. Images feature street scenes and notable landmarks such as churches, cathedrals, monuments, military academy, aqueducts, street vendors, musicians, donkeys loaded with wares, markets, catacombs; Mexican and indigenous men, women and children including many portraits of young women; the Guadalajara Sanitarium; many shots of a bull fight; Chapultepec Castle; canal and vendors on boats; scenic views of valleys and mountains; mummies in Guanajuato; craftswomen sewing lace, making reed mats; farms and plantations for coffee, bananas, agave; Atec antiquities in a museum; villages and families. Locations include Guadalupe, Mexico City, Guadalajara. Most images are commercial shots. [From dealer description]

The poetry photo album may have belonged to a family member or friend of Mishima Yutaka; his photos appear throughout, generally without identification, but he is identified in a couple of group shots which name all of the participants. There are 29 photos of Mishima alone or with friends, and unidentified poetry club group shots; one 8x10 group shot at a Buddhist shrine, twelve photos of poetry club meetings in 1948 with at least some identification (group shots have all participants labeled in three of them, one meeting identified as being near Lake Michigan); and 16 photos identified only as "Teruhiko and friends," depicting a younger man with various companions. [From dealer description]

This is a 1946 travel photograph album consisting of 80 photographs, many 8x10 inches, probably assembled by Dorothy Browning whose image appears on the first page. There are also photos of four other women and one is shown with a movie camera. Most images are lightly tinted and each is well identified. Photos include monuments, carvings and temples including Mayan sites and people. [From dealer description]

This photograph album contains a pictorial record of the California Avocado Society tour to Mexico in April 1948, with a descriptive index facing each page describing the images

2 photograph albums of Mexican soldier Miguel Martinez Galvin, 23rd Battalion Guarda. Albums include images from Oaxaca, Vera Cruz, Tampico and Monterrey. Illustrates Gavin's life in the Mexican military. [From dealer description]

A visual record of U.S. Marine and island life during the interwar years on Guam in 1930. The album consists of numerous scenes on the island, including images of Piti, Apra Harbor, several beaches, various beach structures, town architecture and infrastructure, animal life and jungle settings. Several of the images of native islanders and portraits of Marines and other Americans are present as well. The majority of photographs depict life for the U.S. Marines, and detail their activities, such as military exercises, parades, artillery practice, and camping expeditions. They also show the Marine facilities, such as the barracks and other military structures, as well as a number of military vehicles, naval transports and Marine aircraft. A small portion documents a contemporary trip to China. [From dealer description]

A well-captioned scrapbook containing images from Ward’s service in the Philippine Constabulary, 1913-1916. Includes detailed photos and descriptions of Ward’s unit, including barracks, operations, portraits, Philippine natives in uniform in the service, unit and group photos; many photos have identified locations. Additionally, the album includes photos of Philippine Scout troops, and rare color printed illustrations of Philippine Constabulary Uniforms, as well as printed and manuscript ephemera from his service. The Philippine Constabulary (PC) was established on August 18, 1901, under the general supervision of the civil Governor-General of the Philippines, by authority of Act. No. 175 of the Second Philippine Commission, for the purposes of maintaining peace, law, and order in the various provinces of the Philippine Islands. By the end of 1901, a total of 180 officers had been commissioned. The constabulatory assisted the United States military in combating the remaining irreconcilable revolutionaries following the March 23 capture of General Emilio Aguinaldo and his April 1 pledge of allegiance to the United States. This phase of the Philippine-American War ended in Luzon by 1906, with the surrender and execution of one of its last remaining generals, Macario Sakay. [From dealer description]

A photograph album of an unidentified U.S. Navy Sailor, many depicting American Samoa, circa 1919

This collection consists 15 photo albums, which include some correspondence and documents. The photo albums were created by Theodore Lenzen, a Standard Oil executive who worked in a number of locations including Richmond, California, Alaska, Saudia Arabia, Indonesia, and Bahrain

Panama Canal zone Fort Amador photo album of Private Howard Steele, Battery A, 4th coast artillery consisting of 10 Military/Military related photos, 9 Personal photos (Civilians, Natives, Scenes), 3 Real photo post cards of U.S. Army transport ships (USS Somme, USS Cambrai, USS ST. Mihiel). Photos range from 7" X 5" to 2.5" X 3.5." Subjects include aerial views of fort Amador, the local population, color guard, large howitzer, baseball team, transport ships the last page has two passes for Steele to be absent from his station and duties, dated 2/5/31 and 5/2/31. [Descriptive information provided by dealer]

Oblong cloth-bound album with 94 original tipped-in snapshots from 1914-1915, with some added captions on the album leaves. Includes 20 amateur photos taken at the Panama-California Exposition in California [e.g.: Billy Sunday at Spreckels Theatre] + 17 other photos from surrounding area [e.g.: La Jolla, Romona's House]. Plus: 18 photos taken at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, as well as other photographs from around Berkeley, and an additional 14 snapshots taken on a visit to Carmel in 1914. [From dealer description]

Contains pictures of: fruit and animals native to Palestine, sport figures, political leaders and authors, people of other races, and Liber chocolates; growth of Liber Company, 1921 to 1936.