THIS PHOTO ALBUM INCLUDES Carte de Visites (CDV), AND LITHOGRAPHS DATING FROM AS EARLY AS 1854 THRU, NO LATER THAN THE 1870'S.

THIS WONDERFULLY CARED FOR ALBUM ORIGINALLY BELONGED TO AN ALICE BRYANT OF NEW YORK. THIS IS EVIDENCED ON THE BACK OF SOME OF THE PHOTOS WHICH ARE HANDWRITTEN "FOR MY FRIEND ALLIE" AND TO "MISS. BRYANT". THERE IS ALSO A PHOTO OF ALICE BRYANT IN THE ALBUM WHICH HAS HER NAME ON THE BACK.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS BY THE LOCATIONS OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND BY THE ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN SCRIPTS ON THE BACKS.

THERE ARE 40 PHOTOS IN THIS WONDERFUL ALBUM.

WHERE THE INDIVIDUALS ARE IDENTIFIED, WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT INFORMATION. WHERE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THEIR LOCATIONS ARE IMPRINTED, WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT INFORMATION ALSO.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THIS ALBUM AND THE MANY MEMORIES WITHIN!

THE INTRODUCTION PAGE IS VERY DECORATIVE FOLLOWED BY TWO INDEX PAGES WHICH ARE NUMBERED 1 THRU 40.

THE ALBUM MEASURES 5 INCHES WIDE BY 6 INCHES LONG AND IS 2 INCHES DEEP. IT WILL HOLD 40-4 1/4" x 2 1/2" CDV'S. THE EDGES OF THE PAGES ARE GOLD IN COLOR. THERE ARE TWO BRASS CLASPS ON THE FRONT. ORIGINALLY IT APPEARS THAT THERE WERE TWO CLASPS ON THE BACK WHICH ATTACHED BY TWO LEATHER STRAPS FROM FRONT TO BACK OR PERHAPS TWO CLASPS OF SOME CONFIGURATION.

INSIDE THE FIRST PAGE IN "OLD HANDWRITING" ARE THE WORDS "EDDIE HENDERSON".

ALICE "ALLIE" BRYANT