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(CALIFORNIA.) Pair of photo albums from an epic vacation in California and elsewhere. Approximately 450 photographs, various sizes but most about 3 x 4 inches, inserted or pasted onto 64 album leaves. 2 volumes. Oblong 4to, 10 x 14 inches, original 1/2 calf, moderate wear; faint musty odor but contents sturdy and very well preserved. Vp, 4 January to 10 July 1902
The first album begins with a few scattered pictures from Washington, DC; New Orleans; San Antonio and El Paso, TX; Juarez, Mexico (including 10 snapshots of a bullfight); and Tucson, AZ. The majority of the albums show several stops in California: Los Angeles, Pasadena, San Diego, La Jolla, Santa Monica, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, San Jose, Yosemite Park, Shasta Springs, and more. The second album closes with a few images of Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; and Sitka, AK. The principals in the trip appear to have been two affluent couples from Holmdel, NJ: Victor Dean Kenney (1864-1920) and his wife Lydia Longstreet Kenney (1855-1932); and William W. Taylor (1849-1931) and Sarah H. Schenck Taylor (1849-1927). Many of the photographs are from a visit to Lydia's cousin Daniel Holmes (1854-1931) in Pasadena. The photographs are a mix of snapshots and a few tourist souvenirs, almost all captioned neatly in manuscript. As Mr. Kenney rarely appears in the photographs, he may have been the photographer. The albums were purchased at a Longstreet-Holmes family estate sale in Holmdel in 2017.
