(ILLINOIS) DeMoulin Edward; photographer Photographic Views

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(ILLINOIS.) DeMoulin, Edward; photographer. Photographic Views of the City of Greenville, Ill. 142 albumen photographs printed on 40 mounted sheets. [2] pages of text on endpapers; [4] leaves of printed advertisements on colored paper bound in. Oblong 12mo, 3 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, original cloth-backed gilt-lettered boards, minor wear; intermittent fading and minor wear to contents. [Greenville, IL], circa 1892

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Views of Greenville in southern Illinois near St. Louis, taken by "one of the most progressive photographers in the state." Most of the photographs show local homes, businesses, and institutions, including the "Colored Baptist Church" and "Colored M.E. Church." The volume is undated, but one of the advertisements is headed "Season 1892." OCLC lists only one other copy of this title, at Knox College, but the present example has slightly more photographs and leaves.