- Woman With Flowers Celluloid Victorian Era Photograph Album Music Box 25 Pics - AS IS
- Album is 12 1/8" Long x 9 5/8" Wide x 4 7/8" Thick
- Circa late 1800's to early 1900's - Victorian Era
- The top/cover of the photograph album is made of Celluloid - It features a colorful illustration of a woman of antiquity in a dress, holding and floral branch of flowers over her shoulders - There are raised embossed geometric vine designs on each corner
- The bottom part of the album, which sits underneath the pages of photographs, is a wooden box which contains a metal music box mechanism - This wooden box is decoration on the outside with floral embossed cream-colored celluloid, but this is heavily worn - The paper label on the inside says, "2 Airs - Stars & Stripes Forever - Rally Round The Flag - Made in Switzerland"
- This photo album contains 25 photographs - 5 of these are CDVS, 1 is a clipped postcard photograph, 1 is made of thin paper, and the rest of the photographs are Cabinet Cards
- The album contains 16 double-sided pages to house photographs - Different photographs appear on the front and back sides of the pages - Therefore, there are at least 32 pages to store photographs on
- Unless otherwise marked, all photographs are unidentified
- Unless otherwise marked, all photographs were made in Philadelphia, PA - Pennsylvania
- Unless otherwise marked, all photographs are cabinet cards
- The pages contain... ((ex.) 1/2 = Page 1 and Page 2) - All photographs are unidentified
- p. 1/2 - Boy with Diploma (thin paper photograph) /// BLANK (no photograph)
- p. 3/4 - Man by Blaul (photographer) /// Two women and a child by Hurst (photographer)
- p. 5/6 - Man by Applegate /// Girl by A.W. Snyder
- p. 7/8 - Girl by Blaul /// Man by Walker
- p. 9/10 - BLANK /// Woman by Blaul
- p. 11/12 - Man by Meynen & Co /// BLANK
- p. 13/14 - Man by Husted & Co /// Man with 2 women by Georg Schmidt in Butzbach, Germany
- p. 15/16 - Girl by Broadbent Co /// Man & Woman by Gilbert & Bacon
- p. 17/18 - Child by Mallon /// BLANK
- p. 19/20 - BLANK /// BLANK
- p. 21/22 - Man by Blaul /// Man & Woman by Atelier Meinhards in Germany
- p. 23/24 - Man & Woman clipped postcard /// Man, Woman & 2 Children by Blaul
- p. 25/26 - BLANK /// Man & Woman by G. Myland
- p. 27/28 - 2 Girls Unknown Maker /// BLANK
- p. 29/30 - Man by Clemens Seeber in Chemnitz, Germany in 1890 (CDV) /// Woman by C. Seeber AND Woman with Child by C. Seeber (there are 2 CDVS on this page)
- p. 31/32 - Woman by C. Seeber AND Woman by Dietrich & Witte in Germany (there are 2 CDVS on this page) /// BLANK
- Used - AS IS CONDITION
- The music box mechanism still works, but only when uncovered (it doesn't play when the pages are on top of the music box - The top of the music box was originally sealed off from the rest of the book by a piece of paper - This paper has been torn away by a previous owner
- Some light scratches and scuffs on the celluloid cover - Some light chipping to the celluloid around the edges of the cover, mainly on the corners
- The middle piece of the metal lock mechanism on the side is broken off and missing - Some light scratches and tarnish on all of the metal pieces on the album
- Numerous cracks and spots of chipping on the cream-colored celluloid that covers the wooden base/box which houses the music box
- One of the metal feet on the underside needs to be nailed down
- Numerous spots of chipping to the faux-leather covering on the underside of the music box
- The binding of the pages of the album is strong and intact
- Two of the photographs have been "clipped" from there original form, and thus have jagged edges
- Some light browning, fading and tiny foxing/discoloration spots on the photographs
- Some light crimps from handling and a few tiny margin tears on some of the photographs
- A little bit of handwriting on the back of some of the photographs in pencil
- A few tiny spots of surface chipping around the edges of the cardboard, mainly on the corners
- There are numerous small margin tears and small spots of chipping to the paper binding on the pages, where the photographs are inserted - This paper has become brittle with age, and is heavily browned - Some of the cross-bars of paper (where the photos are inserted) are torn from the binding
- Thank you! Stock #6lb1OP1S6-70219RL0124
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