Item 15: Album of photographs of Switzerland/France, 1905 / from the papers of George Ernest Morrison

PXA 213

item

1905

Graphic Materials, Photographs

457900

1 album (12 photographic prints) - 13.4 x 16.2 cm.

12 sepia photoprints of mountains around Chamonix, France.

1. Captioned Miss G[odwin], EG and M.O.M , Chamonix 5.0pm
2. Captioned M.O.M and Miss G[odwin], Glacier des Bossons Mt Blanc
3. Captioned JJB, WAB and WD, Crevasse on Gran Paradiso
4. Captioned WAB, EG and WD, After lunch Mont Frely
5. Captioned WD and EG, Four regular “Nailers”
6. Captioned JJB, WAB and WD, Glacier du Geant
7. Captioned JJB, WAB and WD, Seracs Geant Glacier
8. Captioned JJB, WAB and WD, Icefall, Geant Glr
9. Captioned Miss Godwin, WD and EG, Lunch
10. Song without words
11. Captioned EG, WD, and WAB, On Geant Glacier
12. A day off

Out of copyright: Created before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

Each photograph is annotated with manuscript label of subject's initials, place, and other terms.
Subjects identified by initials: Miss G., E. G., M.O.M., J.J.B., W.A.B., W.D., P.G., E.G.

The title embossed on the book case (made by the Library) is 'Album of Switzerland' but the photographs appear to be of France including Chamonix, Mt Blanc and the Glacier du Geant.

To Rebecca with my love. October 27th 1905 -- inscribed on front endpaper.