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The Germany, Austria, France travel photograph album contains approximately 146 photographs documenting a trip to Europe.

The Germany, Austria, France travel photograph album contains approximately 146 photographs documenting a trip to Europe.

The album (27 x 37 cm) is book bound and an inscription on the spine reads "Germany, Austria, France 1888 Daniel." Images begin with scenes in Germany including views of Cologne, castles on the Rhine, Leipzig, and Berlin and the City Palace. Also present are images of the Sanssouci in Potsdam, the cities of Dresden and Carlsbad and Vienna, Austria, as well as photographs of works of art, Munich, and Baden-Baden. The album finishes with a series of images of French scenes including views of Strasbourg, Montecarlo, Monaco, Cannes, and Marseilles.

The H. Merriman European travel photograph album contains 42 commercially produced views of landmarks in England, France, Germany, and Switzerland as well as six theater tickets, 18 theater programs, 39 tourist attraction or transportation tickets, 26 receipts, and two newspaper clippings.

The H. Merriman European travel photograph album contains 42 views of landmarks in England, France, Germany, and Switzerland as well as six theater tickets, 18 theater programs, 39 tourist attraction or transportation tickets, 26 receipts, and two newspaper clippings.

The album (32 x 24 cm) has marbled paper covers. The majority of photographs in the album consist of commercially produced images of European tourist destinations. In order of appearance the cities represented include London, Brussels, Cologne, Mainz, Frankfort, Hamburg, Heidelberg, Baden-Baden, Zurich, Lucerne, Interlochen, Berne, St. Gotthard, Chamonix, Geneva, Lausanne, Paris, Amiens, Canterbury, and Liverpool. Also present throughout the album are theater programs and tickets for a range of performances from the Royal Lyceum's King Henry the Eighth to vaudeville at the Empire Theatre of Varieties. Of additional note are tops of hotel bills and tickets from means of transportation such as the London Underground and Berner Tramway.