AN IMPORTANT Fine Large Folio PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM of Albumen Prints of a TOUR in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and CANADA in 1874-1875 containing 175+ Ph

This is a very important large Folio Leather bound Album measuring 21 by 15 inches containing 175+ Albumen prints recording a tour in the United States of America and Canada in the years 1874-1875 by a L. Hope Edwardes, the majority of the photographs are captioned. First page contains portrait photographs of the U.S. President General Grant, General Sherman, Lieutenant General Sheridan, Marshall Jewell Postmaster General, the Poet Willian Cullen Bryant, Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Album then continues with photographs of the tour, Baltimore Maryland & Harbour, Chesapeake Bay & ships, Battle Monument in Square, Washington Monument, Druid's Hill Park, two large photos of cartoons titled A Ku Klux Jury in South Carolina with a handwritten explanation of the Ku Klux Clubs, Carpetbaggers & the Jury Process in the southern states, Cotton Pickers in the field & Negro cabins, Charleston South Carolina, Fort Sumter, Washington Monument, Capitol Square, Richmond Virginia, Savannah Harbour shipping cotton, Fountain in public gardens Savannah, Bonaventure Cemetery near Savannah Georgia, street scene in Savannah, photographs of Florida, the Everglades & Swamps, Negro Quarters in Jacksonville, Charlotte Street & Hospital Street in St. Augustine, St John's River, Landing Pier Green Cove Springs, Jacksonville, A Bayou, Mississippi Steam Boats, Jackson Square, Cathedral, Canal Street, The Levee, New Orleans Louisiana, St. Louis Street Scene Missouri, a large photograph of the Mississippi River icebound and the Bridge at St. Louis, James Howard paddle Steamer, Carondelet, Cattle Yards at Chicago , The Water Works, Palmer House Hotel, two photos of the City of Chicago showing devastation from the Great Fire of 1871, Niagara Falls, Rapids above the falls, & Winter ice & Snow, The White House in Washington, & Treasury building, inside the Senate Chamber & the House of Representatives, & various photographs of inside the Whitehouse, New York with photos of Union Square & Broadway, Madison Square Gardens, Central Park, Pennsylvania, inside the independence chamber where the Declaration of Independence was signed, The Liberty Bell, Statue of Penn, Philadelphia University, Independence Hall, Fairmont Park, Old Swedes Church, Massachusetts, Charles Street, Boston Common, The Washington Elm Cambridge, Tremont Mall, Longfellow's House, State House Boston, The Public Garden, Maid of the Mist Fountain, Athenian Building Beacon Street, Memorial Hall, State Street, Kings Chapel. The Maine and New Brunswick, Saint John Suspension Bridge, Harbour, & Street Scenes in Saint John, Portland, Congress Street, Harbour & Ships, Montreal Canada, a panoramic view of Montreal, River & Bridge, Water Works, a crowded scene fancy dress ball at the Skating Rink, an ice packed St. Lawrence river Montreal, and various wintry street scenes in the city, St. James Club Dorchester, Wellington Terrace, St Catherine Street, Sherbrooke Street, People Cutting Ice on the St Lawrence River, views of Quebec & River with tall sailing ships & steam boats, Floating timber down the St Lawrence, The Citadel, St. Lewis Gate, natural Steps above the Waterfalls on Montmorency river, Snow bound cottages at Point Levi, a railway & steam train with a plough pushing its way through the deep snow, street scenes in Quebec, including Breakneck steps, Little Champlain street, Durham Terrace, the House where Montgomery was laid. Ottawa, The Parliament building, the River, Halifax Nova Scotia, with Halifax seen from the Dartmouth side of the river, Melville island,& various snowbound street scenes in Halifax, many of the photographs measure 3 inches by 3.5 inches approx., also a number of larger ones measuring 9 inches by 7 inches & 10 by 5 & 14.5 by 10.5 inches. Nearly 180 in total providing a fantastic historical record of the United States & Canada in 1874-75. The album very heavy, 10 kilos unpacked, shipping costs will be more than the basic standard quote, overseas shipping will be expensive