Group of 34 Glass Travel Slides Depicting Views of Pre-Bolshevik Era Russia, circa 1895 - 1915 [Russia] Photography,Russia,Travel/Exploration

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Group of 34 Glass Travel Slides DepictingViews of Pre-Bolshevik Era Russia, circa 1895 - 1915. Publishers include: Keystone View Company, Underwood & Underwood, Cornell Photos Supply Co., McIntosh Stereopticon Company, and Victor Animatograph Co. Thirty-four glass travel slides, various publishers, mostly black and white, some color, some with printed or manuscript labels. Most measuring approx. 3.25 x 4 inches, with a few measuring approx. 3.25 x 3.25 inches. Most in later protective paper sleeves, many with pencil titles. Housed in vintage handled, cloth-covered wooden boxes, labeled "Portland Public Schools Visual Aid Department." Manuscript lists affixed to box lids do not reflect actual contents. Pencil sleeve-descriptions include: St. Petersburg - Tsarskoe Selo, Alexandra Feodrovna and German Empress;St. Petersburg - Peter & Paul Cathedral - Burial Place of Tsars; Moscow - St. Basil's; 5 Men;St. Petersburg - Street Paving; Man in Village Street; Rural Building w/ Lots of People Posed; Moscow - Red Square; Moscow - Tsar Bell; Coachman in Coach; Russia (?) Peasants;Russia (?) Dacha;Russia (?) Toika & Driver on Street; Moscow (?) Large Church in City;Russia (?) Coachman & Horses; Moscow - Kremlin & River (Keystone);Tsarskoe Selo Village;St. Petersburg - Troika & Driver in Courtyard; Kremlin - Ivan The Great Bell Tower, Tsar Bell; Moscow: House of Romanov Boyars;St. Petersburg - Nevski Prospekt (x 2); Moscow - Kremlin - Assumption Cathedral Int.; Kremlin View;St. Petersburg Street View;St. Petersburg Bridge; Troika;Moscow - Kremlin - Ivan the Great Bell Tower; Guard. . Most slides with taped edges; some images slightly faded; some slides with small cracks; library boxes somewhat rubbed and worn. Very good.
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