Illustrated souvenir album of Haiti, : comprising the leading business houses and views of the republic
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Description
- Title
- Illustrated souvenir album of Haiti, : comprising the leading business houses and views of the republic
- Contributor
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Barham, Adrian St. Clair, 1868 or 1869- printer.
Ed. G. Mevs & Cie., photographer.
S. McCoy, publisher. - Published / Created
- 1895 ([Kingston, Jamaica] : Printed by A.S. Barham, Kingston, Jamaica)
- Publication Place
- Toronto, Canada
- Publisher
- Published by S. McCoy, Toronto, Canada
- Abstract
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63 cyanotype photographs in one volume, with a printed title page and captions. The album was printed in Kingston, Jamaica by Adrian St. Clair Barham, and published in Toronto, Canada by S. McCoy. The fourth photograph in the volume is captioned opposite the image: "Photographie de Ed. G. Mevs & Cie."; the photographers of the remaining cyanotypes are unidentified. Photographs depict businesses in Cap Haïtien, Gonaïves, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Opposite each photograph is a printed text with the name, address, and short description of the business it depicts. Businesses depicted include banks, customs brokers, hotels, jewelers, lumber-yards, merchants, pharmacies, printers, soap factories, and trading companies
- Description
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Adrian St. Clair Barham (1868 or 1869-) was a printer in Kingston, Jamaica.
Ed. G. Mevs & Cie. was a photography studio active in Port-au-Prince, Haiti circa 1885-1900. The studio was founded by American photographer Edward G. Mevs (1866-[1950?]).
Text in French and English.
Title from title page.
Place and date of creation from title page.
Cover title: "View album of Haiti". - Provenance
- Purchased from Margolis & Moss on the Chandler White and Philena Pennell Smith Acquisitions Fund, 2018.
- Extent
- 63 photographs in 1 volume : volume 20 x 24 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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French
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS VOL 767
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Pictorial works
Cyanotypes (photographic prints)
Photographs
Viewbooks - Material
- cyanotype print ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
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Haiti
Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)
Gonaïves (Haiti)
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) - Subject (Name)
- Ed. G. Mevs & Cie.
- Subject (Topic)
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Banks and banking
Customhouse brokers
Drugstores
Hotels
Jewelry stores
Lumber-yards
Merchants
Printers
Soap factories
Trading companies - Subjects
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Ed. G. Mevs & Cie
Banks and banking > Haiti > Pictorial works
Customhouse brokers > Haiti > Pictorial works
Drugstores > Haiti > Pictorial works
Hotels > Haiti > Pictorial works
Jewelry stores > Haiti > Pictorial works
Lumber-yards > Haiti > Pictorial works
Merchants > Haiti > Pictorial works
Printers > Haiti > Pictorial works
Soap factories > Haiti > Pictorial works
Trading companies > Haiti > Pictorial works
Cap-Haïtien (Haiti) > Pictorial works
Gonaïves (Haiti) > Pictorial works
Haiti > Pictorial works
Port-au-Prince (Haiti) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Illustrated Souvenir Album of Haiti. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 99156518083408651
- Object ID (OID)
- 33403002
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