Collection of 73 engraved visiting cards, 55 of which have the visitor's name either printed or written in manuscript. Identified travelers include Lady Mountstuart; Phillipina Deane and her daughter Cornelia; "Il Cavelier Mann" (possibly Horace Mann); Viscountess Hampden; Mrs. Hamlyn of Wimpole Street; the contessa Piccolomini; Columba Danzetta Roncalli; and Le Comte de Collered.
Written on his "retirement from the management of Camera Notes" and expression of support for his further endeavors; signed by 104 photographers and writers from New York (including Kasebier, Keiley, Abel, Fuguet, Steichen), Philadelphia (Bullock, Stirling, Redfield, Rau), Ohio (White, Spencer, Stanbery, Maurer), Denver, and Pittsburgh; bound in volume with similar typescript statement signed by 14 photographers from Chicago