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251 black and white photographs, each laid in to corners on leaves within a photograph album. Wrappers and tied with a string. Each photograph is 6.1x8.5 cm. (2½x3¼") or the reverse.

Each photograph in this travel album is neatly captioned in ink on bottom margin by the photographer, Roy J. Davidson, Ohio resident. In this very thick photograph album are hundreds of photographs narrating all the Oregon destinations visited by the young man and his friends. Among the places visited were the Portland Harbor, Chinidere mountain trail, Silver Creek, Bonneville and Cannon Beach, and many other trails, creeks and hikes. Also includes some great shots of various interesting persons or activities such as "South Sea Islanders - Ship Hands," a "Young China" (a Chinese child), and the Portland Rose Festival. One of 6 photograph albums produced by the amateur photographer Roy J. Davidson to be offered in today's auction. At least one photograph by Davidson was published in The Photographic Times, in Vol. XLII, No. 4, 1910.