PBA Galleries

92 original silverprints mounted to leaves, bound between two boards, tied with string. Sizes vary, many are 11.5x16.3 cm. (4½x6½), with many others smaller.

Each photograph in the album created by Roy J. Davidson has a neat ink caption on the edge of the photograph. Includes some incredible photographs of post-storm destruction in Cedar Rapids in May of 1911. Includes a few interesting portraits, such as the 1911 basketball team of First Christian Sunday School, and "The Sultan of Sulu." Areas photographed include Iowa City, downtown, Washington Park, Devil's Glen, Cedar River, and Indian Creek. 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.