PBA Galleries

196 original silver print and albumen photographs, mounted to black paper leaves within cloth album. Vary in size from 8.5x6.3 cm. (3¼x2½") or the reverse and 12.4x17.3 cm. (5x6¾").

Ohio native Roy J. Davidson documents his travels in this photograph album. Places include Ohio, New York, Niagara Falls, Oregon, and more. A handful of photographs in the early leaves are captioned, including some photographs of electric and steam-powered locomotives. Most photographs not captioned. They included many images of mountain trails and mountain peaks, forest scenes including the sites of various campgrounds, plus lakes, meadows, bridges, and portraits of people. One of 8 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.