[Photo Album of Trip from Wisconsin to Washington]

Various places, 1949. Near fine. 11" x 14". Full leather post binder. 130 pages with 351 black and white photos adhesive mounted. 60 photos measure 4½" x 6½" or larger, the rest measure from 2¼" x 3½" to 3" x 5" and all are captioned. Album and contents near fine or better.

This is an album of well composed images documenting a trip from the northern Midwest to the Pacific Northwest in June 1949. It's organized into the following twelve different sections, each with a handsomely designed separate title page in colored stencil with an outline map and the following titles: Wisconsin to Bismarck; Bismarck; Badlands (Cedar Canyon); Roosevelt National Park; Red Lodge; Red Lodge Highway; Yellowstone National Park; South Yellowstone to Gingko Park; Gingko Park and Canyon; Lower Columbia River Highway; Bonneville Dam; and Upper Columbia River Highway.

It was compiled by a serious photo enthusiast with the very first picture in the album showing camera equipment. The photos are exceptionally crisp and all of them meticulously placed on the page with captions in an artful hand. There are approximately 52 street scenes and/or side of the road attractions and commercial buildings and the compiler also excelled in landscape photos. We see state capitols and state "welcome to" or entrance signs, Teddy Roosevelt's birthplace, many photos of geysers, several of sawmills, and several more of mines. Another interesting aspect is thatthe compiler took pictures of where they lodged, with at least 19 show the exterior buildings of roadside motels and hotels.

A compelling and lively album, with images that leap off the page.