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English and American family album with music box
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Photo album with 15 pages containing a total of 30 photos. The album contains 9 cabinet photos and 21 cartes-de-visite in passe-partouts framed with gold lines or images of flowers in cliché. At the back of the album is a music box that could be activated with the closure. Depicted are portraits of unknown men, women, and children. The photos were made by various photographers, mainly from England and America. The photographer of 7 photos is anonymous.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEngels en Amerikaans familiealbum met speeldoos. c. 1900. anonymous, diverse vervaardigers. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
