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article in New York Sun on Favorite Vernacular Photo Books
Thursday, 13 December, 2007
The following in an excerpt from the Gift of Inspiration by Wiliam Meyers which appeared in The New York Sun on December 13, 2007.
"Around the World: The Grand Tour in Photo Albums" by Barbara Levine and Kirsten M. Jensen (Princeton Architectural Press) is a handsome volume of a specific category of found photographs. The book reproduces pictures from around the turn of the 20th century, when both photography and travel became easier and less expensive. Whole pages of the albums are shown so we see the pictures mounted with their accompanying inscriptions and comments, as well as travel memorabilia such as timetables, brochures, and menus.
