[Photo Album]: Sheppards Family Travels in the United States and Canada

Kansas, Missouri, Canada, New York, Arizona, Montana, 1921. Hardcover. Near Fine. Oblong small quarto. Measuring 11" x 7". String-tied black leather over paper boards with "Photographs" stamped in gilt on the front board. Contains 268 sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs affixed to stiff gray paper, the images measuring between 1.5" x 3" to 7" x 9.5" with some captions. A very good album with some wear on the edges and faint spotting with near fine photographs.

A photo album kept by a family from Kansas while they visited their family across the United States and Canada in 1921. The album begins with the Sheppard family from Morehead, Kansas, posing in front of their car before their year-long journey around the country which began in April of 1921. They started by visiting Grandma Sheppard in Missouri with four generations posing on the porch of the family home. They visited "Ozark Country" in Missouri where they went camping, fishing, and explored Lake Taneycomo. They traveled to Niagara Falls followed by Lake Placid. They stopped in Quebec and Montreal, documenting the drive with photographs of the St. Lawrence and Batiscan rivers. It appears they were on their way to Nova Scotia to work at Broudrieu Farm, which was owned by "Aunt Maggie and Uncle George." There are numerous pictures of the farm and the surrounding area with photos of horses ploughing fields, fishing on the nearby river, and working on the car. One photo of a parade in the street shows the arrival of the Duke of York when he was traveling through Canada. After leaving the farm the family traveled to Arizona to visit the Grand Canyon taking a variety of photographs displaying the enormity of the site and the beauty of the natural wonder. The last section shows photos of the campus of Montana State University, especially focusing on the chemistry building, Montana Hall, and a room captioned "the office."

An extensive assemblage of photographs depicting a year-long road trip of a family.