Most photographs (sl.) foxed, warped and sl. wrinkled; some sl. faded (in outer margins); one photograph w. tear.
= Interesting collection compiled by Derksen Staats (father of the painter J.J. Derksen Staats), one of many Dutchmen who worked for the Nederlandsch-Zuid-Afrikaansche Spoorwegmaatschappij (NZASM). From ±1890 onwards the NZASM worked on the construction of the railway between Pretoria and Maputo (Mozambique), which was opened in 1894. The photographs in the current album showing the section between Machadodorp and Komatiepoort (for a large part following the Krokodilrivier), containing i.a. a view of Maputo Bay, the bridge over the Komati river, the station of Komatiepoort, the station of Kaapmuiden, Krokodilpoort, the tunnel between Waterval-Onder and Waterval-Boven and the station of Waterval-Onder. Also including many photographs showing the impressive landscape (several with western and native people posing), two photographs of a native African village and a stopping place for horse carts (on the building in the background: "[...] Kaufmann & Co. Algemeene Handelaars"). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE L.
= The Colombo firm Apothecaries Co. bought the stock of negatives from the Scowen company in 1893.
AND 5 other Sinhalese views, all mounted, i.a. by C.T. SCOWEN, i.a. a large group of Buddhist priests and a street view in Pettah, Colombo.
- All w. glue stains on verso (a few still partly attached to board); a few dam. or sl. stained.
- A few glass slides (sl.) defective.
= I.a. Sint Anna ter Muiden, Sluis, Breskens, Brugge, Brussels and The Hague.
= I.a. a view of a camp of foreign correspondents at Port Arthur (during the Japanese-Russian War), Theatre Street in Osaka, Japanese workmen (by Tamotsu Enami), funeral procession for Lieutenant Suzuki (killed in the Japanese-Russian War), Ginza (Tokio), vegetable markt in Moscow (1902), sword dance in Jaipur, cotton pickers in Georgia, market places in Montego Bay and Kingston (both Jamaica), Caracas (Venezuela), Zakazik (Egypt), Mexico City, lime sellers in Cordoba, Mexico and cigar making in Cuba.
WITH: "The Mercury Stereoscope". Stereoscope viewer, "Holmes" type, wood and chiselled metal parts, face part w. velvet lining, sliding stereograph holder, American Stereoscopic Company, ±1902.
- Velvet worn.
AND 1 other similar, lacking the sliding holder.
= Mostly private family snapshots. Locations include i.a. Paris, Versailles, The Hague and surroundings, Wassenaar, Vlaardingen and Rotterdam.
- Most sl. warped.
= United States (±30x) (i.a. w. the address of A.F. de Boer voedingsartikelen on verso (i.a. views of the Exhibition at St. Louis, Chigaco, Colorado Springs, Yellowstone), Germany (±30x), the Netherlands (±30x, mostly city views, but also a few in the surroundings of Arnhem) and some other countries (i.a. Russia, India, Greece, Italy and Norway).
= I.a. a funeral procession and a market in Beijing and the statesman Li Hung Chang being carried to his yamen in Tientsin.
- Lacks the large sliding graphoscope lens.
= Views of Paramaribo (i.a. the railway station on the Vaillaint square in Paramaribo), growing, shipping and transport of bananas (Bacove) and sugar cane, various plantations i.a. Beekhuizen, Mariënburg, "rijstpellerij 'Poeloepantjo'".
= Contains photographs of i.a. (the crew and members of the Cordia family on) the Red line cruise ship S.S. Belgenland, Havana, the Panama Canal, the Gatun lock, Pedro-Miguel lock, California (i.a. of Hollywood and Santa Barbara), Hawaii (i.a. a volcano eruption of the Kilauea by K. MEANARA and surfers and Hula dancers), Macao, Hong Kong, Manila, Java (i.a. Soerabaja by O. KURKDJIAN) and Sabang. Also contains i.a. lithogr. program booklets and menu-cards of the same cruise.
- All warped.
AND ±75 other photographs of Tunisia, late 19th/ first half 20th cent., albumen prints and gelatin silver prints, small and medium sizes, i.a. a series of 9 gelatin silver prints by M. FLANDRIN.
= I.a. "Derviches Tourneurs" and "Le port de Gara Keuy, pris de Yénneh".