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Snyder, Susan [Photographs of canoe camping in France from the Susan Snyder papers].
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Title:
[Photographs of canoe camping in France from the Susan Snyder papers]Creator/Contributor:
Snyder, Susan, 1948-, creator, creator.Abstract:
Snapshot photographs documenting a canoe camping journey undertaken by a group of 3 unidentified English friends across France
in the late 19th century, chiefly along the Marne and Seine rivers and adjacent canals. Locations and other points of interest
depicted include Le Havre, Damary, Dormans, the Marne region, Chierry, Courcelles, Mery, Chàteau Thierry, St. Jean-les-deux-Jumeaux,
Trilport, Meaux, Canal de Chelles at Gournay, Lagny, Neuilly, Paris, St. Cloud, Poissy, Menlan, Nantes, La Roche Guyon, Petit
Audeley, Chateau Gaillard, and Pont de l'Arche. Depicted locations in England include Bristol and Saltford. The name of a
canoe that appears throughout the album is Minnehaha.
Date:
1890 (issued)Subject:
e-fr--- -- e-uk-enSnyder, Susan -- 1948- -- Archives
Canoes and canoeing -- France -- Photographs
Canoe camping -- France -- Photographs
Canals -- France -- Photographs
France -- Photographs
Marne River (France) -- Photographs
Seine River (France) -- Photographs
Note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographer(s) unknown.
Collected by Susan Snyder.
Collection was previously bound as a photograph album; leaves disbound prior to library's acquisition.
Captions in English throughout.
Photographs from the Susan Snyder papers, BANC PIC 2018.032, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Type:
graphicPhotograph albums.
Albumen prints.
Physical Description:
photoprint
99 photographs in 1 box : albumen prints on board mounts ; sheets various sizes, mounts 22 x 27 cm
Language:
English