The Collected Library, Including Americana and Early Photography

17 1/2 x 13 in. album, "Yale '92" and "Thomas Denny, Jr." in gilt on front cover. Contains approx. 105 photographs, including a combination of cabinet cards and approx. 7 x 9 in. photographs of Yale professors, staff, students, campus grounds, and the surrounding environment. Front page of album includes imprint of the Pach Brothers of New York, and the enclosed cabinet cards also bear the Pach Brother's studio imprint. Additional images of note include the Yale baseball and football teams. (Significant wear to album exterior, including spine, many interior album pages loose, appears to be missing at least three 7 x 9 in. photographs.)

[With:] 9 x 7 in. albumen photograph (trimmed along edges, some toning and wear to edges and corners). Located at the corner of Chapel Street and College Street, Pach's Yale Photo Studio is featured centrally in this image, with abundant signage advertising their name and trade. Other storefronts visible include the C. A. Gulliver, Jr. College Book Store, Seyffart & Dobermann's Vienna Confectionery, a tailor, and a drug store. Also visible is a mobile cart with "New Haven Ice Co." emblazoned on the side.

[With:] 7 x 6 in. (visible) matted albumen photograph (moderate toning, ink doodling to left side; mat with toning and chipping to edges and corners). Mat with printed caption above and below image including "Yale Freshman Crew - 1873" and identifying subjects as Frederick Wood, H. W. DeForest, G. L. Brownell, V. H. Metcalf, D. H. Kellog, and F. N. Noyes." What appear to be silver goblets rest on the table at the center of the gentleman, and two flags, likely an American flag and a Yale flag, are held by the two gentlemen in the back row.

[With:] 16 mounted albumen photographs, each approx. 6 7/8 x 4 3/4, mounted recto/verso on cardstock mounts, possibly previously bound (toning throughout; mount edges show some clipping and unevenness). Subjects include the interior of a gymnasium, Divinity Hall, the Old Peabody Museum, a statue of Abrahamus Pierson, and an old wooden water pump.