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Lot 232
Sale 5856 - Photographs & Photobooks
Sep 11, 2019
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$563
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Lot Description
[TRAVEL & EXPLORATION] ALBUM OF CORNELIUS KRAUSE MEXICO LAND INVESTIGATION
Ca. 1923. Oblong 4to. Album of panoramic gelatin silver prints, corners bumped. Forty image sheets mounted to black paper album pages, with two images per sheet and descriptive text on each photo.
Images: approximately 3 1/2 x 9 1/2 (8.9 x 24.1cm) each.
Sheete: 8 x 9 3/4 in. (20.3 x 24.8cm).
Cornelius Krause (1886–1968) was born in Manitoba, Canada, on a Mennonite reserve. These photos were collected by him and taken by a Mexican land agent that traveled with Krause and other delegates who were considering moving a group of Mennonites from Canada to Mexico.