Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 32 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a man and boy with dog in a field of sheep. Sky is blue and pink.
[Man and young boy in field with sheep]
Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 24 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a man and young boy standing in a field, surrounded by a dog, deer, bear and sheep.
[Little boy sitting with animals]
Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 14 in the series. Black paper around glass edges.Heavily painted. Image is of a young boy sitting on a log with a baby sheep on his lap, a dog at his feet and a squirrel on his shoulder.
[Two men and a dog on the porch]
Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 12 in the series. Heavily painted. Image is of two men, one standing with his arms and fists in the air, one sitting with a dog in his lap. They're on a porch of a log cabin, with sheep in the field next to them. Trees and blue sky.
Glass slide, handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 9 in the series. Black paper around glass edges. Heavily painted. Image is of a woman standing with a horse, holding its reins, in a field, there's sheep in the background with trees. The sky is blue with pink/white clouds.
[Three people poking head out of door]
Lantern slide, glass slide. Handpainted over B&W slide. No wood frame. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 6, follows the same series. Heavily painted. Two men and one woman poke their heads out from a doorway, looking at something 'off-screen' - perhaps the two men talking at the gate from the previous slide 2008.001.1304.
Glass slide, handpainted over B&W image. Black frame with gold letters "Edward Van Altena 71-79W. 45th St., N.Y.C." Slide is numbered 4. No wood frame. Black paper around glass edges. Image of a man standing in a field looking up at the sky. He's in a field with a wood fence, housing sheep, and there's buildings in the background. The sky is painted blue and pink.
Item is a folding album with a black lacquered wood cover, including painted and ivory inlay decoration. White accordion folded pages. Tissue interleaving. 24 albumen photographs are mounted with glue. Images are hand coloured.
Photographs include scenic views and landscapes, architecture of buildings, portraits - mostly of women engaged in cotton-spinning or other activities.
Item is a black lacquered wood cover with painted decoration. White accordion folded pages with green edges. Photographs are mounted with paste and perhaps burnished. Images hand coloured. All folds in tact; no breakage.
Locations include: Shiba, Tokic; Mukojima, Tokyo; Sanjinko, Nikko; Yokohama; Yhama; Kamakura; Hakone; Castle of Nagoya; Kioto; Sarusawa at Nara; Hikone; Inland Sea; Nagasaki.
Themes include: temples, flowers and bamboo, ships, man-drawn carriages, domestic portraits of girls - spinning cotton, singing, drawing up water, shell-picking. m