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1904 antique TRAVEL SCRAPBOOK england scotland TARTAN TICKETS MAPS PC dillaway
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OWNED C. W. DILLAWAY ESQ.
AI-assisted research note: This description was prepared with the aid of image analysis and historical interpretation. Dates, identifications, and attributions should be reviewed independently for complete accuracy.
Large and visually impressive Edwardian-era British travel scrapbook / tourist souvenir album dating chiefly to 1904, measuring approximately 11 x 12.75 inches and packed with mounted travel ephemera from journeys through England and Scotland. The album contains a remarkable variety of period tourist material including postcards, scenic souvenir views, architectural prints, railway and transit tickets, maps, hotel receipts, dining bills, guidebook pages, newspaper clippings, advertising pieces, and Scottish tartan textile swatches.
Locations and subjects represented include London, Lincoln, Chester, Liverpool, York, Durham, Edinburgh, and other British destinations. Many pages focus on cathedrals, castles, historic streets, monuments, and architectural landmarks including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, Lincoln Cathedral, York Minster, Durham Cathedral, and Chester Cathedral.
A particularly attractive feature is the mounted collection of labeled Scottish tartan fabric swatches, including clan patterns such as Gordon, Black Watch, Fraser, Stuart Dress, Royal Stuart, Ferguson, Maxwell, Forbes, Malcolm, Sutherland, Urquhart, and Rob Roy. These textile samples give the scrapbook exceptional decorative and folk-art appeal beyond the usual tourist album.
The scrapbook also preserves numerous ephemeral survivals rarely found together intact, including:
- Railway and transit tickets
- American Express London travel map
- Hotel and dining-room receipts
- Tourist guide material
- Newspaper and illustrated travel clippings
- Scottish tartan textile samples
An outstanding surviving example of an early 20th-century personal travel archive documenting Edwardian tourism in Britain before World War I. The combination of transportation memorabilia, London and cathedral material, Scottish tartans, and carefully assembled souvenirs gives the album broad appeal to collectors of travel ephemera, British tourism history, railway memorabilia, textile souvenirs, and scrapbook assemblages.
Authentic period piece related to family, historyor local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.Vintage or Antique.
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