Series VI: Postcards
Subseries A: Places (exteriors)
1 Firenze
Firenze, undated, inclusive
Firenze, ca. 1918, inclusive
2 Italy
Alberobello (province of Bari), undated, inclusive
Amalfi, undated, inclusive
Andria (province of Bari), undated, inclusive
Assisi (province of Perugia), undated, inclusive
Capri (province of Napoli), undated, inclusive
Certaldo (province of Firenze), undated, inclusive
Figline Val d'Arno (province of Firenze), undated, inclusive
Ischia (province of Napoli), undated, inclusive
Isola Farnese (province of Roma), undated, inclusive
Mantova, undated, inclusive
Modena, undated, inclusive
Monreale (province of Palermo), undated, inclusive
Monte Oliveto Maggiore (province of Siena), undated, inclusive
Napoli, undated, inclusive
Orta San Giulio (province of Novara), undated, inclusive
Padova, ca. 1914, inclusive
Paestum (province of Salerno), undated, inclusive
Palermo, undated, inclusive
Parma, undated, inclusive
Perugia, undated, inclusive
Pienza (province of Siena), undated, inclusive
Pistoia, undated, inclusive
Poppi (province of Arezzo), undated, inclusive
Posillipo (province of Napoli), undated, inclusive
General note
Annotated on the recto by HA "the house below me".
Possagno (province of Treviso), undated, inclusive
Pozzuoli (province of Napoli), undated, inclusive
Riva del Garda (province of Trento), undated, inclusive
Roma, undated, inclusive
I Ronchi (province of Massa Carrara), undated, inclusive
San Gimignano (province of Siena), undated, inclusive
San Gimignano, Pieve di Cellole (province of Siena), undated, inclusive
San Leo (province of Urbino), undated, inclusive
San Marino, undated, inclusive
Sorrento (province of Napoli), undated, inclusive
Spoleto (province of Perugia), undated, inclusive
Stresa (province of Novara), undated, inclusive
Tivoli (province of Roma), undated, inclusive
Todi (province of Perugia), undated, inclusive
Torbole, Riva del Garda (province of Trento), undated, inclusive
Trani (province of Bari), undated, inclusive
Trento, undated, inclusive
Treviso, undated, inclusive
Urbino, undated, inclusive
Vallombrosa (province of Firenze), undated, inclusive
Venezia, undated, inclusive
Viareggio (province of Lucca), undated, inclusive
Vignola (province of Modena), undated, inclusive
Volterra, undated, inclusive
3 Europe
Baltic States: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, undated, inclusive
Belgium, undated, inclusive
France, undated, inclusive
General note
Early postcards in alphabetical order.
France, undated, inclusive
France, undated, inclusive
Germany, undated, inclusive
Germany, undated, inclusive
Germany: Wurtzburg (Bayern), Veithochheim Hofgarten, undated, inclusive
Great Britain, undated, inclusive
Greece, undated, inclusive
Netherlands, undated, inclusive
Portugal, undated, inclusive
Spain, undated, inclusive
General note
Early postcards
Spain, undated, inclusive
Switzerland: Chateau de Lancy, Geneva, ca. 1916, inclusive
General note
The school attended by HA, September 1916-August 1917.
Switzerland, undated, inclusive
General note
Early postcards.
Switzerland, undated, inclusive
Turkey, undated, inclusive
4 US
Arizona, undated, inclusive
California, undated, inclusive
California: Lake Tahoe, undated, inclusive
California: Panama-Pacific exposition, 1915, inclusive
California: the Missions, undated, inclusive
California: Yellowstone Park, undated, inclusive
Chicago, undated, inclusive
Florida, undated, inclusive
Georgia, undated, inclusive
Magnolia, Massachusetts, undated, inclusive
Massachusetts, undated, inclusive
New York, undated, inclusive
Oregon, undated, inclusive
Washington D.C., undated, inclusive
Wisconsin: Lake Geneva, undated, inclusive
Wisconsin: Lake Geneva, undated, inclusive
General note
Residence of J.J. Mitchell, half brother of HMA.
5 rest of the world
Brazil, undated, inclusive
Canada, undated, inclusive
Egypt, undated, inclusive
India, undated, inclusive
Japan, undated, inclusive
Libya, undated, inclusive
Mexico, undated, inclusive
General note
Including interiors.
Peru: Arequipa, undated, inclusive
Serbia (Villa Agnes), undated, inclusive
Subseries B: Works of Art (and interiors)
1 Firenze
Firenze, undated, inclusive
2 Italy
Italy, undated, inclusive
General note
Early postcards.
Italy, undated, inclusive
Venetian scene of masqueraders, undated, inclusive
General note
Found in an album owned by HMA, 1911-1918.
Anacapri (province of Napoli), undated, inclusive
Bassano del Grappa, undated, inclusive
Bologna, undated, inclusive
Cortona, undated, inclusive
Genova, undated, inclusive
Mantova, undated, inclusive
Milano, undated, inclusive
Napoli, undated, inclusive
Palermo, undated, inclusive
Parma, undated, inclusive
Perugia, undated, inclusive
Ponte Buggianese (province of Pistoia), undated, inclusive
Ravenna, undated, inclusive
Roma, undated, inclusive
Siena, undated, inclusive
Spoleto, undated, inclusive
Torino, undated, inclusive
Trento, undated, inclusive
Urbino, undated, inclusive
Venezia, undated, inclusive
Verona, undated, inclusive
Volterra, undated, inclusive
3 Europe
Austria, undated, inclusive
Belgium, undated, inclusive
France, undated, inclusive
France: Angers, undated, inclusive
France: Anvers, Musée Royal des Beaux-Arts, undated, inclusive
France: Autun, undated, inclusive
France: Avignon, undated, inclusive
France: Blois, undated, inclusive
France: Bourg-en-Bresse (Ain), undated, inclusive
France: Brou, undated, inclusive
France: Caen, undated, inclusive
France: Cluny, undated, inclusive
France: Lyon, undated, inclusive
France: Nantes, undated, inclusive
France: Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, undated, inclusive
France: Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, undated, inclusive
France: Paris, Musée du Louvre, undated, inclusive
France: Paris, Musée de Sculpture Comparée, undated, inclusive
France: Pau, undated, inclusive
France: Rouen, undated, inclusive
France: Tours, undated, inclusive
France: Vézelay (Yonne), undated, inclusive
Germany, undated, inclusive
Germany: Ansbach, undated, inclusive
Germany: Berlin, undated, inclusive
Germany: Bruchsal, undated, inclusive
Germany: Dresden, undated, inclusive
Germany: Frankfurt, undated, inclusive
Germany: Munich, undated, inclusive
Germany: Potsdam, Schloss Sanssouci, undated, inclusive
Germany: Weimar, undated, inclusive
Great Britain, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: National Gallery of Ireland, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: London, British Museum, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: London, National Gallery, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: London, Victoria and Albert Museum, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: London, Wallace Collection, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: London, Westminster Abbey, undated, inclusive
Great Britain: Oxford, Randolph Hotel, undated, inclusive
General note
12 paintings by Osbert Lancaster illustrating Sir Max Beerbohm's novel 'Zuleika Dobson'
Great Britain: London, Sotheby's, undated, inclusive
Netherlands, undated, inclusive
Netherlands: Haarlem, undated, inclusive
Portugal, undated, inclusive
Spain, undated, inclusive
Spain: Aranjuez, undated, inclusive
Spain: Barcelona, undated, inclusive
Spain: Madrid, undated, inclusive
Spain: Madrid, Escorial, undated, inclusive
Spain: Madrid, Prado museum, undated, inclusive
Spain: Madrid, Prado museum, undated, inclusive
Switzerland, undated, inclusive
4 US
US, undated, inclusive
Albany (New York), undated, inclusive
Boston, undated, inclusive
California, undated, inclusive
Chicago, undated, inclusive
Massachusetts: Lee Mansion, Marblehead, undated, inclusive
Missouri, undated, inclusive
New York, undated, inclusive
Washington DC, undated, inclusive
US (Frank Duveneck, The Whistling Boy), undated, inclusive
5 rest of the world
Egypt, undated, inclusive
India, undated, inclusive
Mexico, undated, inclusive
Subseries C: Picture Postcards
Austria, undated, inclusive
Belgium, undated, inclusive
China, undated, inclusive
Egypt, undated, inclusive
France, undated, inclusive
France: First World War, ca. 1914-1918, inclusive
Germany, undated, inclusive
Great Britain, undated, inclusive
Great Britain, ca. 1911-1917, inclusive
Great Britain: First World War, ca. 1914-1918, inclusive
General note
Annotated on the verso.
Italy, undated, inclusive
Italy: First World War, ca. 1914-1918, inclusive
Italy: Second World War, ca. 1939-1945, inclusive
Japan, undated, inclusive
Russia, undated, inclusive
Spain, undated, inclusive
Switzerland, undated, inclusive
Switzerland: First World War, ca. 1914-1918, inclusive
US, undated, inclusive
US, ca. 1911-1918, inclusive
Subseries D: Postcards documenting Travels
1 Hortense Acton née Mitchell's travels
1908 (July 22-25) Italy, 1908, inclusive
General note
A trip from Firenze with [AA], Charles Loeser and [Count Carlo] Gamba to Arezzo, Cortona, Orvieto, Bolsena, Bagnaia (Villa Lante), Caprarola (Palazzo Farnese), Viterbo, Roma, Albano (Villa Chigi), Genzano, Lago di Nemi, Castel Gandolfo (Villa Barberini), Marino (where Loeser wanted to see a Guido Reni), Frascati (Villa Torlonia, Villa Falconieri, Villa Lancellotti, Villa Aldobrandini, Villa Mondragone), Tivoli (Villa d'Este), Civitavecchia, Grosseto, and Cecina.
1910 (June 5-6) Italy, 1910, inclusive
General note
A trip from Firenze with [AA] and others to Collodi, Monte Catini, Villa Mansi [Gamba] at Segromigno near Marlia (Lucca), Villa Torrigiani (Camugliano near Lucca), Villa Marlia (Principe di Capua), Bagni di Lucca, Villa Rosselmini, San Pancrazio di Lucca (now Villa Oliva Buonvisi), Villa Conte Bernardini at Saltocchio near Lucca, Pisa, Volterra, Siena.
1911 (April 3) Certosa di Pavia, 1911, inclusive
1911 (July 6-September 15) France and Itay, 1911, inclusive
General note
A trip through France with HMA's sister Bab (Marguerite Sheriff née Mitchell). Joined for part of it by AA, HA, WA, and Rothwell Sheriff. Bologna, Schlangenbad, Wiesbaden, Paris, Etretat (where HA and WA were left at the Hotel Blanquet), Villerville, Dives sur Mer, Caen, Bayeux, Coutances Avranches, Mont Saint-Michel, [Binic], Morlaix, Quimper, Concarneau, Carnac, Vitré, Moulins, Lyons, Moutiers, Aosta, Milano, Como,Bellagio, Milano, Torino, Biella, Novara, Brescia, Bologna, Firenze.
1911 (October 28) Firenze, 1911, inclusive
1911 (October 1-9) Italy, 1911, inclusive
General note
Trips from Firenze with AA and HMA's sister Bab (Marguerite Sheriff née Mitchell) to Collodi, Radicofani, Roma, Viterbo.
1912 (May 20 and July 30, August 10-September 1, and December 16 Italy and Germany, 1912, inclusive
General note
Trips in Italy and Germany, some with [Mrs Bayle], Ella O'Connor, and AA. Bologna, Ferrara, Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Isle of Ruegen (Binz and Scholoss Putbus), Berlin, Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam, Venezia, Vicenza Milano.
1913 ( June 21 - September 12) Great Britain, 1913, inclusive
General note
A trip to Great Britain with HMA's mother, HA and WA (who spent July in Cromer), [AA], Bab (Marguerite Sheriff née Mitchell), and her son Rothwell Sheriff. Ragaz, Basle, London, Plymouth, Exeter, Wells, Newbury, Stratford (Shottery), Warwick, Gloucester, Cardiff, Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Pass of Aberglaslyn, Conway castle, Llandudno, Bettws-y-Cood, Grasmere, Keswick, Portinscale, Edinburgh, Stirling castle, Ellens Isle, Loch Katrine, Trossachs, Callander, Stronachlacher, Lochearnhead, Blair Atholl, Inverness, Nairn, Lochness, Fort William, Caladonian Canal, Loch Lomand, Peebles, Abbotsford on Tweed, Melrose abbey, Durham, Ripon, York, Rowsley (Haddon Hall), Castleton, near Roseley, Buxton, Lincoln, Cromer (and Felbrigg woods), Norwich, Sandringham, Overstrand (Lady Battersea's the Pleasaunce), Ely, Cambridge, Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Ventnor, the Needles, Carisbrook castle, Brighton, Canterbury, and London. At the end of the trip HMA's mother, Marguerite Sheriff and her son Rothwell sail for America and HMA [and AA and/or a nurse] go to the Netherlands and Belgium (see folder #9), and then HA is left at school (Wixenford) on September 23.
1913 (September 15-21) Netherlands and Belgium, 1913, inclusive
General note
Trip to the Netherlands and Belgium Haarlem, Brussels, Antwerp.
1914 (May 16) France, 1914, inclusive
General note
Visit to France: Villa Trianon, Versailles, France (owned by Miss Elsie de Wolfe). She was a protegé of Stanford White. See I.A.4.2.-117.
1914 (June 27-August 6) Italy, 1914, inclusive
General note
Trips in Italy (at the outbreak of the First World War).
June 27-July 11: HMA motored with her brother Guy Mitchell to Fiuggi (visited Subiaco), and returned via Roma and Siena.
July 31- August 6: HMA motors north with AA, intending to leave Milano on August 5 to join HA and WA in England. Bologna, Modena, Carpi, Mantova, Verona, Vicenza, Padova. On August 2 in Venezia: on a post card of the XI Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte in Venice: "War declared - all countries hastily preparing. Italy to remain neutral as long as possible - but nothing may be exported. Guy [her brother Guy Mitchell] telegraphed from Germany for 2000 marks - his motor may be sequestered there. … not children in England Harold to stay there. I should not leave Italy but go …… war ships busy taking … etc. and sailors with their …going out to ships". On August 4 leaves Venezia for Padova, Vicenza, Verona, Brescia, and Bergamo. On August 5 in Milano "found letters….Guy safe in Switzerland - impossible go Aug….officers with passports cannot be sure of arriving … War spirit keen. I am anxious to get home. Lack of resolution if … wants to join war - government insists on neutrality. About 3.30 motored to [Urio]…to see Mrs [McCreery's] place - she in … so … had to spend night in Milan."
On August 6 from Milano via Modena and Abetone home to Firenze. "Great excitement over war at home. Guy lost motor…".
1915 (September 24) Italy, 1915, inclusive
General note
At Villa di San Remigio, Pallanza, Lago Maggiore (the residence of Marchese Della Valle di Casanova. Also Isola Bella.
1916 (June 2) Italy, 1916, inclusive
General note
Sorrento, Ravello, Capri.
1916 Zurich, 1916, inclusive
1917 (December) Paris, 1917, inclusive
1918 US: New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1918, inclusive
1919 [in June]. US, 1919, inclusive
General note
A trip to the US. Massachusetts (Plymouth, with interiors of Lee Mansion, Sudbury, Hyannis, Annisquam), Kittery Point (Me.), Portsmouth (N.H.), Mt. Washington, White Mts (N.H.), the Mohawk Trail through the Berkshire Hills, Massachusetts (Lebanon Mountain trail, Lenox, Charlestown, Boston), New York, Washington D.C., Ormond (Florida), Chicago (including 'The Blackstone' hotel), Oregon (Crater Lake National park Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Highway), and California (Nevada Falls and Palm Springs). Includes some picture postcards of US marines, and eskimos.
1932 (December 7-24) Egypt, 1932, inclusive
General note
Trip to Egypt on a Cook's Nile steamer. Cairo, Luxor (the ancient city of Thebes), Edfou (the Temple of Horus, near Luxor), and Karnak.
(un-dated) March 11. US, undated, inclusive
General note
Trip to the U.S.A. Barstow, California (Yellowstone Park).
(un-dated) Trip to Frankfurt, undated, inclusive
(un-dated) Trip to Sicily, undated, inclusive
(un-dated) Trip to France, with AA, undated, inclusive
General note
Nimes, Foix, Valençay.
2 Harold Acton's travels
1911 France, 1911, inclusive
1912 Venezia, 1912, inclusive
1912 Germany, Denmark, and Sweden, 1912, inclusive
1913 Spain, 1913, inclusive
1913 Firenze, 1913, inclusive
1913 Viterbo and Perugia, 1913, inclusive
1913 Germany and Switzerland, 1913, inclusive
1914 Great Britain (Norfolk and Sussex), 1914, inclusive
1914 France (Dijon), 1914, inclusive
3 Guy Mitchell's travels in the Far East
Burma (now Myanmar): Mandalay, undated, inclusive
Cambodia, 1922, inclusive
Cambodia: Angkor-Vat, undated, inclusive
Cambodia: Laos and Angkor-Vat (dancers), undated, inclusive
Ceylon, undated, inclusive
China: Beijing, undated, inclusive
Hongkong, undated, inclusive
India, undated, inclusive
Indonesia: Soereabaja (capital of East Java province), undated, inclusive
Indonesia: Fort de Kock, Sumatra, undated, inclusive
Indonesia: Jakarta (formerly Batavia), undated, inclusive
Indonesia: Java, undated, inclusive
Indonesia: Java, Baraboedoer, undated, inclusive
Japan, undated, inclusive
Japan: Amanohashidate, Tango, undated, inclusive
Japan: Fushimi, undated, inclusive
Japan: Horiuji, Yamato, undated, inclusive
Japan: Itsukushima, Aki, undated, inclusive
Japan: Iwakuni, undated, inclusive
Japan: Kamakura, undated, inclusive
Japan: Korakuen, Okayama, undated, inclusive
Japan: Kyoto, undated, inclusive
Japan: Matsue, undated, inclusive
Japan: Mikoshi, undated, inclusive
Japan: Minobu, Kai, undated, inclusive
Japan: Nara, undated, inclusive
Japan [Nara], undated, inclusive
Japan: Onomichi, undated, inclusive
Japan: Sanuki (Kotohira temple), undated, inclusive
Japan: Shizuoka, undated, inclusive
Japan: Uji (Kyoto), undated, inclusive
Japan: Yakushi-ji (near Nara), undated, inclusive
Japan: Yamato, undated, inclusive
Japan: paintings by the 18th century painter Okyo, ca. 1921, inclusive
Japanese paintings, ca. 1921, inclusive
[Actors in Japan], ca. 1911-1918, inclusive
Korea, undated, inclusive
[Korea], undated, inclusive
Philippines (including Banig), undated, inclusive
Siam: Bangkok, undated, inclusive
Vietnam: Hue, Annam, Mausoleum of Khai-Dinh, undated, inclusive
Far Eastern sculpture, undated, inclusive
Subseries E: Albums
William Acton's Book of Travels, 1906-1918, inclusive
General note
A travel scrapbook and journal compiled by HMA. Most of the postcards are pasted onto the page, but some, with correspondence are inserted into corner slits. Some loose scraps of paper with notes by HMA help to confirm the chronology. There are loose postcards at the end of the album, and many pages were left blank.
1906: September 28 - the Cabin Passenger list of the 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' which sailed from New York, US for Bremen via Plymouth and Cherbourg shows the Acton family (AA, HMA, HA, and WA) with nurse and maid in the 'First Cabin'.
1907: July - Montana s. Sierre, Glion sur Territet, Aigle les Bains
August - Cause (Caux
1908: July - Westgate-on-sea
August - "at Broadstairs with Nurse".
1909: June - Genova
June 17 - sailed from Genova to New York (HMA, HA, WA, and nurse).
July 1 - New York, Hotel Manhattan.
July 1 - Depart New York for Chicago on the 'Twentieth Century Limited', via Lake Shore New York Central - "finest and fastest long-distance train in the world".
Lake Geneva, Wis. W.H. Mitchell's residence (also in a print of 1905)
'-August 30-31 - New York, Hotel Waldorf-Astoria.
September 1-8 - on board RMS 'Oceanic'
Paris - Hotel Continental.
October - Sestri Levante.
1910: June 3 - July 20 - Bexhill-on-sea (with nurse).
August - Les Grandes Dalles. Le Littoral (Seine inferiore) with nurse.
September - Hotel de Crillon, Paris.
1911: June and July - Bognor (with nurse).
August - Etretat. Margherite Sheriff née Mitchell and her family and all our family [HMA, AA, HA, WA].
1912: July - Bad Homburg (until August 1).
July - Copenhagen, Stockholm.
August 10 - Ostseebad.
August - Berlin.
1913: June 21-July 16 - Bad Ragaz (with HMA and her mother).
July 16 - Basel.
July and August - Cromer, Norfolk.
1914: July, August, and September - Cromer, Norfolk (with nurse).
1915: July (with nurse for a fortnight at Forte dei Marmi) later a week at Vallombrosa.
1916 - April - Paris the Sussex having just been torpedoed children did not go back to school summer - St. Moritz.
1916-1917: Winter - Geneva.
1917: Home
Harold Acton's Book of Travels, 1906-1918, inclusive
General note
Very similar to WA's book of travels - only never completed. Just loose postcards and clippings with annotations by HMA. Most of the postcards are duplicates of those in WA's Book.
Art postcards (mostly France) which presumably belonged to HMA, undated, inclusive
Art postcards which presumably belonged to HMA, ca. 1911-1913, inclusive
General note
Almost all printed by Photo-Procede E. Druet.
This album, under half filled, has mostly works by French artists (including famous Impressionists). All postcards are without annotations on the verso.
Postcards of the US which presumably belonged to HMA, 1911-1919, inclusive
Art postcards which belonged to HA, 1911-1922, inclusive
General note
Female portraits.
Art postcards from an album entitled 'Harold Acton Artistic Album', ca. 1911-1913, inclusive
Art postcards (mostly Sienese and Florentine schools) which belonged to HA [1912-1913], ca. 1912-1913, inclusive
General note
Some postcards dated 1913 by HA, and one labelled "Harold Acton, Florence", and some with the dates of the artist on the verso.
Album of postcards of Italy and art postcards which belonged to HA, ca. 1912-1913, inclusive
General note
On the title page Harold Acton had it in the year 1913, 30th May. 2nd best album, begun in the year 1914. Numerous blank pages, and most of the postcards without annotations, a few with dates but not all in HA's hand. Postcards of Fiesole (on verso: Sunday 31 Jan 1915), Certosa di Galluzzo, Sestri Levante, Pinacoteca Torino (portrait of Carlo I d'Inghilterra: saw this in Turin at Pinacoteca Sept 1915), Verona, Pisa, Roma, Camaldoli (on verso: Thursday 19th Aug 1918, motored here with officers), Vallombrosa (Thursday 19 Aug 1918), Roma, Napoli, Pompeii, Amalfi, Sorrento, Ravello, Capri. (1916)
Postcards of the US which belonged to HA, begun, 1914, inclusive
General note
The album is entitled "Harold M. Acton begun in 1914 - postcards of Great Britain and North and South America". The album had many blank pages and in fact only had postcards of the US. Includes J.J. Mitchell's residence at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Art postcards (male portraits including many self-portraits) which belonged to HA, 1914, inclusive
General note
On the title page: "Harold Acton begun in 1914".
Postcards of men in painting and sculpture, including numerous self-portraits
Most of them blank, but some dated on the verso by HA in 1913.
Art postcards (Europe and US) which belonged to HA, ca. 1912-1914, inclusive
General note
This was an album of works of art (mostly in France, Italy, Germany, and Holland).
Art postcards (mostly nudes) which belonged to HA, ca. 1913, inclusive
Art postcards (Europe) which belonged to HA, ca. 1912, inclusive
General note
Postcards of works of art in Italy (especially Umbria and Milano), Vienna, Madrid, Chantilly, and elsewhere. Two of the postcards with correspondence removed to the paper archives were of particular interest: one to AA and HMA from HA at the Hotel Excelsior in Venezia, 1912, and one to 'Mrs Acton' at Palazzo Guadagni, 9 Viale Principe Umberto, Firenze dated October 31 1903 from her brother Guy Mitchell.
Art postcards (mostly Sienese school), which belonged to HA, ca. 1913-1925, inclusive
General note
Nearly all of these are blank, but some have the dates of the artists annotated on the verso.
Album of postcards begun in 1910 which belonged to HA, ca. 1910, inclusive
General note
A damaged album with many loose pages, and many loose postcards. Annotated on the first page "1 best album 1913. Begun in 1910". Many of the postcards annotated on the verso from HMA to HA.
The postcards include: picture postcards (one dated 7 April 1913), and another annotated "Happy New Year from Elizabeth C. [Mitchell]" and dated Paris 1907); the interior of the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago the Chinese in Hongkong Egypt (one addressed to WA at La Pietra and dated January 28th 1911); Japan; Sumatra; the Chinese community in San Francisco Mexican street scenes; Grand Hotel Tirano (annotated on the recto "where we lunched July 19th 1916".
There are also childrens' drawings (mostly of women) and one photograph of a baby in a swing (annotated on the verso "8 months…deep blue eyes".
Two postcards with correspondence from HMA to HA removed to the paper archives (one from France dated 7 April 1913).
