Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

4to (approx. 260 mm x 215 mm). Half-leather and gilt stamped blue cloth. Contains approximately 160 platinum prints of various sizes but most approx. 4 x 4 in., mounted to album leaves, comprising images associated with the author's travels throughout the southern United States. Destinations pictured include the following: Washington, D.C.; Natural Bridge, VA; Ashville, NC; Hot Springs, NC; Louisville, KY; Cincinnati, OH; Harrowgate, TN; Richmond, VA; Old Point Comfort, VA; and Hampton, VA.

A unique travelogue which captures interesting glimpses into American society and culture, including "Coxey's Army" 1894 encampment and protest in Washington, D.C., young African American children begging near the railroad tracks in Danville, VA, steamboats and Ohio River commerce, and a Decoration Day celebration in Hampton, Virginia. The unidentified author is traveling with a brother "George." Stamp on interior "M.F. Cromwell" may indicate original owner, or perhaps a later descendant of the author. The last page of the book may give further clues as to the author, with a singular statement: "(Printed at 'The Vines', June & July 1894.)"