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20 ALBUMEN PHOTOGRAPHS, SCENES IN RUSSIA, ca 1890

Most have numbers and titles in Russian on the bottom of the prints, and several have the backstamp for Yermokov, who operated in Tiflis. The unmounted prints are 8 ½" x 10 ¾" or the reverse, some very slightly larger or smaller.

a) 6 views in Crimea: people posed at a small seaside Church, in Yalta; carriages pass a seaside establishment farther along the beach; activities along the shore with the town behind; ships in a stormy sea; a lovely woodland scene; and a rotunda up on a hill.

b) 4 scenes at Kislovolsk’, including a tree-lined street in the town and views of rock formations.

c) 6 views of Pyatigorsk’, including four town overviews with excellent detail, a wagon on a road along an estate, and a rotunda, the ‘Aeolean Harp.”

d) 2 scenes at the spa at Essentuki.: a bath house, and up the steps to another interesting building, with “No. 18” and attendants.

e) 2 views at a spa: an interior, with attendants, a sign for “Narzan’” and the exterior of a spa building, with attendants.

These are rare images of the placid resort life in this era. The tones are nice, and there are only incidental minor edge chips on a few prints. Generally [3]

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