87 NEGATIVES Ambrose Swasey 1902-1903 World Tour JAPAN INDIA EGYPT ITALY CHINA?

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87 NEGATIVES Ambrose Swasey 1902-1903 World Tour JAPAN INDIA EGYPT ITALY CHINA?:
$149.99

87 Antique Negatives:

87 Negatives from the Ambrose Swasey Collection.

1902-1903 World Tour; ASIA. JAPAN. INDIA. EGYPT. ITALY, Etc. CHINA?

Ambrose and Livinia Swasey in Rickshaws. Livinia Swasey in a Chair Litter. Busy street scenes in Japan. Log Drive on a river in Japan. Japanese woman grinding wheat. Boy at a watering hole in Egypt. Egyptian wheat threshing scene. Japanese man with ox watering street. Elephants working in a lumber yard (Burma? India?). Japanese Seafood store - with giant figural squid and fish signs hanging in front over doors. Harbor scenes with ships loading and unloading. Japanese boat launch. Boys diving for coins shipside. Venice Italy Canal. Ship\'s captain with a sextant. Etc.

A wonderful collection of turn of the century images!

Negatives are approx. 4 1/2\" x 3 3/8\".

Condition:

Light wear on most. Negatives are curled. Negative with Camel has a 1/2\" tear at left edge. One of the Venice, Italy Canal negatives has a 1/2\" tear. Negatives are in good to near fine condition.

Please see our 79 images below.Negatives have been converted to positive to see images.Please see photos to evaluate condition.

These negatives are from a large collection of images collected by Ambrose Swasey, of Exeter, New Hampshire. Mr. Swasey traveled extensively,both in the United States and around the world.

Ambrose Swasey (Dec. 19, 1846 - June 15, 1937), astronomer, mechanical engineer, manufacturer, and philanthropist. Born in Exeter, N.H. He served as anapprentice machinist (1865-69) and met Worcester Warner, with whom he formed a partnership in 1880 to build and sell machine tools.The business eventually became the WARNER & SWASEY CO. of Cleveland. Swasey held several patents on gear-cutting machinery and,influenced by his partner, Swasey became a designer of astronomical instruments, for which their company became world-famous. He was afounding member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1880.The Warner and Swasey Company produced telescopes for many observatories.