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Photograph Album Containing Snapshots Documenting the Life of an Unidentified Family of San Diego, California and San Diego and its Environs circa 1908-1922

oblong 12mo, photo album, containing 187 photographs, mounted on 44 black paper leaves, plus 5 blank leaves, also includes 4 photographs and one real photo postcard laid in, album bound in original flexible cloth covers, in very good clean condition.

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The images measure between 5 x 7 and 2 x 3 inches. Many of the photographs are identified as to both the year taken and location, mainly San Diego and elsewhere in California, individuals are identified usually by first name only. The images document the domestic life of this unidentified family and includes photographs of family members, children and social events including trips, there is a series of images taken on a camping and hunting trip, and of trips to the beach and seaside. The album also includes views of San Diego and the surrounding area, oil fields, parks, Coronado Bay, San Juan Capistrano, Ocean Beach, residential, street and church views, and photographs of business interiors, including the San Diego Title Insurance Company, where the paterfamilias was employed.