Box 4

Scope and Contents This album/volume contains c. 200 unidentified photos, mostly of local scenery, architecture, and some candid shots of people in the streets.There is also one note, which is no longer entirely accurate, but reads: My friend Melvin Brorby and I left Paris in the summer of 1922 to explore Germany and the countries of central Europe. We attended the second Assembly of the League of Nations in Geneva, went to the Saar Valley while it was under the government of the...

Scope and Contents The first album in this volume contained c. 170 photos, and had the following description:Egypt: sphinxes, people Greece Shipboard (no identifications)These photos are mainly of scenery, including sphinxes and architecture, as well as people, candid and portraits; there are also many pictures taken on a steamboat, the S.S. Nile. The last 3 pages appear to be after a return home, not located in Egypt at all.The second album held c. 160 photos, and had the...

Scope and Contents Each part to this album began with a note about the location where the photos in that part were taken.Part A contains c. 60 unidentified photos, mostly of scenery and people.Note: A. The Valley of the Brahmaputra Out of the high Himalayas the Brahmaputra sweeps into Assam, giving it life and sustenance. Along its banks, from Dibrugarh to Goalundo, rice and jute and tea are grown to be sent to the far corners of the world, and thatch gatherers sit in...