[Isle of Wight] Vernacular Photo Album Filled with 99 Precious Images of an English Family 1909-1911

[Isle of Wight] Vernacular Photo Album Filled with 99 Precious Images of an English Family 1909-1911

Three-quarter leather over green cloth commercial photo album sold by the Woollings Store in Sandown, Isle of Wight, England. 5 9/16 x 7 3/4 inches. Light rubbing. Binding fully intact albeit slightly loosening. Photo are 2.5 x 3.5 inch snapshots all slipped into sleeves and fully removable. Album is completely full of 96 photos plus three loose photos laid in. Majority of photos have excellent exposure and sharpness. 8 to 10 photos are fuzzy. Very Good Condition.

Really enjoyable family album from the Isle of Wight. All of the photos examined are annotated and dated on back, however we only removed a dozen or so as we did not want to damage the album or the photos. Locales noted include Sandown, Waymouth, Portland Harbor and Carisbrooke. The Bruntsfield House and Greenhill House are identified as is the Newport Cemetery and Mount Joy Cemetery. The general feel of the album is of a wealthy family.

The only surname seen was 'Barr' with one photo showing the large stone marker inscribed for George Arthur Barr (1854-1902) at the Mount Joy Cemetery. Location confirmed through Ancestry.com. With much information likely hidden behind photos, this would be a fun research project.

Numerous elaborate prams and baby photos are included plus several seaside images and large homes. A couple battleship photos feel incongruous to the rest of the album. There are a handful of seaside bathing scenes with the bathers showing off their early 20th century bathing suits. My favorite image is an older chap smoking a cigarette getting ready to mount a bicycle. Just a fun, clean album from the Isle of Wight. Extra cost for shipping for overseas.