Lot 301
Germany - Switzerland - France, 1936-8, photographs and 2 travelogues
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 13 January 2016 at 11:00 GMT
Description
'Snapshots home and abroad', a collection of 284 photographs and photographic cards showing scenes of Germany, France, Switzerland and the UK from 1936 to 1949, with the name 'Elsie Beacham..., Sacriston' to inner cover; 'Two innocents at large in Switzerland, 1937, Mary Jennings and Elsie Beacham', 'THIS RECORD IS WRITTEN BY Elsie Beacham', 65 typed pp. with some photographs and cuttings; 'Paris by Elisabeth E. Beacham, August 1938', 93 typed pages with some cuttings pasted to pages (3)
Footnote
Note: The two journals and photograph album recount the experiences of Elizabeth Beacham, and her travelling companion, Mary Jennings, travelling through European countries in the late 1930s. Although referencing European politics of the time, the journals, written by Elizabeth Beacham, have a wry, ironic and comedic element to them, in which Miss Beacham teases her friend and reports upon the sights, sounds and conversations with other people the two have encountered during their travels.