- Collection Overview
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- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Contents and Arrangement
Photograph Album of a Cruise in Mediterranean, 1934 March-April
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Consists of a photograph album, oblong 8vo, containing 200 black-and-white photographs of a cruise in the Mediterranean Sea. All photographs are captioned and handwritten in blue ink in French, sizes 8 x 6 cm, four photographs per page, with the title inscribed on front cover, "Croisieres Sicile & Grece à bord du Jean Laborde Mars-Avril 1934." The journey was on board the ship Jean Laborde. The photographs depict views of the ship Jean Laborde and its crew (4), Palermo (15) and Taormina (26) in Cicily (Italy), and several sites in Greece including Itea (40), Delphi (24), Olympia (8), Katakolon, Gythion (4), Mistra (6), Pantanassa (14), Mycenae (6), Tyrinth, Epidaurus (8), and Athens (41), with scenes of everyday life and views of several archaeological sites such as the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheum, the Tower of the Winds, the Bacchus Theater, the Theseion, the monastery of Daphni, and Eleusis. There are also images of Corinth, Delos island (28), Santorini island, and Crete with the Palace of Knossos. String tie binding.
- Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by the name of the creator or by the date of acquisition.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund (AM 2023-016).
- Appraisal
No material was separated during processing.
- Processing Information:
Item was processed and described by Kalliopi Balatsouka in August 2022, incorporating some description provided by the dealer.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Photograph Album of a Cruise in Mediterranean; General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection, C0140, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (mss)
- Boxes B-002011
NoteBoxes 59 and 63 are stored in special vault facilities.
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Parts of this collection are available on microfilm, cataloged separately as RCPXM-7497696.
- Separated Materials
Citizens of Coculco & Tempatetetzintla v. Antonio de Padilla, 1624, previoulsy in Box 10, has been removed and transferred to the Princeton Collection of Mesoamerican Manuscripts (C0940).
- Subject Terms:
- Voyages and travels. -- 20th century
- Genre Terms:
- photographs -- 20th century
Photograph albums -- Greece. -- 20th century - Places:
- Greece. -- photographs
Athens (Greece) -- Antiquities. -- photographs
Crete (Greece) -- 20th century -- photographs
Daphni (Monastery) -- photographs
Delos Island (Greece) -- Antiquities
Delphi (Extinct city) -- photographs
Knossos (Extinct city) -- Photographs.
Mistra (Greece). -- photographs
Mycenae (Extinct city). -- photographs
Parthenon (Athens, Greece). -- photographs
