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[NORTHERN EUROPEAN SCENES]. A photo album of 37 photographic prints and three photographic reproductions of people and scenes in (mainly) Northern Europe. Circa 1880s. Album bound in contemporary half brown levant morocco over brown cloth boards, spine lettered in gilt (spine loose, binding worn and soiled, hinges cracked, some wear, soiling to watered silk endleaves). Several of the photographs have the captions of Swedish photographer, Axel Lindahl (1841-1906); many of these photographs were professionally done and purchased for this album. Photographs are toned, with some general minor wear and soiling (various 8vo or 4to sizes). Some photos with ink captions. Each photograph mounted onto stiff card pages (268 x 352 mm) and reinforced with cloth tape at inner margins (some toning, wear to card pages, some card pages with ink captions). THIS PHOTO ALBUM BELONGED TO ISAAC ELLWOOD (1833-1910) OF DEKALB, ILLINOIS. Isaac Ellwood was an early entrepreneur who improved the manufacturing process for barbed wire and made a fortune; these photos chronicled one of their many trips to Europe. Three of the photos in this album depict the Ellwood mansion, built in 1879.