Historical information

This album has been produced in Germany at the end of the 19th century for the Warrnambool tourist market. It was sold in the book shop of Walter Davies. The father of Walter Davies, also called Walter, was a law clerk and accountant who established the book and stationery shop in Timor Street in the late 1860s. The business was operated by Walter Davies Senior, then his son and later the grandson

Significance

This album is of interest for several reasons:-
1. It is an interesting example of the type of tourist souvenir available to visitors to Warrnambool in the late 19th century.
2. It contains 13 photographs of Warrnambool in the late 19th century and these are of considerable historical value.
3. It is a good example of the type of articles sold by Walter Davies at his Timor Street shop in 1894.

Physical description

This is a hard cover folder containing 13 black and white photographs of Warrnambool and surrounds. The photographs are on several sheets of white paper joined together in concertina fashion to fit into the folder but they have become detached from the folder. Some of the photographs are torn at the edges. The cover of the folder has embossed gold lettering and the narrow spine is faded and the front cover is a little torn and stained. The inscription. ‘Xmas 1894’ is handwritten in black ink.

Inscriptions & markings

‘Picturesque Views of Warrnambool Victoria’
‘Walter Davies, Bookseller & Stationer, Timor Street, Warrnambool’
‘Printed in Germany’
‘Xmas 1894’