982 - Slovakia—High Tatras. In memory of the summer excursion of the S.B. High Tatras, Budapest, July 1896. (Title on cover). Album containing 1 sheet with a printed dedicatory poem and 33 original photographs. Vintage. Albumen prints. Mounted. Album: 20 x 25 cm. Original canvas cover with title on the front (scuffed and bumped).

Slovakia—High Tatras. In memory of the summer excursion of the S.B. High Tatras, Budapest, July 1896. (Title on cover). Album containing 1 sheet with a printed dedicatory poem and 33 original photographs. Vintage. Albumen prints. Mounted. Album: 20 x 25 cm. Original canvas cover with title on the front (scuffed and bumped). Each print measures approx. 11.5 x 16 cm. Souvenir album from a trip by the eight “Sammet Brothers,” featuring private photographs. The poem begins: “Magnificent in its majestic charm / Is free, enchantingly beautiful Switzerland; / Lovely and sublime at the same time / Is the wondrous realm of the Tyrolean Alps. / But ‘High Tatras,’ whoever does not behold you, / will never know the most wondrous thing…,” signed “Sammet Brothers.” - Includes scenic views and group photos of the participants, including shots from Schmeks (Tátra Füred), Rainerhütte (Rainerova chata 7), the Knoblach Hotel, the Knoblach Falls (2), Poprád, Verna, Budapest (6), Vienna (2), Trieste (2), Venice (4), Innsbruck, Zell am See.—Some photos are slightly overexposed or have scuffed edges; the backing paper has darkened and is dusty, but overall they are still in good condition.