£500
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING EARLY EDWARDIAN PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM FOR THE OCEANA R.T.Y.C.
comprising approximately 125 privately taken sepia tone images, including many deck views including seven of Winston Churchill relaxing or at the helm smoking a cigar, one of him working a capstan, one possibly of Sir Thomas Lipton, assorted shipping around Cowes including naval ships, steam yachts, yachts racing, many social deck scenes including a tent with gramophone, several rare internal views, assorted sizes but mostly 2½ x 4in. pasted to gilt-edged card pages (lacking covers) -- 9 x 11½in. (23 x 29cm.)
Presumed to be Gilbert A. Tonge of Branches Park, Newbury, owner of Oceana 1894-1919, or family member.
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