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An Adventurous Woman Abroad - The Selected Lantern Slides of Mary T.S. Schaffer (Hardcover)
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An Adventurous Woman Abroad - The Selected Lantern Slides of Mary T.S. Schaffer (Hardcover)
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In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling within North
American borders or beyond to exotic locations was difficult at
best and disastrous at worst. Mary Schaffer, born into a
Pennsylvania-based Quaker family in 1861, not only conquered
international travel but also excelled as an explorer, surveyor and
photographer in the backcountry of Canada's Rocky Mountains and the
isolated communities of Japan and Formosa (now Taiwan). Michale
Lang's new book features more than 200 of Mary Schaffer's
colourful, hand-painted lantern slides from the archives of the
Whyte Musem of the Canadian Rockies. These unique works of art
detail some of the indigenous people and breathtaking landscapes of
the Rocky Mountains, along with tribal communities of Japan and
Formosa. Schaffer's writing, Michale Lang's accompanying narrative
and the book's overall design (inspired by the work of Barbara
Hodgson, author and designer of "The Tattooed Map," "No Place for a
Lady and Opium") opens a unique window on the Victorian obsession
with international travel and discovery.
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