Support Dimensions54.0 x 40.5 cm

Verso: The condition of the front portfolio board, and to a lesser degree, the rear board, is poor. Water-staining, losses to the right corner and buckling of the front board are due to improper storage. Loss to pasted letterpress title label, but fortunately, another copy owned by the photographer’s great-grandson shared with this archive reveals what is missing. The entire folio title is:  Souvenir of “One of the 1001 Nights” chéz Jimmie Breese. A carbon print of this invitation was included as a portfolio plate, a copy of which is known to have been given to each guest attending the costume party- according to a published newspaper article after the event. A strip of pasted red linen running down the left margin of the folio on recto and verso secures a separate narrow board gathering internal linen plate stubs-all secured to the rear board with four brass clasps. The grommet at middle of right marginal board was used to secure black silk ties- mostly perished.

Purchased for this archive in September, 2018 from a dealer in Wells, Maine who believed the portfolio had originally come out of a Kennebunkport, Maine estate.