1910111211, With Compliments of Geo. H. Macy & Co., c1910, 40 hand colored collotype reproductions of photographs

~ Book 1910111211 ~
With Compliments of Geo. H. Macy & Co.
40 Hand Colored Collotype
Reproductions of Photographs
ca 1910

Albumen Photograph Insert on Front Cover

Condition. The book is in Poor/Binding Copy condition. The front and back boards have split away and have been reattached with linen tape. The split/break occurred at the fold which is ca 1 inch from the spine edge. The fabric on the boards is broken and frayed. The plates are clean but have some browning, particularly at the front and back.

Tamamura, Kozaburo (presumed)
Geo.H. Macy & Co.:
With Compliments of Geo. H. Macy & Co., oblong 8vo (10 x 7 in), undated but ca 1910, decorated silk covered boards with hand painted albumen photograph recessed into the front board, single silk tie, head and foot of spine covered, 40 pages of hand colored collotype plates reproducing photographs, no tissue guards, 40 pp. The image areas vary but measure 4 3/4 x 5 inches and larger. Below each image is a brief descriptive caption. There are no text pages, title page or colophon and the publisher or printer is not stated. This book is a pictorial review of the various tea production activities of the George H. Macy Company in Japan, China and India. It covers that company's operations in Japan (Kobe & Yokohama) and China (Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy & Taiphei Formosa), Sri Lanka/Ceylon (Columbo) and India (Calcutta). It also includes general interest, not tea related, views of Japan.

It does not appear that any plates have been removed. However, I have seen this book reported with 41 plates. Perhaps there was an illustrated title page. This book has only 40 plates.

While the book is undated, I believe that it dates from the early 1900s based upon the images. Some images appear to be from the late 1890s.

No publisher is stated. However, this book is very similar in nature to the same types of collotype books produced by T. Tamamura of Yokohama and his successor T. Takagi of Kobe. A few of the images in this book are found in books published by T. Tamamura. The albumen photograph tipped to the front board features a well not subject know as the "Smiling Geisha". Several photographs attributed to the T. Tamamura photographic studio in Yokohama feature this women and she is seen in books published by Tamamura. Information on the Tamamura and Takagi books is here.

All 40 Hand Colored Collotype Plates.


Tea Garden and Pickers, Uji, Japan.


Weighing Green leaf tea received from the pickers. Shidzuoka, Japan.


Drying and Rolling tea in Japan


Sorting and winnowing the tea Up country, Japan.


Packing the raw leaf tea for shipment to the Yokohama and Kobe markets.


Buying and Inspecting Room.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Yokohama


Machine Tea-firing Pans. Geo. H. Macy & Co., Yokohama.


Interior of Machine Tea-firing Plant.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Yokohama.


Sifting and Winnowing Floor.   Geo. H. Macy & Co., Yokohama.


Warehouse and tea-firing buildings.   Geo. H. Macy & Co., Yokohama.


Tea Firing Buildings.   Geo. H. Macy & Co. Kobe, Japan.


Office.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Kobe, Japan.


Buying and Inspecting Room.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Kobe, Japan.


Tea firing machinery.   Geo. H. Macy & Co., Kobe, Japan.


Warehouse.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Kobe, Japan.


Premises of Geo. H. Macy & Co., Shanghai.


Inspecting Room.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Shanghai.


Office. Geo. H. Macy & Co., Hankow.


Unloading tea at Hankow.


Coolies carrying Tea.  Hankow, China.


Cormorant Fishing Boa.  Hankow, China


Premises of Geo. H. Macy & Co., Amoy, China.


Premises of Geo. H. Macy & Co., Amoy, China (different view).


Office Buildings. Geo. H. Macy & Co., Taipeh, Formosa.


Tea-inspecting Room.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Taipeh, Formosa.


Foreign and native staff.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Taipeh, Formosa.


Residence of Foreign staff.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Taipeh, Formosa.


Offices.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Calcutta.


Offices.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Calcutta (different view).


Buyer, and native staff.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Colombo.


Inspecting Room.   Geo. H. Macy & Co., Calcutta.


Hill Crest Mills.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Colombo.


Packing Package Teas, Hill Crest Mills.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Colombo.


Loaded Cart.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Colombo.


Tea Sifting, Hill Crest Mills.  Geo. H. Macy & Co., Colombo.


Entrance to Temple Grounds.  Nikko, Japan.


A Temple Gate.  Nikko, Japan.


Theater Street Yokohama.


Village Road in Japan.


Sayonara (Good Bye).