Dowd, Frank:

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SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF A SUMMER'S OUTING IN 1910. A mimeograph-reproduced typescript memoir, photographically illustrated, of Frank Dowd's journey from Ohio to his boyhood home in Chautauqua County, New York. The volume is illustrated with reproduced photographs that have hand-typed captions by Dowd. The volume was likely created in very small small numbers for Dowd's children and grandchildren.Frank Dowd (1847-1923) was born in southeastern New York, near the Pennsylvania border and not far from Lake Erie. His father was a first cousin of Hannibal Hamlin. By way of explanation for his journey, and the creation of this volume documenting his travels, Dowd writes, "the desire came over me to return to my birth place and live my life over and over again, crowded into a brief few days....My greatest desire was to reach...the old farm house in which I was born...on the town line, between the towns of Clymer and Sherman...New York." And so, "I slung my camera over my shoulder and took my suitcase in my hand, bade my wife aurevoir [sic] and started out." Dowd narrates his trip meticulously, pointing out landmarks and buildings with accompanying photos of each. Along the way, he stops to visit relatives in Erie, Pennsylvania, and includes family photos as well. He eventually reaches Jamestown, New York, where he started his first dentistry practice nearly thirty years earlier, notably without formal training: "Without any previous knowledge of the intricate work attached to dentistry

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