Image / The People of the Abyss

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: The People of the Abyss
Date Created and/or Issued: 1902
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jack London Photographs and Negatives
Rights Information: For information on using Huntington Library materials, please see Reproductions of Huntington Library Holdings: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Bound in black faux alligator skin. The title, "The People of the Abyss," is embossed on the cover in gold. Photos taken by Jack London during his visit to London to report on the poverty of the East End.
Corners of front cover are worn. Spine is quite worn, pieces of cover material missing from the top and bottom. Light wear on surface. Sticker reading, "oa 40265," is affixed to the upper left corner of back cover. Captions were written by Eliza Shepard. Several pages have been detached, and are now tipped into album. Pages 76-100 are blank. Captions were written by Eliza Shepard.
Type: image
Extent: 1 photograph album : 18 x 26 cm ; 100 pages
Identifier: JLP 466 Alb. 28
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll7/id/3304
Subject: London, Jack, 1876-1916
London, Jack, 1876-1916. People of the abyss
Urban poor--England--London
Photograph albums. (aat)
Source: Jack London Collection
Jack London Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Library

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.