Collection of reprints of photographs produced by the Perry Picture Company, including portraits of authors, statesmen, and public figures, mostly 18th and 19th century and from the United States, as well as pictures of their homes. Intended as educational tools. Accompanied by booklet: Revised 1898 catalogue of the Perry pictures : 1,000 subjects / The Perry Pictures Company (Malden, Mass. : Perry Pictures, ca. 1898). The pictures include catalog numbers 1-149, 176-182 (from "Authors, poets, statesmen, educators, musical composers, etc.") and 945-958 ("Burne-Jones"). Pictures themselves are not numbered; some numbers skipped in numeration, some pieces missing.