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Rhodius/Andreae - Diary - Travel diary Eugenie Andreae, née Rhodius, from Mülheim an der Ruhr. 84 pages, of which approximately 65 pages contain handwritten entries from the years 1885-1943, and 7 pages with floral appliqués (mostly edelweiss). Contemporary leather album with embroidered cover illustration 'Memories', brass clasp, and gilt edges (somewhat stained and rubbed). Eugenie Rhodius (1868-1947) married the factory owner Franz Julius Andreae (1859-1939) in 1887. The book contains detailed accounts of trips with her husband and their three children to Switzerland, Wiesbaden, the Stubai Valley, Adelboden, South Tyrol (Bolzano, Kölner Hütte), Schweigmatt, Champex-Lac, Madonna di Campiglio, Oberstdorf, Ischl, Bad Gastein, Mittenwald, and, from 1940 onward, with her son Walter to Karlovy Vary and Reinbek. The last entry is from 1943. It also includes a mounted program to welcome the newlyweds to their new home in 1887, with greetings from the workers of the Andreae business, etc. Enclosed are several other documents, including one for their 40th wedding anniversary, a letter from her father Eduard Rhodius, a letter to Gustav Andreae from 1837, two photographs, a lock of hair, and other items.