This class includes photographs from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This class includes daguerreotypes, tin types, cabinet cards and many others.
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Jealousy
Franklin G. Weller
The stereograph contains a hand-colored image of a man fitting a woman for shoes as an older man and another women look on in the background. An older man sits on a chair in the background to the left, while a woman looks through a cutout in the small wall on the right. The image is on a yellow paper card mount, and its reverse contains documentary information.
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Drinking Fountain, Central Park, New York
American Views
The stereograph features a black and white image of a drinking fountain off the side of a sidewalk. A wall of greenery grows in the background. The photograph is mounted on a yellow card with rounded edges.
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The Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, Hodgensville, Kentucky
Keystone View Company
The stereograph features a black and white image of a log cabin set indoors behind chain barriers. The albumen print is mounted on a gray card with rounded edges. Documentary information is printed on the card's verso.
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Wedding Ceremony
The stereograph contains a color image of a wedding ceremony. A bride and groom stand before an alter where a regally dressed officiant stands. Two men stand at his proper right and a small female child stands at his left. A woman, man, and female child stand around the bride and groom. The image is on a brownish card mount.
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Funeral Flower Arrangements
The image contains a sepia-toned image of a funeral. The image contains a five funeral flower arrangements are featured. Each floral arrangement spells out a different sentiment, which includes CHARLIE and THE LAST PAGE. The image is on a cream-colored paper card mount.
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President Garfield
Kilburn Brothers and Benjamin West Kilburn
The stereograph features a black and white image of a skeleton leaf memorial for James A. Garfield. At the center of the memorial sits a portrait of Garfield. The portrait is surrounded by a U-shaped arrangement of skeleton leaves.
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Marie Theresienstrasse, Principal Street of Tyrolian Capital, Innsbruck, Austria.
Keystone View Company and Underwood and Underwood
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a woman with a cart hitched to a dog standing in the middle of a road. Several people and carts pass on both side of the street. Behind the woman stands St. Anne's Column stands at its center and buildings line the street on both sides. Mountains are also pictured in the background. The image is adhered to a gray-colored paper card mount, and On the card's reverse, documentary information is provided by The Keystone View Company.
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On the Chilcoot Trail to the Gold Fields of the Klondyke
Benjamin West Kilburn
The stereograph contains a black and white image of four men stopped along the Chilkoot Trail with a sled loaded with supplies. Two other supply sleds are pictured in the image's foreground as well as the background. Trees, rocks, and snow surround the trail. The image is adhered to a peach-colored paper card mount, and documentary information appears on the card's reverse. .
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The Birthplace of the Immortal Shakespeare, Stratford on Avon, England
Underwood and Underwood and Strohmeyer and Wyman
The stereograph contains a black and white image of three women and two boys posing in front of Shakespeare's birthplace with four bicycles. There is another person in the background immediately behind the cyclist. There is also another person to the far right of the image. The stereograph is on a peach-colored paper mount. The title appears in six different languages on the card's reverse.
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The Majesty and Beauty of Niagara: The Suspension Bridge from the Monteagle House
E. and H. T. Anthony
The stereograph features a black and white image taken from a bird's-eye view. In the image, houses, roadways, and plants/trees can been seen. The suspension bridge stands in the image's background. The image is mounted on a yellow card with squared edges. A label appears on the card's reverse with title and publication information.
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Lincoln Statue of Emancipation, Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.
H. C. White Company
The stereograph features a black and white image of a statue featuring Abraham Lincoln standing by a kneeling male slave, his proper left hand raised as he is about to emancipate the slave. In his proper right hand, which rests on a bronze podium, Lincoln holds an unrolled copy of the Emancipation Proclamation. To the rear of the figures is a whipping post, chains, shackles, and a frayed whip. On each corner of the podium are fasces and around the base of the podium are thirteen stars. A bas-relief of George Washington decorates the angled face of the podium and a Union shield decorates the inner face of the podium. The albumen print is mounted on a gray card with rounded edges.
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Lincoln Studying Before the Fire
Keystone View Company
The stereograph features a black and white illustration of a Abraham Lincoln lying on the floor on top of a blanket reading a book. A woman sits on a chair behind him. A lit fireplace is to the left, and a table and stool is to the right. Behind the subjects is a door and stool is to their fronts. The albumen print is mounted on a gray card with rounded edges. Documentary information is printed on the card's verso.
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U.S. Restaurant in the Klondyke
Benjamin West Kilburn
The stereograph contains a sepia-toned image of a road in a mining camp. Along the road, a building named the U.S. Restaurant is featured along with several more unidentified buildings. Horses, wagons, and men are also pictured along the muddy road. The image is adhered to a peach-colored paper card mount.
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Niagara Falls, from Prospect Point
Kilburn Brothers
The stereograph features a black and white image of the edge of the falls. Another portion of the falls along with trees and a river can be seen in the background. The images is mounted on a cream card with rounded corners. Publication information is featured on the back..
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Niagara in Winter. Snow laden boughs in the grove above the falls, Canada side.
E. and H. T. Anthony
The stereograph features a black and white image of snow-laden boughs in the grove above the falls at the Canada side. The image is mounted to a yellow card, which Includes descriptive information on its reverse.
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Image of Building with Falls in the Background
The stereograph features a black and white image of a fence in the foreground with several buildings and Niagara Falls in the background. The image is mounted on a brown card with rounded edges.
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The Old City Island and the Seine, S. E. from the Louvre. Paris, France.
Keystone View Company and Underwood and Underwood
The image contain a black and white image of the Seine River at its divide where an island is located. Trees, bridges, buildings, carriages, and pedestrians may also be seen in the image. The Parisian skyline sits in the background with Notre Dame clearly visible. The image is adhered to a gray-colored paper card mount, and documentary information appears on its reverse.
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Resting
The stereograph contains a color illustration of a woman resting on a bicycle along a road, smoking a cigarette. The image is mounted on a greenish paper card mount.
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The Experiment
The stereograph contains a color image mounted on a brown card of five men and two women congregating in a parlor. One man stands next to a piece of scientific equipment while the remaining men and women look on at what appears to be a demonstration.
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Where The Type is Set. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill.
The stereograph contains a black and white image of Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s Composing Room, where printers (mostly men) are shown setting the type for printing catalogues. Sears, Roebuck and Company began conducting mail order operations at the turn of the twentieth century. The image is mounted on a cream-colored paper card mount with documentary information about the composing room on the card's reverse.
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The Hero of Manila, Admiral Dewey, U.S.N.
Keystone View Company and B. L. Singley
The stereograph contains a photo of a black and white portrait of Admiral George Dewey. Two large American flags are draped across the portrait's top with the U.S. seal mounted prominently at the top center. The seal is flanked by two smaller American flags. A floral arrangement is also pictured at the bottom center. The stereograph image is mounted on a peach-colored paper card.
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The Cycle Path
Julius M. Wendt and H. N. Beers
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a woman riding a bike along a wooded path. The image is on a gray paper card mount. The reverse side contains documentary information.
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William McKinley, the Nation's President, in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, U.S.A
Underwood and Underwood and Strohmeyer and Wyman
The stereograph contains a sepia-toned image of President McKinley standing in front of a desk. Behind McKinley, the image contains portraits (fixed to the wall), a book case, multiple chairs, and other pieces of furniture. The image is adhered to a cream-colored paper card mount, and the card's reverse contains the title in six different languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian.
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Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
E. and H. T. Anthony
The stereograph contains a black and white portrait of Reverend Henry Ward Beecher from the waist up. Beecher was a member of the clergy, a social reformer, and an abolitionist. He is also the brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, who is famous for her role as an abolitionist and her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The image is on a yellow-colored paper card mount.
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Marble Bridge
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a woman standing on Marble Bridge in Central Park. The stereograph appears on an orange-colored mount, and the left-side image features a break at its center, so please handle with care.