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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Niagara in Winter. Ice Bridge across the Niagara, with Horse Shoe Falls in the distance.
E. and H. T. Anthony
The stereograph features a black and white image taken below the falls. Ice-covered terrain fills the foreground, while the falls and trees are pictured in the background The image is mounted on a yellow card with squared edges. A label appears on the reverse with title and publication information.
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The Bride's Toilet
Phiz
The stereograph contains a color image of a woman helping another woman dress.One woman is seated at a vanity while another woman stands behind her buttoning a dress.The image is on a brownish-color card mount, and the reverse indicates that the illustration is by Phiz. This is possibly in reference to Hablot Knight Browne, who used the pseudonym Phiz. Browne served as an illustrator for Charles Dickens's works.
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Niagara in Winter. American Fall from the Hog's back, showing the heavy ice mounds.
E. and H. T. Anthony
The stereograph features a black and white image taken from atop the falls. Mounds of ice surround the fall's top. The image is mounted on a yellow card with squared corners. A label appears on the reverse with title and publisher information.
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The Majesty and Beauty of Niagara. Terrapin Tower and Part of Horse Shoe Fall from the Canada Side
Edward Anthony
The stereograph features a black and white image taken from across the falls. The falls can be seen hitting the water below. Trees line the parameter of the waterline in the background. The albumen print is mounted on a cream card with squared edges.
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Of Course I'm Good-Papa calls me a Holy Terror.
Underwood and Underwood
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a seated man and standing girl. The man appears to be a reverend and is holding a bible. The little girl stands with one hand behind her back. She appears to be holding two kittens upside down by their tails. The card's reverse features the title/caption in six languages. The image is mounted on a peach-colored paper card mount.
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Winter Views of Niagara: Under Table Rock
Heywood and Frank Rowell
The stereograph features a black and white image of icicles hanging from a rock structure. The image is mounted on a yellow card with squared corners. Its reverse features a blue label with publication and title information.
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Emancipation Statue, Boston Mass.
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. Plants adorn each side of the statue, and an inscription is included. Buildings stand in the image's background. The photograph is mounted on a yellow card with slightly rounded edges.
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Home of J.G. Holland, Thousand Islands
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a right-side view of the home of J.G. Holland, an American novelist. Ten people (five women, five men) are seated or standing on the home's porch. In the background there are two additional buildings. The image is adhered to an orange-colored paper card mount. The card's reverse contains documentary information and a map of the Utica and Blackriver Railroad and an image of Alexandria Bay, N.Y.
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View from Point Rock
Leand er Baker
The stereograph features a black and white image of a man and woman sitting atop a rock structure overlooking the falls. The image is mounted on orange card with rounded edges. Its reverse features an inscription with a photo caption.
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A Corner in the Press Room. Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago, Ill.
The stereograph contains a black and white image of Sears, Roebuck & Co.'s printing presses, which printed blank forms for clerical and merchandising departments. Image shows printers (mostly young men) operating the machines. The room's design contains large columns, high ceilings, and approximately three large printing press under four large windows. The room also contains large stacks of white paper. The image is on a cream-colored paper card mount.
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Looking up an Angle of the Great Pyramid, Showing the Difficulties of its Ascent, Egypt.
Keystone View Company
The stereograph contains a black and white image of eight men climbing the Great Pyramid. The men are at various heights in on the pyramid. Additionally, the photo is taken from a worm's-eye view from a corner of the pyramid. On the card's reverse is documentary information. The image is adhered to a gray-colored paper card mount.
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The Martyrs--Lincoln & Garfield. Los Martirs--Lincoln y Garfield.
Littleton View Co.
The stereograph features a black and white image of skeleton leaf memorial for Abraham Lincoln and James A. Garfield. At the center of the memorial sits a portrait of each president. The portraits are surrounded by skeleton leaves. The albumen print is mounted on a cream card with rounded corners.
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A Family Portrait
The stereograph contains a black and white image of five people seated on the porch of a stone house. Three of these people are women and two of them are men. There are also two children on a horse block next to the house. The male stands next to the block, while the female person sits on the block. The image is mounted on a orange-colored paper card mount.
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Signing the Emancipation Proclamation, (Capitol,) Washington, D.C.
Kilburn Brothers
The stereograph features a black and white illustration of seven men (seated and standing) around a table. Abraham Lincoln, at the image's center, hold papers in his left hand. The albumen print is mounted on a cream card with rounded edges. The verso contains publication information.
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Housekeeping begins with a naive French cook, "She's a dandy," thought the husband when he took a look.
Keystone View Company and Benjamin Lloyd Singley
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a domestic scene. A woman dressed in a maid's uniform kneads dough at a table. In the background, a calendar is pictured where January 31st falls on Friday. Therefore, the date of this image is presumably 1902, though the stereograph was published in 1903. The image appears on a gray-color paper card mount.
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View on the Upper Lake
E. and H. T. Anthony
The image contains a black and white image of a wooded lake and bridge in Central Park. The image is on a yellow card mount. Documentary information may be found on the back of the card affixed to a label.
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Sky-Top Across Lake
John Jacob Loeffler
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a rock structure covered with trees and other greenery. Lake Mohonk and a small beach are pictured at the rock's base, and a tree stands in the image's foreground. The image is adhered to a yellowish-colored paper card mount, and documentary information appears on the card's reverse.
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The Majesty and Beauty of Niagara. The New Suspension Bridge, from the Canada Side.
E. and H. T. Anthony
The stereograph features a black and white image taken along the center of a railway along a suspension bridge. Suspension wires and pillars run along each side of the bridge. Buildings and trees are pictured below on either side of the bridge. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded corners. The reverse features a label with title and publication information. Language: eng.
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The Seattle Hotel, Klondyke
Benjamin West Kilburn
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a hotel/store, which sits at the base of a tree-lined snowy mountain. A sled is parked at the front of the building, and various goods sit around the storefront. In the foreground, two men are pictured. The image is adhered to a peach-colored paper card mount.
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Chimney Sweeps
Jerome Nelson Wilson
This stereograph contains a sepia-toned image of five African-American children posing in chimney sweep clothing and with tools. Two children are kneeling and the other three are standing. The reverse side contains the photographers information, including address. The reverse side contains the given series number and a description of the picture. The photograph is on a yellow mount with rounded corners. Verso contains contributor and title information.
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Sentinel Rock
John Jacob Loeffler
The stereograph contains a black and white image of two women walking across a small wooden bridge to an awning at the top of a rock structure. Lake Mohonk is shown in the background as well as several trees and buildings. A small dirt road is pictured in the image's foreground. The image is adhered to a yellow-colored paper card mount, and documentary information appears on the card's reverse.
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Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
Keystone View Company
The stereograph features a black and white image of a portrait of Abraham Lincoln from the shoulders up. 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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The Picnic
The stereograph contains a color image of a man standing among a group of people (two men, three women) in what appears to be a performance. The group sits and watches the standing man as they eat their food. The The image is on a brownish-color card mount.
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Woman Sitting beneath a Tree
Albert J. Fisher
The stereograph features a black and white image of a woman sitting beneath a tree, and in the image's background, the falls and trees can be seen. The image is mounted on an orange card with rounded edges. Additional publication and series information may be found on the card's reverse.
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Oh, you wretch! This I shall not endure. I shall fire that flirt and a divorce procure.
Keystone View Company and Benjamin Lloyd Singley
The stereograph contains a black and white image of a woman standing next to a kneeling man. The woman grasps the man's hair as he looks on in shock. A flour-soiled jacket is sitting at the man's knees. The image is on a gray-colored paper card mount.