Wounded Soldiers Stereo Card (c.1900)

From Swift Current Museum

Numéro d'accession 1973.27.27

Date 1900

Description Stereoscopic card for a stereoscope. The card bears two almost identical photographs, which appear three-dimensional when the image is viewed through a stereoscope. The image was taken during the Boer War, and is of some soldiers wounded or dead on a rocky battlefield. The caption reads: "The Last Drop - a scene on the Battlefield at Dordrecht, South Africa, Dec. 30th", and "Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood" is printed under the caption. More information about the photographs is printed on the back of the card.

Matériaux Cardboard; Photographic Paper

Marques/étiquettes "Sun Sculpture Works and Studios // Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington, D.C." is printed on one end of the card, and "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. // New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas." is printed on the other side.

Catégorie Tools and Equipment for Communication, Documentary Artifact, Stereograph