Stereo Card Graveyard With Smoke

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1973.27.10

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 is of a graveyard with smoke from a volcano in the background sky. The caption reads: "14353 - "'Tis now the very witching time of night; // When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out // Contagion to this world // Martinique, F.W.I [French West Indies]". The back of the card contains more information about the photograph.

Materials Cardboard; Photographic Paper

Marks/Labels "Keystone View Company. // Manufacturers & Publishers. Copyright 1903 by B.L. Singley" is printed on one end of the card, and "Meadville, Pa., St. Louis, Mo., San Francisco, Cal., Toronto, Can., New York, N.Y., London, England" is printed on the other side.

Category Tools and Equipment for Communication, Documentary Artifact, Stereograph