Stereo Card Kimonos

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1973.27.12

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 two girls wearing kimonos, a traditional Japanese dress, while standing on a bridge and bowing to each other. The caption reads: "14025 - Winsome Little Japanese Girls in the Park - A Salutation, Japan".

Materials Cardboard; Photographic Paper

Marks/Labels "Keystone View Company. // Manufacturers & Publishers. Copyright 1904 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