Stereo Card Dessert

Archival item



1973.27.16
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 dessert landscape. The caption reads: "6806 - The Pool and Caravan fires, Showing the historic Peak of Mispah". More information about the photo is printed on the back of the card.
Cardboard; Photographic Paper
"James M Davis. // New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, Syndey" is printed on one end, and "Copyright 1891, by B.W. Kilburn" is printed on the other. "Photographed and Published by B.W. Kilburn, - - - Littleton, N.H." is printed on the reverse.
Tools and Equipment for Communication, Documentary Artifact, Stereograph