Man Looking Stereo Card (c.1901)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1973.27.26

Date 1901

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 a man looking at a city in the distance. The caption reads: "Scene of Gen. White's long heroic defense, Ladysmith - looking from Devonshire Hill to Caesar's Hill - S.A.", and "Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood" is printed under the caption. More information about the photographs is printed on the back of the card.

Materials Cardboard; Photographic Paper

Marks/Labels "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.

Category Tools and Equipment for Communication, Documentary Artifact, Stereograph