Battlefield Stereo Card (c.1901)

From Swift Current Museum

Accession Number 1973.27.28

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 battlefield. The caption reads: "Taking the Heavy Naval Guns across the Vet River - Lord Roberts' advance on Pretoria, South Africa", 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