99 Stereograph Photographs of Japan offered with Telebinocular Stereoscope
1904000013623New York: Underwood & Underwood Publishers / Keystone View Co 1904. Stereograph Photographs. Near Fine. Stereograph photographs mounted on stiff brown paper board printed in black. Each card measures 18 cm x 9 cm each photograph measures 8 cm x 8 cm. Two photographs mounted on each card. Each card states "Underwood & Underwood Publishers" with various cities listed and then at the opposite end of the card the words "Works and Studios Arlington N.J. / Westwood N.J." printed. Captions in English on the recto a long caption in English on the verso of each card these long captions taken from From Notes of Travel No. 8 published by Underwood & Underwood. Below the long captions on the verso of each card there are short captions printed in English French German Spanish Swedish and Russian. Each card numbered 1 to 100. 99 out of the 100 photographs called-for are present. The photographs are housed in a brown cloth case lined with grey linen gold lettering and rules on one side of the case. Offered with these stereograph photographs is a Telebinocular Stereoscope a black binocular-type device with a holder for a stereograph card that is adjustable. When a card is placed in the stereoscope the device gives the photograph an intended three-dimensional appearance. The stereoscope is housed in a navy cloth case lined on the inside with black cloth the case lettered and ruled in gold. The photographs offered here show a myriad of views of Japanese culture and values. Highlights include steamships in Yokohama rickshaws Meiji-era clothing family life views of Japanese schools and schoolchildren millet and barley farming a Buddha statue in Kakamura Mt. Fuji views of Kobe Hiroshima Nagasaki and so much more. The photographs are brilliant and clear and are a wonderful record of life in Japan at the turn of the twentieth century. The photographs are nearly Fine the cloth case has just a touch of rubbing. The stereoscope case has more noticeable rubbing but is overall sharp. Underwood & Underwood Publishers / Keystone View Co unknown
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