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Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Publisher:

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Killela, J.J.  Search this

Underwood, Bert, 1862-1943  Search this

Underwood, Elmer, 1859-1947  Search this

Photographer:

Ponting, Herbert George, 1870-1935  Search this

Underwood, Bert, 1862-1943  Search this

Underwood, Elmer, 1859-1947  Search this

White, Clarence W.  Search this

Extent:

160 Cubic feet

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Stereographs

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Lantern slides

Date:

1895-1921

Summary:

A collection of approximately 28,000 glass plate negatives showing views of a variety of subjects.

Scope and Contents:

The major part of the collection, series 1-4, contains nearly 28,000 glass plates, including original stereoscopic negatives, interpositives, and both negative and positive non-stereoscopic plates used to produce lantern slides and paper prints. The photographs were taken all over the world. The majority are from the Underwood & Underwood active files, but plates from other publishers are also included. Series 5 is a small collection of paper stereographs. Series 6 contains 4 Underwood & Underwood descriptive sales catalogs and 1 H. C. White & Co. catalog (numbers on the Underwood plates correspond to the numbers on catalog captions). Series 7 is apparatus--four stereoscopes.

The approximately 28,000 glass plates in this collection have not been completely inspected at this point due to handling problems associated with asbestos contamination of the collection. A preliminary survey, however, indicated that the selections of images cover the full range of subject matter encompassed by the "Underwood Travel System." The subject matter is most easily comprehended by consulting one of the Underwood sales catalogs which accompany the collection. The catalog captions are arranged geographically, for the most part, and generally represent an organized "tour" which could be purchased as a boxed set, complete with maps and guide book, although individual images could be purchased separately. The catalogs indicate that the Underwood files were continually updated, for extensive modifications in some of the sets can be seen from edition to edition, and actual inspection of published stereographs shows that alternate views with identical Underwood catalog numbers were substituted from time to time, and that new subjects (with new catalog numbers) were sometimes introduced into the sets and old subjects were retired. There are glass plate negatives as well as positives in this collection. The positive images were probably interpositives used for the production of duplicate negatives. Some of the original stereo negatives were cut apart and the images transposed; they were then bound with an additional glass support (in many cases the tape has deteriorated). Half stereo positives also appear in the collection: these probably were intended for use in lantern slide production. Frequently a drawer of plates contains several incarnations of a single image, including the original negative, a copy negative, an interpositive, and a positive lantern slide. In other cases a drawer may contain only a single mode, e.g., original negatives, while corresponding positives and/or lantern slides appear in separate drawers.

A small quantity of the Underwood & Underwood plates are not from the Travel System, but represent humorous and genre subjects which were cataloged and marketed separately. The work of several other publishers, usually without Underwood catalog numbers, is also represented, including H. C. White, American Stereoscopic Company, and J. J. Killela.

The arrangement of the collection seems to reflect a combination of permanent reference storage as well as active use files. The apparent anomalies or inconsistencies probably indicate the pulling of plates from permanent files into temporary work files, and the collection may consist of a combination of permanent storage and temporary working files. As the drawers do not appear to have been renumbered according to any easily discernible pattern, they have become intermixed and rearranged in storage. The contents of each drawer usually have been found in good order, however, and the plates were nearly always arranged numerically,usually with the low numbers at the rear of the drawer and the highest number at the front. As the plates have been rehoused, the reverse numerical order has been corrected. When all the plates have been rehoused and inventoried, consideration will be given to general collection rearrangement and renumbering of the containers, either strictly in numerical order or topically and/or geographically with a numerical sequence within each group.

The collection is in good condition for the most part, although conservation attention will be required. There is a certain amount of emulsion peeling or frilling at the edges of some plates, but this is a condition to which emulsions on glass frequently are prone. A few plates, bound in a sandwich arrangement between cover glass and acetate facing the emulsion, have suffered severe damage, peeling, and image losses through the apparent ferrotyping and sticking of emulsion to the plastic, probably under conditions of high humidity at some stage. There is surprisingly little glass breakage within the collection.

Most of the stereoscopic negatives and many of the positives are defaced with a double "XI' scratched into the emulsion of either the left or right side, as described above in the historical note. Of particular interest and presumed rarity are cards found interfiled with plates in many of the drawers. These cards, filed by Underwood (i.e., catalog) numbers, bear printing'or production dates and notes, along with the unique, chronological accession numbers which the company assigned to each plate, regardless of the "active" number which it might eventually receive. A check mark on a card usually refers to a plate actually in the collection and with which the card is found physically associated; additional accession numbers without check marks listed on the cards possibly refer to variant views which were discarded or may in fact be in the Keystone Mast Collection (pending further research). For ease of handling and in the interest of conservation, the cards have been separated from the plates within each drawer and are arranged as a group at the rear, but can still be located easily. Frequently when a plate and/or its original envelope does not bear both the "active" and accession numbers, the missing number can be located on one of these cards.

Photographers represented include Herbert G. Ponting and Clarence W. White. A photographer and/or publisher named J. J. Killela is also represented.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in seven series. Series 1, 2, and 3 are each divided into negative and positive subseries. Plates are arranged numerically in groups based on geographical and subject content. Controlled at the series level in the finding aid and at the item level in a computer database.

Series 1, H. C. White glass plates

Series 2, American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates

Series 3, Underwood & Underwood glass plates

Series 4, Broken glass plates

Series 5, Original company catalogs

Series 6, Paper stereographs

Series 7, stereoscopes (viewers)

Biographical / Historical:

Underwood & Underwood was established at Ottawa, Kansas, by the young brothers Elmer and Bert Underwood in 1882. They initially operated as distributors for eastern photographers' stereographs to new markets in the West. Their activities included door to door canvassing with views by Charles Bierstadt, J. F. Jarvis, and Littleton View Co.(1) Underwood & Underwood, Publishers, opened a branch office in Baltimore in 1887.(2)

Soon Underwood & Underwood and other large stereograph publishers began recruiting college students to work as salesmen during summer months (1890). Underwood and Underwood claimed that their organization alone sent out as many as 3,000 college students in one Summer [sic]. With the other ... big companies each employing more than 1,000, it is easy to understand how the countryside of the Nation literally swarmed with stereograph salesmen throughout the summer months! ... The competition between the salesmen themselves was likewise aggressive, with no holds barred. Many successful business and professional men of today relate with considerable pride that they got their start on their careers in this practical and very effective school of salesmanship.(3)

The company moved its main office from Ottawa, Kansas to New York City (1891),(4) and gradually began to publish its own stereographs. Bert Underwood finally took photography lessons from M. Abel in Mentone, France during the same year.(5) B. L. Singley, erstwhile salesman for the Underwood & Underwood and James M. Davis & Co. firms, in 1892 formed the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, which was to become Underwood & Underwood's chief competitor and imitator.(6)

Underwood & Underwood entered the education market (1895) by producing packaged sets of 100 or more stereographs with descriptive texts.(7) From 1897 the firm employed full time staff photographers as well as free lancers. By 1901 the Underwoods were publishing 25,000 stereographs per day (i.e.,total number of cards). Increasing production levels led them to gain control of the Jarvis, Bierstadt, and William H. Rau photoprinting facilities in 1897 1898.(8)

The Keystone view Company created its own Educational Department in 1898. This division sustained the Keystone View Company past the period of the stereograph's popularity. In this year Underwood & Underwood reprinted Oliver Wendell Holmes's series on the stereograph and stereoscope which originally appeared in The Atlantic Monthly between 1859 and 1863. This eighty page booklet included testimonials from eminent scholars on the value of the stereograph in education. The company had been test marketing what itlater called "The Underwood Travel System." This consisted of a boxed set of stereo views of a country or region, a guide book describing the significance of the places shown, and a map showing their location and the viewpoints from which the stereographs were taken. Captions on the backs of the stereographs were sometimes printed in six languages.(9) As stereographs began to be used in schools as visual aids, the firm promoted its Travel System with endorsements from prominent educators, citing the usage of the system by various schools and universities.(10)

The H. C. White Company, which had manufactured stereoscopes for several decades, entered the stereo publication field in 1899.(11) Much of its production seemed to imitate Underwood & Underwood cards, including typography and the color of mount stock. Underwood & Underwood expanded into news photography by 1910 and gradually decreased its stereographic work. Few new stereo negatives were added to the file after 1912 except for a flurry of activity during the early war years, 1914 1916. The total number of Underwood & Underwood "titles" in stereo were from 30,000 to 40,000 (there might be a substantially larger number of actual negatives, since the files frequently were updated with newer views for old catalog numbers).(12)

Underwood & Underwood sold a portion of its negative file to the educational division of Keystone View Company in 1912,(13) and between 1921 1923 conveyed to this competitor their remaining stereo stock (presumably both cards and negatives) and rights.(14) In addition to its involvement as a news photographic agency, the company eventually opened portrait studios which flourished during the World war II years. A former Smithsonian employee, Vince Connolly, worked for Underwood & Underwood, which competed with Harris & Ewing in general portrait work during that period: he did portraiture and other photography, but says he was unaware of his employer's earlier stereo publishing activities.

Underwood & Underwood donated approximately 6000 negatives to the Section of Photography of the Division of Graphic Arts (1964). These photographs are primarily 4" x 5", captioned glass plate and film negatives. The subjects are news events and theatrical, sports, and political subjects of the early 20th century. In a letter to the Smithsonian of March 25, 1966 (in accession number 270586), Mrs. John M. Stratton described another collection of Underwood & Underwood photographs, stating that her husband had been a partner in Underwood & Underwood Illustrations and owned Underwood & Underwood News Photos. In November of the same year Mr. and Mrs. Stratton donated this collection of glass plates by Underwood & Underwood and other publishers to the Division of Photographic History (then the Section of Photography of the Division of Graphic Arts) . This material consists of both negative and positive stereographic plates, as well as non stereoscopic plates, chiefly copies made from the stereographs, with some catalogs, stereoscopes, and other material. The donor estimated 12,900 plates, but in 1983 the Smithsonian Institution inventory yielded a total of approximately 28,000 plates.

The Keystone View Company's stereoscopic production continued much later than Underwood & Underwood's. It was not until 1939 when declining interest in stereography led the firm to discontinue stereograph production and enter the field of visual optometrics. The stereoscopic negative collection, including material obtained from Underwood & Underwood and other firms, was placed in storage in concrete vaults. The Mast family of Davenport, Iowa, eventually purchased the collection in 1963, and in 1977 donated the collection to the University of California for its California Museum of Photography in Riverside. The University took physical possession of this vast collection in 1979.(15)

Many of the Underwood & Underwood plates donated by the Strattons (which were transferred to the Archives Center in 1983), in effect have been cancelled by having diagonal lines (double "X" marks) scratched into the emulsion of either the left or right image of each stereo pair (never both sides). These cancellation marks do not appear on the Underwood & Underwood plates in the Keystone Mast Collection in Riverside. This leads to several theories: (a) that these cancellations were in fact the reason that the Smithsonian plates were not purchased by Keystone in either 1912 or 1921, since Keystone clearly intended to use the Underwood material for stereograph production and the defaced plates would be of no value to them for this purpose; or (b), as stereo collector John Waldsmith suggests, that the cancellations were part of an agreement between Underwood & Underwood and Keystone: Keystone may have asked Underwood & Underwood to cancel one side of each stereoscopic plate not being sold to Keystone so that Underwood & Underwood would no longer be able to compete with Keystone in the stereo market. The defaced plates, as well as other material which Keystone did not purchase, apparently remained in Underwood custody and eventually were acquired by Mr. and Mrs. Stratton. The cancellation marks in the Smithsonian's collection are the subject of further conjecture. Edward Earle at Riverside feels that, since Underwood & Underwood sought to abandonded stereograph production much earlier than Keystone's departure from the field in order to enter the non stereoscopic lantern slide market, the cancellation may have served to indicate which side of each sterescopic pair should be converted to lantern slide production use; the existence of the 4" x 5" copy negatives and positives from stereographs in this collection seem to corroborate this. The Underwood & Underwood conversion from stereograph to lantern slide materials seems to coincide with the ascendance of lantern slide projection as visual aids in schools. The company apparently modified the type of photographic product which they published at least partially in recognition of this new educational trend.

NOTES

1. edward W. Earle, ed., Points of View: The Stereograph in America A Cultural @ Visual 'g . E!Ltory, Rochester, F.Y., Th Studies Workshop ress, 1979, p. 60; William Culp Darrah, The World of Stereographs, Gettysburg, Pa., 1979, p. 46.

2. Tbid., p. 62.

3. George E. Hamilton, Oliver Wendell Holmes, His Pioneer SLtuereoscope and Later Industry, New York, New )men Society, 1949, p. 17, quoted in Points of 1=e w:, 6 4 . P.

4. Points of View., p. 66.

5. Darrah, p. 47.

6. points of View, p. 66.

7. Ibid., p. 68.

8. Darrah, p. 47.

9. Points of View, p. 70.

10. Howard S. Becker, "Steteographs: Local, National, and International Art Worlds," in Points of View, p. 95. 11. points of View, p. 72.

12. Darrah, p. 48.

13. Darrah, p. 48, quoted in Points of View, P. 82.

14. Darrah, p. 48.

15. Chris J. Kenney, introduction to "Perspective and the Past: The Keystone Mast Collection," CMP Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1982.

Related Materials:

California Museum of Photography, University of California--Riverside, Riverside, California 92521.

Underwood & Underwood stereographs in this collection and the Smithsonian Underwood & Underwood Collection originally were components of the same company file.

Provenance:

Collection donated by June Stratton (Mrs. John M.) on December 19, 1966.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Traveling sales personnel  Search this

Travel photography -- 1890-1930  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs -- 1890-1930

Photographs -- Interpositives -- Glass -- 1890-1930

Photographs -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass -- 1890-1930

Photographs -- 1900-1950

Stereoscopic photographs -- Glass -- 1890-1930

Lantern slides

Photographs -- 1890-1900

Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0143

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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86e358e26-e305-49a6-bf9b-f2d38d995ae0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0143

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Names:

Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881  Search this

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865  Search this

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8".)

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Local Numbers:

RSN 9719

Video number 08996

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Company no. 76702.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Martyrs  Search this

Nightgowns  Search this

Children -- 1900-1910  Search this

prayers  Search this

Assassinations  Search this

Portraits  Search this

Presidents  Search this

Flags -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87990dd72-2dda-4442-a8e8-3abfb540cb01

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18924

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Names:

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (3 3/4" x 7")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Date:

1900

Local Numbers:

RSN 9723

Video number 09000

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

76662

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Presidents -- United States -- 1890-1900.  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep89ef6fc35-c7ae-489d-b105-1a9273d06e45

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18928

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Names:

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (3 3/4" x 7")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Date:

1901

Local Numbers:

RSN 9724

Video number 09001

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

39318

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Portraits  Search this

Presidents -- United States -- 1900-1910.  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81cb58c5c-5c9e-439b-ae2b-9e956f424857

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18929

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Names:

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Local Numbers:

RSN 9728

Video number 09005

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

39587

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Cemeteries  Search this

Presidents  Search this

Sepulchral monuments  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8250345f7-a449-45f8-8454-6bc8b00a13d8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18933

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Names:

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (3 3/4" x 7")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Place:

Ohio

Canton (Ohio)

Date:

1901

Local Numbers:

RSN 9729

Video number 09006

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

39588?

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Cemeteries -- Ohio  Search this

Presidents -- Ohio  Search this

Tombs -- Ohio  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8d3a830f9-10b7-4e81-9099-49e663818be0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18934

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Names:

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Local Numbers:

RSN 9730

Video number 09007

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

39583

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Cemeteries  Search this

Presidents  Search this

Sepulchral monuments  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a2328f9d-d2f4-4e5f-be7e-eef3feaf4641

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18935

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Names:

United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8")

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Local Numbers:

RSN 9732

Video number 09009

General:

Company catalog card included.

Currently stored in box 2.1.9 [63].

Copy and Version Identification Note:

39693

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Capitols  Search this

Presidents -- United States -- Inauguration  Search this

Presidents  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

See more items in:

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection

Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 9706-9790

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a96f6b32-cea3-4e67-91ed-2e0d0e1c42c8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref18937

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Names:

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (pieces, 3-1/2" x 3-3/4".)

Type:

Archival materials

Portraits

Photographs

Date:

1901

Local Numbers:

RSN 10723

General:

Currently stored in box 2.1.20 [124].

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Presidents  Search this

Genre/Form:

Portraits -- Men

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 10682-10754

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cacb6345-57ad-4532-bb33-4514f89eecc6

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref7398

Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Names:

Vatican Library (Rome, Italy)  Search this

McKinley, William, 1843-1901  Search this

Extent:

0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Tissue stereographs

Pamphlets

Photographs

Stereographs

Place:

Rome (Italy) -- 1890-1910

New Orleans (La.)

Brussels (Belgium) -- 1890-1910

Chartres (France) -- 1890-1910

Bavaria (Germany) -- 1890-1910

Berlin (Germany) -- 1890-1910

New York (N.Y.) -- 1890-1910

Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- 1890-1910

Germany -- 1890-1910

Date:

circa 1893-1904

Scope and Contents:

This collection is composed of two series: (1) 22 stereographs by several publishers, many of which relate to or were actually printed from negatives in the Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection; and (2) a pamphlet. The fourth group of cards illustrates certain aspects of how stereographs were used by various companies, including two variant images taken on the sugar levee in New Orleans, apparently in 1893 by a Strohmeyer & Wyman photographer, which later appeared in different versions by other publishers. This demonstrates how two negatives, apparently taken by the same photographer minutes apart, were published by four different publishers, although a nearly identical caption was retained for all five versions of the published photographs.

The other stereographs include comic and genre scenes (posed or staged), travel views, etc. Included is a tinted French tissue published by American Stereoscopic Co.

The pamphlet, published by Underwood & Underwood in 1902, illustrates one of the company's marketing techniques.

Most of these items are in fair to good condition.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into two series.

Series 1: Stereographs

Series 2: Pamphlet

Biographical / Historical:

Anne E. Peterson, the donor of this material, is a photographic historian who served as project manager for the Underwood & Underwood Videodisc Project in 1990-1992.

Ms. Peterson earned a B.A. in art history at the University of Texas (Austin) in 1970 and an M.A. in American civilization from George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) in 1980, with a concentration in history of photography and American arts. Working for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Decatur House, and Wilson House from 1975-1980, she was a guest curator at Wilson House for the exhibition and catalogue, Hornblower & Marshall, Architects (1976-1978). From 1978 to 1980 she worked for the Prints and Photographs Division at the Library of Congress, cataloging the Frances Benjamin Johnston photographic collections, and later served as a guest curator at the Library. She was Curator of Photography for the Louisiana State Museum in New Orleans from 1981 1982, and later worked on exhibitions and publications for the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery (University of Maryland Baltimore County) and Lousiana State University (Baton Rouge).

Ms. Peterson became associated with the Archives Center in 1985, working on the Donald Sultner Welles Collection, especially the manuscript material, then worked on the Underwood & Underwood Collection from 1990, during which time she also prepared the Sultner Welles Collection brochure and assisted with the final editing and preparation of the register.

She has lectured and participated in seminars and symposia widely. Her most recent publication at this writing is the book, Frances Benjamin Johnston: The Woman and Her Work.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Anne E. Peterson, 1990, December 31.

Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Cotton -- 1890-1910  Search this

Sugar trade -- 1900-1910 -- New Orleans  Search this

Courtship -- 1890-1910  Search this

Racism -- 1890-1910  Search this

Ethnic imagery  Search this

Genre/Form:

Tissue stereographs

Pamphlets -- 1900-1910

Photographs -- Black-and-white photoprints -- 1890-1910

Stereographs -- 1890-1910

Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81a2c5b20-44a5-41d2-9293-acefb9279d25

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0402

Publisher:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

Photographer:

Underwood, Elmer, 1859-1947  Search this

Collection Creator:

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (5" x 8".)

Type:

Archival materials

Photographs

Stereoscopic photographs

Place:

Christiania (Norway)

Eklsborg (Norway)

Norway

Oslo (Norway)

Date:

1905

Local Numbers:

RSN 10041

General:

Currently stored in box 2.1.12 87. Company catalog card included. Orig. nos. 77503; 591.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Boats -- Norway  Search this

Harbors -- Norway  Search this

Ports -- Norway  Search this

Ships -- Norway  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1900-1910 -- Black-and-white negatives -- Glass

Stereoscopic photographs

Collection Citation:

Underwood &Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection / Series 2: American Stereoscpopic Co. glass plates / 2.1: American Stereoscopic Negatives / RSN Numbers 10036-10069, Cards AS 1488-AS 1594

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep889a89d4d-1845-42fc-9d31-bab0c996ed29

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0143-ref6719

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402, Series 1

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep857216260-45d7-42c8-ac90-29f047b34c30

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref17

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402, Series 2

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep873d4248f-0fec-4853-81e7-b0423de7085b

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref18

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Item 23

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 2: Pamphlet

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a0ebb96a-e067-49fe-beaa-aacdbf489add

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref19

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402, Subseries 1.1

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 1: Stereographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8055cd1fb-52cf-4f25-9cc7-13cabf9f71a5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref20

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402, Subseries 1.2

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 1: Stereographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep83da091da-feb2-43bc-a3e4-b578738322f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref21

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402, Subseries 1.3

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 1: Stereographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e6ef0e63-b787-486f-9136-e5de0ef92f23

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref22

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0402, Subseries 1.4

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 1: Stereographs

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep805b5b767-f0d2-4723-b224-8b5386ead8e8

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref23

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Item 1991.3080.01

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 1: Stereographs / 1.1: Published by American Stereoscopic Co

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a2bebcfd-0241-4abf-8ff7-dad54db077b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref24

Collection Publisher:

Strohmeyer & Wyman  Search this

Underwood & Underwood  Search this

American Stereoscopic Co.  Search this

H. C. White Co.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Young, R.Y.  Search this

Clarke, Edw.  Search this

Collection Collector:

Peterson, Anne E. (photographic historian)  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Item 1991.3080.02

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless they are housed in plastic sleeves.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

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Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection

Anne E. Peterson Stereograph Collection / Series 1: Stereographs / 1.1: Published by American Stereoscopic Co

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85efebb11-3461-4752-9825-ede6466a38da

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-0402-ref25