Call Number:

PH-00993

Collection Name:

Around the World

Creator:

No. of Items:

100 items

Span Dates:

1896-1912

Description:

100 gelatin silver stereographs by H. D. Girdwood (2), Realistic Travels (51), and Underwood & Underwood (47), assembled by Helmut Gernsheim. Gernsheim titled the group Around the World, placed the stereographs into a Realistic Travels case (originally produced for a series titled The Great War), and affixed labels marked “Around the World” over the spine of the case. The stereographs are from various published sets and primarily consist of images of national parks in the United States, Niagara Falls, life and architecture in and around New York City, and travel views of a variety of countries and regions around the world including Egypt, Palestine, and India. One (964:0097:0067) is hand colored. The stereographs most likely date between 1896 and 1912 and have been grouped according to subject.

Accession No(s):

964:0097:0001-0100; Former accession number: 964:0860:0011; Former accession numbers:964:3379:0001-0100; Originally given one accession number for the entire set, when cataloged at collection-level during GEH cataloging project. Former number was 964:0860:0011. Later the items were assigned accession numbers 964:3379:0001-0100, but they were never added to the items. When items were physically numbered, a previously unused Gernsheim year:lot (964:0097) was assigned. MAH 1/31/2020; Purchase, 1963 or later

Location(s):

Around the World Box 1 (964:0097:0001-0100); Around the World Box 2 (original case for 964:0097:0001-0100)
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