Stereographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to the most popular and common form of stereoscopic photographs, which are double photographs of the same image taken from two slightly different perspectives. Stereographs are distinctive among other stereoscopic photographs because they are photographic prints mounted on cards, while other types could be daguerreotypes, negatives, or unmounted prints. From 1856 they were produced with twin-lens cameras, creating a three dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope. Stereographs were especially popular during the Victorian period.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Robert B. Fisher photograph collection and papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2823
Abstract:
This collection chiefly consists of photographs collected by Robert B. Fisher, but also includes his subject files and a small quantity of writings related to the history of photography, 1840-1998.
Dates:
1840-1998
Victor F. Germack and Lori Shepard Germack Collection of Photographs of Indians of North America
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 483
Abstract:
This collection consists chiefly of photographic materials created circa 1850-1978 that depict American Indians, including informal and studio portraits, as well as photographs that show the natural and built environment of the American West. Images of the American West include views of cities and towns, mining and logging operations, railroads, and natural scenery.
Dates:
circa 1850-1978, bulk 1860-1925
Alfred A. Hart and Carleton E. Watkins Stereographs of the Central Pacific Railroad
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 1265
Abstract:
Albumen stereographs and half stereographs published by Alfred A. Hart and Carleton E. Watkins of the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad in California and Utah, 1865-1869.
Dates:
1865-1869
Carroll T. Hobart papers
Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2396
Abstract:
The papers document Carroll T. Hobart's involvement in the Yellowstone Park Improvement Company and the Northern Pacific Railroad through correspondence, photographs, printed material, and documents. The correspondence consists mostly of Hobart's business correspondence. Principal correspondents include his wife Alice, his contractor brother Charles F. Hobart, and T. F. Oakes and Robert Harris of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The photographs include images of Yellowstone National Park by F....
Dates:
1871-1904
L. Stark Humes collection of photographs of the Klondike region
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 993
Abstract:
Photographs collected by Ladell Stark Humes of the Klondike region of the Yukon, as well as other areas in Alaska and Yukon Territory, circa 1865-1939. Photographers chiefly represented in the collection include William Howard Case, Case & Draper, Robert Collier, and A. W. Hall. Depicted are Native American men, women, and children; gold mining efforts; and town and landscape views. Also present are stereographs produced by the Keystone View Company of Inuit men, women, and...
Dates:
circa 1865-1939
Ellsworth Huntington papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 1
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, writings, notes and notebooks, clippings, printed matter, which relate to Ellsworth Huntington's professional career and his activities for a number of professional organizations with which he was associated. The papers also include notebooks covering his numerous field trips and ancient artifacts collected by Huntington in Chinese Turkestan. Correspondents of note include Arnold Toynbee, Ernst Antevs, Henry Adams, James Breasted, Frederick Jackson...
Dates:
1779-1952, bulk 1890-1947
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Ellsworth Huntington papers
Othniel Charles Marsh papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 343
Abstract:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, school notes, and other papers of O.C. Marsh, scientist and first professor of paleontology at Yale and in the United States. Of special interest is the rather extensive correspondence Marsh carried on with many prominent scientists of his time; included are letters from Charles Darwin, Leonard and Thomas Huxley, Simon Newcomb, and Benjamin Silliman Sr. and Jr. Also included are materials relating to Marsh's education at Andover,...
Dates:
1817-1899
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Othniel Charles Marsh papers
Carl Mautz collection of Peter Britt photographs
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 865
Abstract:
171 carte-de-visite photographs; 53 cabinet photographs; 61 tintypes, including 1 cased double portrait; 1 cased ambrotype; 20 stereographs; 10 mounted prints; 4 photographic postcards; 5 photographs; and printed material by or relating to photographer Peter Britt, circa 1850s-circa 2000. Collected by Carl Mautz. Photographs are chiefly studio portraits of men, women, and children, including Peter Britt, Amalia Grobb Britt, Amalia Britt, and Emil Britt. Stereographs in the collection depict...
Dates:
circa 1850s-circa 2000, bulk circa 1850s-circa 1880s
Peter E. Palmquist collection of photography and photographic formats
Collection
Call Number: WA Photos 495
Abstract:
This collection documents photography and photographic formats, circa 1846-1999, which Peter Palmquist collected from 1971 to 2002, and complements other collections compiled by Palmquist and held by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The collection includes material by professional and amateur photographers and documents aspects of photography from the capture of images through the production of a variety of photographic objects, as well as the marketing and storage of...
Dates:
circa 1838-1999
Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection
Collection
Call Number: JWJ MSS 54
Abstract:
The Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American Collection consists chiefly of photographs dating from circa 1850 to 1970, but also includes printed illustrations, original artwork, documents and printed ephemera that provide a record of black history in the United States for the period circa 1770 to 1970. The focus is on African-American subjects, but the collection also includes the work of black photographers, as well as images of white men and women, many of whom were associated with the...
Dates:
1728-1991, bulk 1850-1970
Donald Whittaker collection relating to 20th century culture
Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 1702
Abstract:
The Donald Whittaker collection relating to 20th century culture contains photographs, stereographs, printed materials, and other papers documenting late 19th and 20th century culture. The collection includes photographs of art, architecture, and landscapes in locations across Europe and Africa, headshots of actors, film stills, nude and erotic photographs, and erotic stereographs. Also included are printed materials, such as books in German and Italian, and broadsides advertising American...
Dates:
1873-1993 and undated
Yale and New Haven stereograph collection
Collection
Call Number: RU 689
Abstract:
The materials consist of stereographs of Yale and New Haven, Connecticut from the late 19th century. The majority depict buildings, street scenes, views of the New Haven Green, East Rock Park, West Rock, and Fair Haven.
Dates:
circa 1870-1880