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ANTIQUE VINTAGE KEYSTONE VIEW COMPANY, MEADEVILLE, PA \"TOUR OF THE WORLD\" VOLUMES 1 - VIII - 400 STERIO VIEW CARDS PLUS VIEWER. THERE ARE FOUR BOXES OF 100 CARDS EACH IN NUMBERED SEQUENCE. THE END OF THE BOXES IS MADE TO LOOK LIKE LIBRARY BOOKS & EACH CONTAINS TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME I & II CONTAINS T1-99VOLUMEIII & IV CONTAINS T100-T199VOLUME V & VI CONTAINS T200-T299VOLUME VII-VIII CONTAINS T300-T400VIEWER IS A TELEBINOCULAR - NOT SURE IF IT IS COMPLETE, BUT WAS ABLE TO VIEW ALL CARDS. IMPRINTED ON VIEWE: \"KEYSTONE VIEW CO. MEADEVILLE, PA USA PATENTS NO 10351\". IT ALSO COMES IN ONE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED LIBRARY-2 VOLUME TYPE BOXES; IT IS BLACK METAL, WHEN LOOKING IN THE VIEWER, THERE ARE SOME BLACK SPOTS. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE TELEBINOCULAR BOX ARE TWO GEOMETRIC DESIGN TESTING CARDS. THEY ARE GEOMETRIC DESIGNS & ONE STATES \"WITH STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT\" & ONE \"WITHOUT STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT\".MOST OF THE 400 BLACK & WHITE PHOTO CARDS ARE SLIGHTLY CURLED/BOWED. THE BOXES SHOW EXPOSURE TO BEING IN MOISTURE (THERE ARE WHITE MARKS & SPOTS ON BOXES) THESE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PHOTOS. ALSO, A MUSTY ODOR.Descriptive SummaryCreator:Keystone View CompanyTitle:Keystone View Company \"Tour of the World\" StereographsDates:ca. 1892-1933Abstract:Keystone’s “Tour of the World” set of stereo images includes scenes of England, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and other European countries, the Balkans, Scandinavia, Asia and the Pacific islands, Australia and New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East, Palestine, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central and South America.Accession No.:88-374Language:Materials are written in English.Historical Note
The Keystone View Company was founded in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1892. By 1905 it was the foremost producer of stereo views in the world. From 1892 to 1963 Keystone produced both educational and comic/sentimental view images using staff photographers whose work was not credited. In 1963 the company was sold and its home-sales stereo view division was closed.
Keystone’s “Tour of the World” set of stereo images includes scenes of England, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and other European countries, the Balkans, Scandinavia, Asia and the Pacific islands, Australia and New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East, Palestine, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. Among the things portrayed are physical features, flora and fauna, cities and buildings, industrial and historic sites, and people. The backs of the stereographs contain information about the images along with references to history and occasionally poetry. Some references are made to World War I, a geyser that spouted in Yellowstone in 1928, the presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and other milestones that help to date the images but many are undated. A stereo viewer is also included in this collection.
Index TermsSubjects (Persons)Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), husbandryAnimalsCitiesCommerceEthnic groupsHistoric AmericaEuropeMexicoMiddle EastNew ZealandPacific IslandsSouth AmericaUnited States