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Scenes include Wissahickon Creek, Valley Green, waterfalls, bridges, mills,wooded roads, buildings, and other historic landscapes. Each card features apair of albumen photographs mounted on yellow card stock for three-dimensionalviewing through a stereoscope.
DETAILS
• Quantity: 18 stereoview cards
• Photographer/publisher: Bartlett & French, Philadelphia
• Date: Circa 1867–1869
• Location: Wissahickon Creek and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Format: Albumen photographs on yellow card mounts
• Size: Approximately 3.25 x 6.75 inches each
• Most cards retain numbered location labels on the reverse
• All 18 cards are being sold together
CONDITION
Mixed Fair to Good antique condition. The cards have widespread age-relatedand moisture staining, particularly on the backs and around the edges. Imagequality varies considerably: some views retain good detail, while others arenoticeably faded, pale, foxed, or low in contrast.
Additional wear includes surface soil, spotting, rounded and worn corners,edge nicks, small mount losses, pencil notations, and abrasions. One card has aconspicuous area of photograph loss. The caption labels also show varyingdegrees of wear.
Please enlarge and examine every photograph carefully. The pictures are animportant part of the condition description and show the exact 18 cardsincluded.
An interesting study collection for collectors of early photography,Philadelphia history, stereographs, Wissahickon Valley, Pennsylvania mills,bridges, and landscapes.
The cards will be protected and securely packaged for shipment.
Historic 3D Photos, Early Photography, Pennsylvania History,Valley Green Views, Victorian Photo Lot, Stereoscope Cards, AlbumenPhotographs, Local History Gift, Antique Landscape, Bridge Mill Photos, PhotoCollector Gift, 19th Century Images, Scenic Americana
