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Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, 1895-1921
- Notes
- Underwood & Underwood was established at Ottawa, Kansas by brothers Elmer and Bert Underwood, 1882. Originally they were distributors in the West for eastern photographers' stereographs, but they began publishing stereographs in 1890. They established an educational unit in 1895 and became a leader in armchair travel photography. Although the firm was highly successful in marketing sets of stereographs for a number of years, they eventually decided to concentrate on non-stereoscopic photographs and sold their glass stereo collection to a competitor, the Keystone View Co., in 1912 and 1921. The photographs in this collection represent the material which Keystone did not purchase
- Summary
- 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
- Photographers represented include Herbert G. Ponting and Clarence W. White. A photographer and/or publisher named J. J. Killela is also represented
- Cite as
- Underwood & Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1895
- 1895-1921
- 1890-1930
- 1890-1900
- 1900-1950
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- Underwood, Bert 1862-1943
- Underwood, Elmer 1859-1947
- photographer
- White, Clarence W
- publisher
- Killela, J.J
- H.C. White Co
- American Stereoscopic Co
- Local number
- 270586 (NMAH Acc.)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
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Stereo Photographers Stereographs, 1893-1904
- Notes
- Three of the stereographs depict men who were significant figures in the history of stereoscopic photography, especially vis-a-vis Underwood & Underwood
- Summary
- Four stereographs showing stereo photographers at work: (1) "Taking a View for You & U," copyright 1893 by J. F. Jarvis, Washington, D.C. (little girl holding field camera); (2) uncaptioned view of man standing on pier amid ruins, published by Underwood & Underwood, n.d., identified as Bert Underwood in pencil on mount; (3) "Our well known Stereoscopic Photographer, H. A. Strohmeyer--Blanket Court-martialed by his Army friends," copyright 1898 by Strohmeyer & Wyman; and (4) an Underwood stereo photographer, apparently Herbert G. Ponting, at crater of Aso-san volcano, Japan, copyright 1904 by Underwood & Underwood
- Cite as
- Collection 414, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Date
- 1893
- 1893-1904
- 1890-1910
- 1890-1920
- collector
- Kraus, Jeffrey (dealer)
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- publishers
- Strohmeyer & Wyman
- vendor
- Raven Books
- Subject
- Underwood, Bert 1862-1943
- Strohmeyer, H. A (photographer)
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- Local number
- 92-14160 (OPPS Neg., Ponting image)
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Mountains, Switzerland.] Stereo photonegative
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]. Orig. no. 62-3
- Date
- 1895
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3480
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Tourists on walkway; view of cascading mountain stream: stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 83-3
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3503
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Mountain climbers in Switzerland. Active no. 15215 : stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 35-C
- Summary
- Four figures climbing slope
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3418
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Mountains in Switzerland. Active no. 15218 : stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- "Reproduced"
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 42-B
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3419
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[View of river in mountain area: stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 1-D
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3420
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Climbers in Switzerland: stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 50-D
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3468
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Mountains in Switzerland: stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 2-B
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3421
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
[Tourists in Switzerland: stereo photonegative.]
- Notes
- Currently stored in box 1.1.18 [12]
- Orig. No. 3-B
- Date
- 1900
- 1910
- 20th century
- 1900-1910
- publisher
- Underwood & Underwood
- photographer
- Ponting, Herbert George 1870-1935
- publisher
- H.C. White Co
- Local number
- RSN 3422
- Data Source
- Archives Center - NMAH
