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Switzerland Through the Stereoscope / Lucerne Through the Stereoscope / Studies Though The Stereoscope
ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS
stereoscope card set
Underwood & Underwood
Europe: United Kingdom
c.1905
card; paper; cardboard; leather
overall: 188 mm x 126 mm x 110 mm
2021.31
ORTHOPTIC INSTRUMENTS
stereoscope card set
Underwood & Underwood
Europe: United Kingdom
c.1905
card; paper; cardboard; leather
overall: 188 mm x 126 mm x 110 mm
Four boxed sets of stereoscope cards for home viewing, the boxes leather-bound to resemble books. One double volume of 34 views of Switzerland taken 1891-1905, single volume of 8 views of Lucerne taken 1897-1903 and single volume of 13 mixed views (some in colour) taken 1895-1905, including the full moon (1899), the White House (1903), 'Rob Roy' pleasure boat on Loch Katrine, pineapples and coconut trees growing in Florida, rainbow in a Norwegian gorge, purple iris growing in Japan, the casino at Monte Carlo (1902), Fairmount Park Philadelphia, Imus River in the Philippines, fountains at the Peterhof Palace, natural bridge in Rockbridge County Virginia, cherry blossom in Tokyo.
2021.31
Gift of Mr Barry Covill, 2020