Title: Stereoscopics Collection
Inclusive Dates: circa 1865-1915

Creators:

• Bennett, H. H. (Henry Hamilton), 1843-1908
• Anger, H. W.
• Sherman, W. H. (William Hayward), 1821-1898
• Vollert, William P.
• Union View Company

Call Number: Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 29

Quantity: 1.0 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

Repository:

Milwaukee Public Library, Frank P. Zeidler Room

Archival Location:

Milwaukee Public Library (Map)

Abstract:

This collection consists of 499 stereoscopic photographs, or stereograms, of national and international people and places. The collection is primarily comprised of popular tourist destinations. Of special interest are images of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Dells, and Lake Superior. While the images are largely undated, they are most likely from circa 1865-1915.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.mwpl-mhpc0029

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Stereoscopic images have been in existence since the early 19th century. The side-by-side images on stereoscopic cards, one image for each eye, give the illusion of a three-dimensional effect when viewed through a stereoscope. As a result of this three-dimensional effect, stereoscopics were very popular throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Later viewers, such as the View-Master, replaced the stereoscope but the technology behind them is largely unchanged.

The images in this collection are largely undated. A stereoscope is available to view the items. The first box consists of 42 images of the City of Milwaukee. The photographers of those images are H. W. Anger, H. H. Bennett, W. H. Sherman, William P. Vollert, and the Union View Company, with some photographs that have no indication as to the photographer. The second and third boxes contain 122 images of Wisconsin, with the majority of the photos being of the Wisconsin Dells and having been taken by H. H. Bennett. The photos not of the Wisconsin Dells include some of Devil’s Lake, Adams and Juneau Counties, Janesville, Oconomowoc, and Genesee.

The fourth through seventh boxes contain photos from many different states in the United States, particularly Michigan, Minnesota, and Colorado. They number 188 images in total. The photographers and companies who are responsible for the images include: J. Carbutt, W. G. Chamberlain, Childs Art Gallery, George E. Curtis, Elmer & Tenney, The Ingersoll View Company and T. W. Ingersoll, J. A. Jenney, E. W. Kelley, the Keystone View Company, the Kilburn Brothers, M. Nowack, L. K. Oldroyd, William H. Rau, S. R. Stoddard, J. Thurlow, Underwood & Underwood, C. L. Wasson, Webster & Albee, C. W. Woodward, and Charles A. Zimmerman.

Boxes eight and nine contain international stereoviews. There are 73 international images in total. The photographers and companies (not including those already listed in the boxes of United States images) responsible for the images include the International Stereograph Co. Box nine also includes miscellaneous scenes involving people and animals. There are 81 images of people and animals in total. The locations and people are not identified. The photographers and companies (not including those already listed) responsible for these images include: George Barker, C. H. Graves, M. LaRoche, Littleton View Co., B. L. Singley, and Universal Photo Art Co.

The City of Milwaukee stereoscopics are arranged in alphabetical subject headings that mirror the subject headings used in the Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection (MHPC-6). The Wisconsin images by H. H. Bennett are arranged according to the numbers printed on the cards. They may have been meant to be a specific order or series. Even though the series is not complete, the photos are arranged in numerical order. The non-Bennett images at the end of the Wisconsin stereoscopics are arranged alphabetically by the name of the municipality in the photos.

The images in the boxes with the remaining states (aside from Wisconsin) are arranged alphabetically by the name of the state and within that by the name of the municipality or location. Images that only give the state as the sum of the location information are grouped together at the beginning of the images from that state. In the international boxes, the images are ordered alphabetically by country. The photos of people and animals are unidentified and without a location. As a result, no specific order has been retained.

A full finding aid of the Milwaukee photos can be found in the Catalog of Collections binder. The finding aid also details individual photographers and donors of specific Milwaukee images. No additional finding aid has been created for the non-Milwaukee photos.

Stereoscopics Collection, circa 1865-1915, Collection 29. Milwaukee Historic Photo Archives, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

• Historic Photo Collection. Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 6.

• Milwaukee and Vicinity View-Master Collection. Milwaukee Historic Photo Collection 30.

• Tour of the World. Keystone View Company.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials. The collection is open to all in accordance with state law. The public may view collections from the Milwaukee Historic Photo Archives by appointment at the Central Library. To request an in-person appointment, create/login to your Special Collections Account. If you have any questions, please contact the Archives and Special Collections Department at mplarchives@milwaukee.gov.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The collection was received piecemeal from various sources at various times. Individuals who contributed to the collection are: Mrs. M. N. Barber, E. D. Bangs, Ella Phillips, Nicholas G. Ewens, Carl Remeeus, Herman G. Runge, and Evelyn Schanning. Materials accessioned as a Historic Photo Collection.

Processing Information

Processed by Brian Williams-Van Klooster, Photo Librarian, March 2006. Additional processing by Rose Fortier, Historic Photo Librarian, July 2010.

	Milwaukee
Box   1 Folder   1	Business & Industry – Matthews Bros.
Box   1 Folder   2	Business & Industry – Northwestern Mutual
Box   1 Folder   3	Churches – St. Gall’s
Box   1 Folder   4	Churches – St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church
Box   1 Folder   5	City Hall – Original
Box   1 Folder   6	Convents – St. Mary’s Convent
Box   1 Folder   7	County Institutions – Old Courthouse
Box   1 Folder   8-9	Fire Station – 176 N. Broadway
Box   1 Folder   10	Fountains – Courthouse Square (old Courthouse)
Box   1 Folder   11	Fountains – Forest Home Cemetery
Box   1 Folder   12	Historic Buildings – Insurance Building
Box   1 Folder   13	Historic Buildings – Iron Block
Box   1 Folder   14	Historic Buildings – Mackie Building
Box   1 Folder   15	Historic Buildings – Mitchell, Alexander Residence
Box   1 Folder   16	Historic Buildings – Hall, O. J. Residence
Box   1 Folder   17	Hotels – Kirby House
Box   1 Folder   18	Hotels – Newhall House
Box   1 Folder   19	Hotels – Plankinton House
Box   1 Folder   20	Lakefront
Box   1 Folder   21	Occupations – Dock Workers
Box   1 Folder   22	Panoramic Views – Central City West
Box   1 Folder   23	Parades – Master Woodmen of America Convention, 1905
Box   1 Folder   24	Railroad Station – Union Depot
Box   1 Folder   25-27	Rivers – Milwaukee River
Box   1 Folder   28	Schools – Public
Box   1 Folder   29	Streets – Broadway (N)
Box   1 Folder   30	Streets – Van Buren St. (N)
Box   1 Folder   31-33	Streets – Water St. (N)
Box   1 Folder   34-37	Streets – Wisconsin Ave. (E)
Box   1 Folder   38-40	Streets – Wisconsin Ave. (W)
Box   1 Folder   41	Theaters – Music Hall
Box   1 Folder   42	Theaters – Academy of Music
	Wisconsin
Box   2 Folder   1	Inkstand and Sugar Bowl, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   2	Visor Ledge, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   3	Under the bank, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   4	Chimney Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   5	Arch Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   6	Devil’s Lake
Box   2 Folder   7	Steamboat through the Narrows, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   8	Devil’s Lake
Box   2 Folder   9	Visor Ledge, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   10	Curiosities of Adams and Juneau Counties
Box   2 Folder   11	Hornet’s Nest, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   12-13	Stand Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   14	Luncheon Hall, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   15	Eagle Point, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   16	Up the River from opposite Robinson’s Landing, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   17	High Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   18	Ink Stand and Sugar Bowl, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   19	Sugar Bowl, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   20	Channel behind Steamboat Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   21	Up the River from mouth of Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   22	Up the River from opposite Leland’s Point, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   23	Up the River from behind Steamboat Rock
Box   2 Folder   24	Rocky Arbor, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   25	Giant’s Head in the Navy Yard, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   26	Navy Yard, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   27	Gates’ Ravine, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   28	Devil’s Lake
Box   2 Folder   29	Ragged Point, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   30	High Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   31	Jaws of the Dells, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   32-33	Mouth of Chapel Gorge, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   34-35	Where the swallows live, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   36	Sugar Bowl, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   37	Lower Jaws of the Dells, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   38	Looking in Narrows, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   39	Demon’s Anvil, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   40	Mouth of Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   41	Devil’s Foot Ball, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   42	Congress Hall, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   43	Opposite Berry’s Landing, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   44	Down the River from Ruffle Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   45-46	Diamond Grotto in Witches’ Gulch, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   47	Fat Man’s Misery, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   48	Cold Water Canyon Whirlpool Chamber, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   49	Entrance to the Jug, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   50	Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   51	View from the Hornet’s Nest, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   52	The Pines from across the River, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   53	High Rock and Romance Cliff, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   54	Up into the Narrows from lower end of Navy Yard, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   55	Wicked Water of 1900, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   56	Bracket at the mouth of Witches’ Gulch, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   57	Entrance to Witches’ Gulch, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   58	In Witches’ Gulch, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   59	Berry’s Landing, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   60	From near Stand Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   2 Folder   61-62	In camp of deer hunters
Box   3 Folder   1-8	Witches’ Gulch, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   9	Rood’s Glen, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   10-12	Curiosities of Adams and Juneau Counties
Box   3 Folder   13	Toward Whirlpool Chamber, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   14	Up Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   15-16	Looking down Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   17	Fat Man’s Misery, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   18-23	Cold Water Canyon above Whirlpool Chamber, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   24-27	Navy Yard, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   28-29	Black Hawk’s Leap, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   30	Gates’ Ravine, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   31	Onto the river from Hemlock Notch, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   32	Whirlpool Chamber, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   33	Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   34	Rood’s Glen, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   35	Stand Rock, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   36	Where the swallows live, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   37	Looking into the Narrows, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   38-40	Cold Water Canyon, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   41	Demon’s Path, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   42	Under the railroad bridge, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   43	Wicked Water of 1880, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   44	Old Dell House, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   45	View from Luncheon Hall toward Lewie’s Bluff, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   46	Hornet’s Nest, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   47	Dell Queen running the Narrows, Wisconsin Dells
Box   3 Folder   48-55	The Camera’s Story of the Raftman’s Life on the Wisconsin
Box   3 Folder   56	Genesee second falls
Box   3 Folder   57	Janesville
Box   4 Folder   52	Lake Superior, Apostle Islands Note: See also other Lake Superior images under Michigan.
Box   3 Folder   58-60	Oconomowoc and vicinity
	United States
Box   4 Folder   1	Sitka, Alaska
Box   4 Folder   2	RCMP Station, Yukon River, Alaska
Box   4 Folder   3	Upper Yukon River, Alaska
Box   4 Folder   4	Dawson City, Alaska
Box   4 Folder   5-6	Grand Canyon, Arizona
Box   4 Folder   7	Submarine Oil District, Summerland, California
Box   4 Folder   8	Shipping lumber, California
Box   4 Folder   9	Catalina Island Harbor, California
Box   4 Folder   10	Oranges, Los Angeles, California
Box   4 Folder   11-13	San Francisco, California
Box   4 Folder   14	Vue Dulue, Santa Cruz, California
Box   4 Folder   15-16	Wawona, California
Box   4 Folder   17-18	Yosemite, California
Box   4 Folder   19-20	Box Canyon, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   21-22	Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   23	Garden of the Gods, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   24	Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   25-34	Manitou and vicinity, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   35	Marshall Pass, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   36	Mount of the Holy Cross, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   37	Purgatoire River, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   38	Ute Pass, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   39-41	Veta Pass, Colorado
Box   4 Folder   42	Ocklawaha, Florida
Box   4 Folder   43	Hula girl, Honolulu, Hawai’i
Box   4 Folder   44	Chicago, Illinois
Box   4 Folder   45	Deer Park Glen, La Salle, Illinois
Box   4 Folder   46	Naval training station, Great Lakes, Illinois
Box   4 Folder   47	Louisiana plantation scene
Box   4 Folder   48	Boston, Massachusetts
Box   4 Folder   49-51	Lake Superior scenes, Michigan
Box   4 Folder   52-53	Calumet Mine, Michigan
Box   4 Folder   54	Escanaba, Michigan
Box   4 Folder   55-57	Franklin Incline, Michigan
Box   4 Folder   58	Grand Island, Michigan
Box   4 Folder   59-63	Hecla Copper Mine, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   1-3	Houghton, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   4-5	Isle Royale, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   6-10	Keewanaw Point, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   11-14	Mackinac Island, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   15	Rolling mill interior, Marquette, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   16-19	Marquette County Iron Mines, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   20-28	The North Shore, Lake Superior, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   29	Pewabic Copper Mine, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   30-33	The Pictured Rocks, Lake Superior, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   34-35	Portage Lake, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   36	Presque Isle River, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   37	St. Louis River, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   38	Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   39-40	Troy, Michigan
Box   5 Folder   41-45	Miscellaneous views of Minnesota
Box   5 Folder   46	Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Box   5 Folder   47	Minnehaha, Minnesota
Box   5 Folder   48	Pole Bridge, Minnesota
Box   5 Folder   49	St. Croix River, Minnesota
Box   5 Folder   50-54	St. Paul Ice Carnival, Minnesota
Box   5 Folder   55	St. Anthony Falls, Minnesota
Box   6 Folder   1	Echo Lake, New Hampshire
Box   6 Folder   2	Buffalo, New York
Box   6 Folder   3-5	Glen’s Falls, New York
Box   6 Folder   6-7	Lake George, New York
Box   6 Folder   8-19	New York City, New York
Box   6 Folder   20-48	Niagara Falls, New York
Box   6 Folder   49	Palisades, New York
Box   6 Folder   50-51	Rochester, New York
Box   6 Folder   52-54	Watkins Glen, New York
Box   6 Folder   55	Yonkers, New York
Box   7 Folder   1	Canton, Ohio
Box   7 Folder   2	Columbia River, Oregon
Box   7 Folder   3-4	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Box   7 Folder   5	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Box   7 Folder   6	Ogden Bridge, Utah
Box   7 Folder   7-8	Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah
Box   7 Folder   9	National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Box   7 Folder   10	Moses Coulee, Washington
Box   7 Folder   11-12	President McKinley, Washington, D. C.
Box   7 Folder   13	Washington, D. C.
Box   7 Folder   14	Custer Battlefield, Wyoming [Little Bighorn, Montana]
Box   7 Folder   15-17	Yellowstone Park, Wyoming
	International
Box   8 Folder   1	Australia
Box   8 Folder   2	Antwerp, Belgium
Box   8 Folder   3-4	War scenes, Belgium
Box   8 Folder   5	Pompey’s Pillar, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   6-13	Cairo, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   14-18	Egyptian antiquities and artifacts
Box   8 Folder   19-20	Cairo, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   21-32	Egyptian pyramids
Box   8 Folder   33	Temple of Sethos I, Abydos, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   34	Thebes, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   35	Luxor, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   36	Cairo, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   37-40	Thebes, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   41-42	Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   43	Assuan and the Island of Elephantine, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   44	Nilometer, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   45	Island of Philas, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   46-47	Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt
Box   8 Folder   48	Langlade Valley, England
Box   8 Folder   49	London, England
Box   8 Folder   50	Scarborough, England
Box   8 Folder   51-55	Military scenes, France
Box   8 Folder   56	Rudesheim on the Rhine, Germany
Box   8 Folder   57	Partnach Gorge in the Tyrol, Germany
Box   8 Folder   58	Stadium, Athens, Greece
Box   8 Folder   59	Cork, Ireland
Box   8 Folder   60	Ross Castle, Ireland
Box   8 Folder   61	Jerusalem, Israel
Box   8 Folder   62	Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
Box   8 Folder   63	Rome, Italy
Box   9 Folder   1	Mont Pelée, Martinique
Box   9 Folder   2	Bergen, Norway
Box   9 Folder   3	Rock of Gibraltar
Box   9 Folder   4	Edinburgh, Scotland
Box   9 Folder   5	Aranjuez, Spain
Box   9 Folder   6	Stockholm, Sweden
Box   9 Folder   7	Geneva Lake, Switzerland
Box   9 Folder   8	Gorner Gorge, Switzerland
Box   9 Folder   9	Matterhorn, Switzerland
Box   9 Folder   10	St. Gotthard’s Pass, Switzerland
	Miscellaneous
Box   9 Folder   11-78	People
Box   9 Folder   79-81	Animals