Stereoscopics Collection, circa 1865-1915

Arrangement of the Materials

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.