Stereoscopics Collection, circa 1865-1915

Scope and Content Note

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.