Stereoscopic Views collection, circa 1877-1913

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Summary

Extent:
3.4 Linear Feet 6 shoeboxes boxes, 1 document box and 1 artifact
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Stereoscopic Views Collection. Mss 121. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains about 600 stereoscopic views, also known as stereoscopic slides, stereographs, and stereopticans. These images were intended to be viewed on handheld stereoscopes, which gave the illusion of 3D images. Most of the views have printed captions. The bulk are black/white, but a few are tinted and others have printed color images. Included are views from California, other parts of the U.S. and more than 30 other countries; also subjects as mining, Native Americans, Spanish American War, and U.S. Civil War.

The images in the collection are divided into the following four series: California, Other U.S., Other Countries, and Subjects.

A stereoscope is included in the collection (Box 7), to view the images. See below for a list of companies featured in this collection and additional resources on this topic:

Missing Title
  1. American Stereoscopic Co. (NY)
  2. B. W. Kilburn (Littleton, NH)
  3. Galbreath, Harvey & Lyles (Manitou, CO)
  4. H. C. White (N. Bennington VT)
  5. Ingersoll View Company [also T. W. Ingersoll] (St. Paul, MN)
  6. J. C. Moulton (Fitchburg, MA)
  7. Keystone View Co. (Meadville, PA; Portland, OR; St. Louis, San Francisco, Toronto, New York, London; Sydney)
  8. Littleton View Co. (Littleton, NH)
  9. Miller View Co. (Tyrone, PA)
  10. Montgomery Ward & Co. (Chicago, IL)
  11. R. M. McIntosh (Northfield, VT)
  12. Savage & Ottinger's (Salt Lake City, UT)
  13. Strohmeyer and Wyman
  14. Thomas Houseworth & Co. (San Francisco, CA)
  15. Underwood & Underwood (New York; London; Toronto; Ottawa, KS)
  16. W. N. Hobbs (Exeter, NH)
  17. Webfoot View Company
  18. World Wide View Co. (Chicago)
  • American Stereographs: A Selection from Private Collections (Grey Gallery, 1980)
  • Brewster, David.The Stereoscope: Its History, Theory, and Construction (1971).
  • Darrah, William Culp.Stereo Views: A History of Stereographs in America and Their Collection (1964).
  • Jones, John.Wonders of the Stereoscope (1976).
  • Symons, K. C. M.Stereoscopic Cameras (1978).
  • Treadwell, T. K.Stereographers of the World (1994).
  • Waldsmith, John S.Stereo Views: An Illustrated History and Price Guide (1991).
  • Wing, Paul.Stereoscopes: The First One Hundred Years (1996).
Acquisition information:
Gift of Allan Adrian, Mr. and Mrs Henry M. Adams, Howard Walls, and other gifts and other purchases, ca. 1960s-2003.
Processing information:

Collection contains materials previously identified as Stereoscopic Views, Wyles Mss 99.

Physical location:
UCSB Library

Access and use

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

Stereoscopic Views Collection. Mss 121. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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