{"product_id":"grouping-of-17-antique-stereoview-cards-including-full-moon-by-prof-h-draper-mrs-mckinley-at-the-executive-mansion-ice-palace-montreal-1884-and-la-porte-monumentale-paris-1900-20260226","title":"Lot 094 - Grouping Of 17 Antique Stereoview Cards Including Full Moon By Prof. H. Draper, Mrs. McKinley At The Executive Mansion, Ice Palace Montreal 1884, And La Porte Monumentale Paris 1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eA grouping of 17 antique stereoview cards spanning astronomical, scenic, genre, portrait, and world's fair subjects, from publishers including C. Bierstadt, B.W. Kilburn, Griffith \u0026amp; Griffith, Keystone View Company, Underwood \u0026amp; Underwood, James M. Davis, The World Wide View Co., and The \"Modern\" Series of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe astronomical subject is a standout: a \"Full Moon\" stereoview printed from negatives taken by Prof. H. Draper using his silvered glass telescope, published by C. Bierstadt, Niagara Falls, New York, with distribution by Underwood \u0026amp; Underwood of Baltimore, Maryland and Ottawa, Kansas. The same publisher's imprint appears on an 1884 card captioned \"Ice Palace, Montreal, Feb. 4, 1884\" (no. 1464), depicting a large ice structure with figures in the foreground plaza. Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania is represented by three cards: the monumental arched entrance to the 1900 Paris Exposition captioned \"La Porte Monumentale — Chief Entrance to the Exposition, Paris, 1900\" (no. 11708, copyright 1900 by B.L. Singley); a foliage garden and wireless telegraph tower at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis (no. 15033); and an elevated panoramic view captioned \"Godesberg from the Castle, Showing the Seven Mountains, Germany\" (no. 10345). Underwood \u0026amp; Underwood is represented by a portrait card captioned \"Mrs. McKinley in the Conservatory of the Executive Mansion, Washington, Copyright 1900 by Underwood \u0026amp; Underwood,\" showing a seated woman in a full white dress amid potted plants, and by a Scottish landscape captioned with a Walter Scott quotation referencing Loch Katrine and the Trossachs, copyright 1896 by Strohmeyer \u0026amp; Wyman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eB.W. Kilburn's copyright appears on two cards: \"Royal Gorge, Grand Canyon of the Arkansas, Col., U.S.A.\" (no. 4377, copyright 1891), depicting a locomotive and passenger cars dwarfed by sheer canyon walls; and \"Bacchant Awaking\" (no. 10081, copyright 1886), a reclining female figure framed by a floral arch, distributed by James M. Davis of New York, St. Louis, Liverpool, Toronto, and Sydney. Griffith \u0026amp; Griffith of Philadelphia, Chicago, London, Hamburg, and Milan published a studio portrait of a young woman with long hair, holding playing cards, posed against a leopard-skin backdrop. The World Wide View Co. of 200 Monroe Street, Chicago issued a hand-colored card from \"The World Wide Series\" captioned \"No. 24. The Road to Calvary, as it is today,\" depicting a large crowd gathered before a stone structure. The \"Modern\" Series of Stereoscopic Slides (London, initialed F.M.) contributed a view of a half-timbered building with an iron fence, with handwritten script on the reverse consistent with a Shakespeare's birthplace identification. A comic genre card on a decorated mount bearing ribbon banners reading \"American and Foreign Scenery\" and \"Religious Comic and Miscellaneous Subjects\" is captioned \"Every Kiss Has Its Sting,\" depicting two men at a porch with beehive boxes. The grouping further includes a \"Popular Series\" yellow-mount card of the Swiss city of Berne, Valley of the Aar (no. 2344); a Centennial-themed studio scene with children posed around spinning wheels and rope rigging with a sign reading \"1776–1876\"; an unmounted yellow-mount card depicting an inclined railroad track through wooded hillside terrain with no publisher identification; and a yellow-mount studio portrait of a barefoot young woman posed in a rocky pastoral setting with painted backdrop, also without publisher markings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCondition varies across the grouping, with most cards showing expected toning, edge wear, and minor soiling consistent with age; the Road to Calvary card presents tears and creasing to the mount edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Memory Hole Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52384242336033,"sku":"20260226-LOT094","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0073\/9101\/9067\/files\/20260226-0696_6c89c5e2-a099-4314-9a5c-4ee7ed9f8942.jpg?v=1771843925","url":"https:\/\/graniteunionauction.com\/products\/grouping-of-17-antique-stereoview-cards-including-full-moon-by-prof-h-draper-mrs-mckinley-at-the-executive-mansion-ice-palace-montreal-1884-and-la-porte-monumentale-paris-1900-20260226","provider":"Granite Union Auction Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}