Appleton's Stereoscopic Emporium

Artist D. Appleton & Co. (American, active 1850s - 1860s)

Dateca. 1865

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/16 × 5 11/16 inches (8.1 × 14.45 cm)
Mount: 3 1/4 × 6 13/16 inches (8.26 × 17.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.360

SignedAttributed on mount verso, center, in black type: "D. APPLETON & CO. STEREOSCOPIC EMPORIUM, / NEW-YORK / Dealers in every kind of Stereoscopic Views & Instruments, Domestic & imported. / VIEWS MANUFACTURED BY THE NEW YORK STEREOSCOPIC COMPANY. / GEMS OF AMERICAN SCENERY. / The Pictures are in the first style of Photography, equal to any now made; are neatly mounted, with descriptive letter press, and very / handsomely colored..."

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DescriptionHand-colored image(s) of figures in a business establishment where they are displaying "stereoscopic views" on the wall and in the cases.

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