
Arlette (1927) par Lartigue

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Stereoscopic pair of photographs [50 (9059)] from a collection of 36 stereoscopic views of Burma, one of a series of “stereoscopic tours” of foreign countries published as part of the Underwood Travel Library. This is a general view of the “Golden Rock” pagoda, a stupa built on top of a massive boulder resting precariously on a hillside 20 km (12 miles) away from Kyaikto. | src British Library; also on wikimedia commons



Paul Nadar [pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon] :: Sarah Bernhardt as Théodora in “Théodora”, drama by Victorien Sardou, at Porte Saint-Martin theater, no date (1900-1910) / source: photo.rmn.fr
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Jules Richard :: female Nudes at
L’Atrium, a studio constructed for the purpose of receiving and photographing young women. The Greek theme was employed to give otherwise pornographic images (by the standards of their time) an air of artistic acceptability. Between 1900′s-1920′s / sources: Early French Stereo Nude photography on the domain of Jules Richard and Ignomini
C. H. Graves :: Cliff House and Seal Rocks by Moonlight, San Francisco, CA, 1901 / src: Cliff House Project / original stereocard and cropped image below
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caption: 5722 – Famous trotting ostrich ‘Oliver W’ –harnessed for a spin–record of 2.02–Jacksonville, Florida. Copyright 1905 by Underwood and Underwood
source: Depth and Time

Card caption: “The stereograph as an educator – Underwood patent extension cabinet in a home library. Copyright 1901 by Underwood and Underwood”
Library of Congress description: “Photograph shows a woman viewing stereographs in her home; she is sitting in front of a fireplace with a cabinet for stereographs on her right."
source: Library of Congress and Wikipedia