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Yellowstone,WY - 1904 - Stagecoach in Yellowstone Stereoview :

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Photographic Images Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
Yellowstone,WY - 1904 - Stagecoach in Yellowstone Stereoview :
Image of six-horse stagecoach carrying 6-7 well dressed passengers pulling away from the railroad depot with the Gallatin Mountains in the background. Card measures 7" x 3 1/2", mounted on dark green cardstock. The contrast is medium, while the focus is good. Both the image and matte are very fine, with no spots or worn areas noted. Along the top edge is written "2, S 224," while "(2) -6244-Six-horse tally-ho leaving mountain walled Gardiner for trip through Yellowstone Park, U.S.A. Copyright Underwood & Underwood ." Printed vertically along the right edge is "Sun Sculpture Works and Studios, Arlington, N.J., Westwood, N.J." Along the left edge is printed "Underwood & Underwood Publishers: New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas." On the reverse is a description of the scene, which discusses the importance of the railroads in bringing tourists to the area, the powerful presence of the Gallatin Mountains, and the act of Congress in 1872 which created the first "National Park," Yellowstone. Below the information is a brief description of the card translated into 5 languages in addition to English. At one time, Underwood and Underwood was one of the largest publisher of stereoviews in the world, producing about 10 million a year. It was established in 1882 as a stereographic distributing company by two brothers, Elmer and Bert Underwood. They distributed stereographs for Charles Bierstadt, J.F. Jarvis and the Littleton View Company. By 1887 they outgrew their original office in Ottawa, Kansas, and moved to New York City. Offices also opened in Canada and Europe. By 1901 the firm was publishing twenty-five thousand stereographs a day. By 1910 the firm entered the field of news photography, which resulted in a reduction of stereograph production through the early years of World War I. In 1920 stereograph production was discontinued, with rights to the stereographic stock sold to the Keystone View Company [Ref: yellowstonestereoviews.com/publishers/underwood.html].