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1872-1903 ; predominant 1900-1901 (Creation)
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- Underwood & Underwood
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84 stereographs
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Administrative history
Underwood & Underwood established itself in 1882 as a stereographic distributing company. The company was founded by two brothers, Elmer and Bert Underwood. They distributed stereographs for Charles Bierstadt, J.F. Jarvis and the Littleton View Company. In 1891 Bert learned how to operate a camera and thus the firm of Underwood & Underwood Publishing entered a new merchandising sphere. By 1897 the company had a number of full-time staff and free lance photographers. In the same year the Underwoods purchased the businesses of Jarvis; Bierstadt; and, William H. Rau. Underwood & Underwood were publishing twenty-five thousand stereographs a day by 1901. The firm still canvassed and sold its own stereographs. Around 1900 Underwood & Underwood introduced boxed sets, with specific themes such as education and religion, and travel sets depicting popular tourist areas of the world. By 1910 Underwood & Underwood had entered the field of news photography. Due to this expansion stereograph production was reduced until the early years of World War I. Altogether Underwood & Underwood produced between 30 000 and 40 000 stereographic titles. In 1920 stereograph production was discontinued and Underwood & Underwood sold its stereographic stock and rights to the Keystone View Company. (Taken from: Darrah, William C. The World of Stereographs. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1977.)
Custodial history
Scope and content
This collection consists of a number of stereographs produced by different publishers with the majority published by Underwood & Underwood. There subject matter of the stereographs are the Boer War in South Africa from 1889 to 1902; the Timothy Eaton Company including store interior shots; views of Niagara Falls and the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario.
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This collection donated by an unknown source.
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Box 1
Stereograph List
The Boer War, 1899
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Edinburgh Castle, the Gordon Highlanders
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Lord Roberts, Commander Chief of the British Army in Africa
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Pontoon Bridge, Modder River
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Wynberg Hospital, Cape Town
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Modder River
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"Derby Volunteers", Norvals Pont
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British Scouts
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New South Wales medical corps
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R & R
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Eventide, Driefontein
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ambulance and British field telegraph station, Modder
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cemetery, Seige of Ladysmith
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Orange River trenches
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Honey Nest Kloof, medical corps
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Modder River Bridge
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Tugela River
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Battle of Dalmanntha
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British Scouts firing, Colesberg
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train of refugees, Kimberley
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R & R, Slingersfontein
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City Imperial Volunteers, Cape Town
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Remington's Scouts, Colesberg
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Orange River Hospital
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storming of Boer Kopje, Colesberg
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" "
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Worcesters, Colesberg
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German Corps, Machadodorp
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Lord Roberts advance of Pretoria
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South Lancashires on firing line, Colesberg
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Honey Nest Kloof, medical corps
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General Hospital No. 10, Bloemfonteim
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writing home, R & R
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Norvals Pont
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battlefield incident, Gras Pan
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" "
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Canadian fighters for British Supremacy, Cape Town
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army hospital, Naauwpoort Junction
Niagara Falls
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Cave of Winds
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"Maid of the Mist"
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new Suspension Bridge
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Niagara Falls
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interior view of the new Suspension Bridge
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Suspension Bridge
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Ice Bridge of 1872
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Winter sports on Ice Mountain
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American falls
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Whirlpool rapids
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Signorina Maria Spetterini crossing the Niagara
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Bellini making the "Couchone Leap"
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Suspension Bridge
T. Eaton Co.
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mail room
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ladies whitewear
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harness department
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ladies waists
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making ladies waists
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harness factory
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employees
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drapery department
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main aisle, James Street
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furniture department
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fur factory
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ladies suits
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stoves and hardware
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millinery work room
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china department
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fur department
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Young Street
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city delivery
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main aisle, Young Street to James Street
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millinery
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recording department
Miscellaneous
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Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
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" "
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Parliament Buildings, main Block
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Royal Party on chargers, Toronto
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Soldiers Sunday Service, Halifax, N.S.
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Victoria Park
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Valley of the Bow, Banff, Alberta
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Dominion Square, Montreal
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Ryerson Normal School, Toronto
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City Hall Toronto
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Great Loop, Canadian Pacific Railroad
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street scene, Juneau City, Alaska
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Dominion Creek, Alaska
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Gananoque