Stereoview Photograph Collection

Title: Stereoview Photograph Collection

Type: Photographs

Created: 1865-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abstract: The Stereoview Photograph Collection comprises stereoscopic photographs of Washington D.C. landmarks and scenes, which simulated three-dimensionality for popular entertainment. Stereoviews consist of two nearly identical images mounted side-by-side, which appear to show a single three-dimensional scene when viewed through a stereoscope. Stereoviews were popular from approximately the 1850s through the 1930s. Images in the collection include scenes of popular Washington, D.C. landmarks, monuments, government buildings, and art created by various photography studios and photographers from approximately 1860 to 1910. The entire D.C. Public Library Stereoview Photograph Collection has been digitized and is available here.

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: The East Room, interior of The White House; Interior of White House's East Room., null

: Interior view of the Smithsonian Institution; Interior view of the main corridor of the Smithsonian Institution Castle Building. Display cases fill the corridor and animal antlers line the hall., Bell and Bro was located at 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.; Short summary about the Smithsonian Institution on the back of the photograph.

: Corridor in the U.S. Patent Office; Interior view of a corridor in the United States Patent Office. Display cases and columns line the arched hall., Bell and Bro was located on 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

: View of the Potomac and the Long Bridge; View of the Long Bridge over the Potomac River with a docked boat and lumber in the foreground. A man stands next to the boat., E. and H.T. Anthony and Co., American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium located at 501 Broadway, New York.

: Pennsylvania Avenue with United States Capitol in the background; View of the United States Capitol from Pennsylvania Avenue., Bell and Bro was located at 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

: South view of The White House; Exterior view of the south side of The White House and the south lawn. A man stands next to a fountain., Bell and Bro was located at 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.; Short summary about The President's House is on the back of the photograph.

: Cannons on the United States Arsenal Grounds; View of cannons on the Arsenal Grounds., Arsenal Grounds were later renamed Fort Lesley J. McNair; Kilburn Brothers was located in Littleton, New Hampshire.

: Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery; Exterior view of Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia., Arlington House is also known as The Robert E. Lee Memorial and was formerly named the Custis-Lee Mansion; Bell and Bro was located at 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

: Exterior view of the east side of the United States Capitol building; Exterior view of the east side of the United States Capitol building., Bell and Bro was located at 319 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.; Short summary about The United States Capitol is on the back of the photograph.

: Soldiers' home; Exterior view of Scott Hall at the Old Soldiers' Home., Soldiers' Home was later renamed the Armed Forces Retirement Home (AFRH); G.D. Wakely was located at 420 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

: House of Representatives Chamber in the United States Capitol building; House of Representatives Chamber in the United States Capitol building., Bell and Bro was located at 480 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.; Short summary about The House of Representatives is on the back of the photograph.

: Exterior view of the east side of the United States Capitol building; Exterior view of the east side of the United States Capitol building., null