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Climbing The Great Ice Mountain, Below The American Falls, Niagara Falls, U.S.A.

Publisher Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - circa 1940s)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1901

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsOverall, Support: 3 1/2 x 7 in. (8.9 x 17.8 cm)
Overall, Image: 3 1/8 x 3 in. (7.9 x 7.6 cm)

InscribedLeft side: "Underwood and Underwood, Publishers, N.Y., London, Toronto - Canada, Ottawa - Kansas." Right side: "Sun Sculpture Trademark. Works and Studios Arlington, N.J., Westwood, N.J." Lower right: "(Title) Copyright Und. & Und."

PortfolioNo. 5430

Credit LineGift of Robert W. Lisle, M.D.

Object number91.99.50

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a stereograph photograph; 2 images on each card.

Label Textright Underwood & Underwood Climbing the Great Ice Mountain, Below the American Falls, Niagara Falls, U.S.A., ca. 1901 Gelatin silver print (photograph) Gift of Robert W. Lisle, M.D. 91.99.50 Stereocards offered would-be tourists an exciting way to experience the natural world from back home. When viewed through a steroviewer, the dual-image prints give the illusion of three-dimensional depth, making rocky cliffs and crashing falls appear all the more lifelike. Relatively easy to produce and inexpensive, these photographs circulated widely, profiting photographers while meeting the high demand for novel visions of the land. Exhibition HistoryPHOTOGRAPHY REMEMBERED: A SELECTIVE VIEW FROM THE ROBERT W. LISLE COLLECTION, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, October 19, 1990-January 13, 1991. "New Light on Land: Photographs from the Chrysler Collection," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, January 28 - May 15, 2016.