Stollman (Israel) collection

Series I. Individual stereographs, 1850-1960

Physical Description: 31.65 Linear Feet (49 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Stollman collected these stereographs individually or in small groups. Stereographs of North America form almost half of this series, contained in twenty-two boxes. The cities of New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C. are prominently represented. Major European cities and sites, especially those of France, Germany, Great Britain, and Italy are also well-represented. Broadly speaking, over 95 percent of the stereographs deal with urban themes. Other images of more general subjects including landscapes and rural views, ancient sites, famous personalities, interiors, railroads, views of monuments and works of art, genre scenes, and representations of local peoples can be found within the individual countries represented in the collection. Significant events such as the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in December, 1861 and the coronation of Nicholas II in 1896 are also documented in the collection.

The series also contains views of national and international expositions ranging from the Crystal Palace (London, 1851) to the Century of Progress Exposition (Chicago 1933-1934). These stereographs help to reinforce the relationship of the design of world's fairs and the development of urban planning as a profession.

Nearly every major publisher of stereographs is represented in this series including the American Stereoscopic Company; B. W. Kilburn Company (Kilburn Brothers); Breveté; E. & H. T. Anthony; Ferrier et Soulier; H. C. White Co.; Griffith & Griffith; Keystone View Company; Keystone View Company; Léon et Lévy; London Stereoscopic Company; Stereo-Travel Co.; Underwood & Underwood; Universal Photo Art Company; and the Universal Stereoscopic View Company.

Photographers of note include Charles Bierstadt; Adolphe Braun; Abel Briquet; Giacomo Brogi; Francis Frith; Frank Mason Good; B.W. Kilburn; Eadweard Muybridge; Alfredo Noack; Robert Rive; Giorgio Sommer; James Valentine (Valentine & Sons); and George Washington Wilson. Approximately ten percent of the views are unique, that is taken by amateur or little-known photgraphers. These include early European views and American views by small-town photographers.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by continent or geographical region (with a Roman numeral assigned to each box within the continent/region); then by country; and then by city, when appropriate. Continents/geographical regions include: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania. Stereographs featuring people are found at the end of each country. The United States stereographs are arranged by state and then city when appropriate. Outer Space and Expositions are the final categories.

Africa

box 1

I (Algeria-Egypt I)

box 2

II (Egypt II-Tunisia)

Asia

box 3

I (China)

box 4

II (Georgia-Indonesia)

box 5, folder 1

III (Japan-Thailand)

box 5, folder 2

Australia

Europe

box 6

I (Austria-Denmark)

box 7

II (Finland-France I)

Scope and Content Note

Cities are alphabetically arranged through Nîmes.

box 8

III (France II: Paris I)

box 10

IV (France III: Paris II)

box 10

V (France IV: Paris III-France end)

Scope and Content Note

After the end of Paris the box continues alphabetically by city.

box 11

VI (Germany I)

box 12

VII (Germany II-Great Britain I)

Scope and Content Note

England stereographs go through London I.

box 13

VIII (Great Britain II: England II-Scotland I)

Scope and Content Note

England stereographs begin with London II. Scotland stereographs go through Edinburgh I.

box 14

IX (Great Britain III: Scotland II-Wales; Hungary)

Scope and Content Note

Scotland stereographs begin at Edinburgh II.

box 15

X (Iceland-Italy I: A-G)

box 16

XI (Italy II: H-R)

box 17

XII (Italy III: Rome)

box 18

XIII (Italy IV: S-Z)

box 19

XIV (Jersey-Norway)

box 20

XV (Poland-Russia I: A-P)

box 21

XVI (Russia II: S-Z; Spain I: A-Seg)

box 22

XVII (Spain II: Sev-Z; Switzerland)

box 23, folder 1

XVIII (Sweden-Yugoslavia)

Middle East

box 23, folder 2

I (through Israel)

box 24, folder 1

II (Israel II-Turkey)

North America

box 24, folder 2

I (Canada)

box 25

II (Canada II-Mexico I)

box 26

III (Mexico II-US: AL-California I)

box 27

IV (US: California II)

box 28

V (US: Colorado-Georgia)

box 29

VI (US: Hawaii-Illinois I [Chicago I])

box 30

VII (US: Illinois II [Chicago II])

box 31

VIII (US: Illinois III [Chicago III]-Maryland)

box 32

IX (US: Massachusetts I)

box 33

X (US: Massachusetts II-Montana)

box 34

XI (US: Nebraska-New York I [through NYC I])

box 35

XII (US: New York II [NYC II])

box 36

XIII (US: New York III [NYC III])

box 37

XIV (US: New York IV [NYC IV])

box 38

XV (US: New York V [NYC V])

box 39

XVI (US: New York V [NYC VI])

box 40

XVII (US: New York VII [Niagara-end]; Ohio I)

box 41

XVIII (Ohio II-Pennsylvania)

box 42

XIX (Rhode Island-Washington, D.C. I)

box 43

XX (Washington, D.C. II)

box 44

XXI (Washington, D.C. III)

box 45

XXII (Washington, D.C. IV; Washington State-Wyoming; US various subjects)

box 45A, folder 1

XXIII (US unidentified)

box 45A, folder 2

Oceania

box 45A, folder 3

South America

box 46, folder 1

Outer space

Expositions

box 46, folder 2

I

Scope and Content Note

Contains expositions dated 1851 (Crystal Palace, London) to 1893 I (World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago).

box 47

II

Scope and Content Note

Contains expositions dated 1893 II (World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago) to 1904 (Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis).

box 48

III

Scope and Content Note

Contains expositions dated 1904 (Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis) to 1933 (Century of Progress International Exposition, Chicago).

Series II. Boxed sets, 1890-1970s?

Physical Description: 12 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

The series comprises boxed sets, that is stereographs purchased as sets and usually sold housed in special boxes. In addition to the Keystone View Company, Tour of the World set, there are sets for individual countries, a set of stereographs documenting medical conditions, small-format sets and sets of film positive stereographs. Included among the small sets is a set of ten homemade stereographs of local Cincinnati exterior and interior views by an unknown amateur photographer pasted onto cards whose versos contain endorsements for political candidates running in the 1895 Cincinnati election.

Arrangement

After the Tour of the World set the boxed sets are arranged alphabetically by country.

Keystone View Company, Tour of the World , between 1892 and 1933

box 49

Vol. I-II

box 50

Vol. III-IV

box 51

Vol. V-VI

box 52

Vol. VII-VIII

box 53

Vol. I

box 64

Original boxes

box 54

Underwood & Underwood, China, 1900-1901

box 55, folder 1

Underwood & Underwood, Belgium, 1901

box 55, folder 2

H.C. White Co., France, 1901

box 56

Underwood & Underwood, Egypt, 1905

Scope and Content Note

Accompanied by James Henry Brested, Egypt through the Stereoscope , Underwood & Underwood, 1905.

box 57

Underwood & Underwood, England, approximately 1900

box 58

Underwood & Underwood, India, approximately 1900

box 59

Underwood & Underwood, Italy, 1901

box 60, folder 1

Underwood & Underwood, Jerusalem, approximately 1900

box 60, folder 2

H.C. White Co., Perfec-Stereographs, 1901

Original boxes, 1900-1905

Scope and Content Note

Includes original boxes for the boxed sets housed in boxes 54-60.

Dr. S.I. Rainforth, Medical Conditions , 1910

box 61

I

box 62

II

Small sets 1890-1939

box 63, folder 1

Keystone View Company, Universal Unit X-2 , 1930s

Scope and Content Note

Five 2 1/2 x 4 3/4 inch gelatin silver stereographs (assorted views) with printed set description and original cellophane wrapper bearing a Marshall Field and Company gummed label.

box 63, folder 2

# 107 Tour of the Big Cities of America , 1890-1900?

Scope and Content Note

Twenty-three color letterpress halftone stereographs from a set of 25 by an unknown maker. Includes original box.

box 63, folder 3

Rellev, Views of Morroco and Spain, 1933-1934

Scope and Content Note

Seventy-seven 2 1/4 x 5 inch gelatin silver stereographs from various Rellev series.

box 63, folder 4

World Views proofs approximately 1900

Scope and Content Note

Twenty-three 4 1/2 x 7 inch gelatin silver sterographic proof prints. Some numbered in the negative; all numbered in pencil on verso and stamped either "Good" or "Medium."

box 63, folder 5

Cincinnati Election Views, 1895

Scope and Content Note

Ten homemade collodion [?] stereographs of local exterior and interior views by an unknown amateur photographer. Prints 1 1/2 x 2 inches on cards 2 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches. Versos of cards printed by Allied Printing, Cincinnati, each containing an endorsement for a political candidate running in the 5 November 1895 Cincinnati [?] election. Texts are in English and German.

box 63, folder 6

American Stereoscopic Views, San Francisco and Environs, circa 1930s

Scope and Content Note

Seven sets of gelatin silver stereographs, 3 5/16 x 4 7/16 inches, with original printed envelopes: San Francisco I (11); San Francisco II (10); Golden Gate Park, San Francisco (10); Oakland (10); Lake Merritt, Oakland (10); Marin County (10); Round San Francisco Bay (9). Left image with Series name and number in negative; right image with title in image. Distributed by Oliver Enders.

box 63, folder 7

Universal Photo Art Co., Stereograph Gems, vol. 1 1900-1904

Scope and Content Note

Thirty-six platino print stereographs (world views and genre scenes) bound in a leather book for use with an Ideal Stereoscope viewer. Published by G. H. Graves, Philadelphia. Descriptions are printed on the verso of the succeeding stereograph so that they can be read while the image is being viewed.

box 65

Film positives, 1930s?

Scope and Content Note

Stereographs on reversal film, i.e. photographic transparencies.

box 65, folder 1

Russia (Hermitage), 1960s-1970s?

Scope and Content Note

Twenty chromogenic color or tinted stereographs with one sheet of description; mounts 1 7/8 x 4 inches.

Stéréofilms Bruguière, 1950s?

Scope and Content Note

Black-and-white stereopositives; 1 3/4 x 4 1/8 inches. Views of France and Italy (Rome) in sets of twelve. Some sets are incomplete. Titled and numbered on the film in the space between the images. For the stereoviewer that accompanies the set see box 74.

Bruxelles

box 65, folder 2

I

Scope and Content Note

Nine stereographs.

box 65, folder 3

II

box 65, folder 4

L'Alsace I

Scope and Content Note

Eleven stereographs.

Cité de Carcassone

box 65, folder 5

Stereopositives

Scope and Content Note

Eleven stereographs.

box 65, folder 6

Glass slides

Scope and Content Note

Eleven brown-tinted stereographs; numbered on glass between images.

box 65, folder 7

Château de Fontainebleau

box 65, folder 8

Lisieux

box 65, folder 9

Lourdes

box 65, folder 10

Nice

box 65, folder 11

Nîmes

box 65, folder 12

Paris

Scope and Content Note

Set is randomly numbered and contains a variety of views.

box 65, folder 13

Les Invalides

Scope and Content Note

Set is randomly numbered.

box 65, folder 14

Paris IX: Montmarte

Musée du Louvre

box 65, folder 15

I

Scope and Content Note

Two stereographs are from the Paris: II. Monuments series.

box 65, folder 16

II

Scope and Content Note

Eleven stereographs.

box 65, folder 17

Château de Versailles

box 65, folder 17

I

box 65, folder 18

II

box 65, folder data_value_missing_fae865ce78394a17829c7b14f4697170

Le Calvaire

box 65, folder 20

Rome

box 65, folder 21

Musei gallerie Pontificie

box 66

Original boxes

Series III. Glass stereographs and lantern slides, 1860-1930

Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Small groups of glass format stereographs and lantern slides representing a variety of countries are found in this series. Most items are unsigned, but stereograph makers include Ferrier & Soulier and Brevité. A number of the glass lantern slides are hand-colored.

Arrangement

Arranged by format and then size.

box 67-68

Standard size glass stereographs, between 1860 and 1900

Scope and Content Note

Fifty assorted stereographs. Countries represented include: Czechoslovakia; England; France; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; and Israel. Most stereographs are unsigned, but makers include Ferrier & Soulier and Brevité.

box 69-70

2 1/4 x 5 inch glass stereographs, 1930s

Scope and Content Note

Fifty-one stereographs; all without a cover glass. Mostly Canada (Quebec, Montreal, and British Columbia) with a few images of France and Italy.

box 71-73

Glass lantern slides, between 1880 and 1920

Scope and Content Note

Seventy-nine glass lantern slides, many are hand-colored. Countries represented include: Egypt; Burma; China; India; Austria; France; Germany; Great Britain (England); Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Russia; Spain; United States; and Brazil. Makers include Keystone, Chicago Transparency Co., T. H. McAllister, Joseph Hawkes; and Edward van Alten.

Series IV. Stereoviewers, 1860-1979

Physical Description: 6.7 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Scope and Content Note

Stollman collected a variety of stereoviewers ranging from free-standing pedestal viewers to handheld viewers to compact collapsible viewers. Some of the viewers were made to accompany the stereoscopes produced by a specific publisher and are of more of a mass-produced nature, while others, especially the nineteenth-century models made by opticians and cabinet makers as parlor pieces, exhibit the qualities of small pieces of finished cabinetry.

Arrangement

Arranged as found in collection.

box 74

Stéréofilms Bruguière Stéreoscope, 1950s?

Scope and Content Note

Black leatherette cardboard and plastic box viewer with original cardboard box (lid detached); lenses detached (lacking one lens). Printed on box: Stéréofilms Bruguière / Stéreoscope / pour / positifs 45-107.

box 75

Keystone televiewer, approximately 1931

Scope and Content Note

Blue plastic viewer with grey rattail neck cord (not original); missing stereoholder, lightbulb attachment, and handle. Patented in 1931 (patent number 160196) and in production until approximately 1948.

box 76, item 1

Keystone expandable viewer, 1933?

Scope and Content Note

Burgundy and black metal viewer for 4 3/8 in. glass [?] stereographs. Possibly a viewer from Keystone's Chicago 1933 World's Fair set.

box 76, item 2

Soviet SKF-1 viewer, 1970s?

Scope and Content Note

Yellow and black plastic viewer.

box 77, item 1

Coronet 3-D viewer, approximately 1954

Scope and Content Note

Black plastic folding stereoviewer for black-and-white stereo prints or film transparencies with original paper wrapper. Made in Birmingham, England.

box 77, item 2

Solsona expandable viewer, 1930s

Scope and Content Note

Black metal viewer for 7.5 cm glass [?] stereographs. Printed on face: Solsona / Galletas / Chocolates / Madrid / Barcelona.

box 78**

Pedestal stereoviewer, between 1860 and 1910

box 79**

Tabletop stereographoscope, between 1860 and 1910

Scope and Content Note

Rosewood [?] stereographoscope of nineteenth century French or English origin with a large attached magnifying glass for viewing cabinet cards. The stereograph holder is lacking the smoked or frosted glass backing necessary for backlighting tissue stereographs.

box 80**

Handheld viewer, between 1860 and 1910

Scope and Content Note

Burlwood or bird's-eye maple case with brass and glass fittings.

Series V Prints, objects and ephemera, 1893-1977, undated

Physical Description: 8.6 Linear Feet (2 boxes, 2 flatfiles and 1 roll)

Scope and Content Note

The series comprises various materials loosely related to stereographs such as a printed sheet of stereoviews, price lists, and sterograph club literature.

Arrangement

Arrannged as found in collection.

box 81

The Ferris Wheel, World's Fair 1893, 1893

Scope and Content Note

Sepia-toned photograph in a silver plated seashell frame.

box 82, folder 1

Ephemera, 1974-1977

Scope and Content Note

Includes a National Stereoscope Association brochure entitled "The World Isn't Flat, So Why Are Your Pictures?" and a catalog and price list for reproductions of the original stereographs of H. H. (Henry Hamilton) Bennett.

box 82, folder 2

Map of a Chinese city, undated

Scope and Content Note

Large printed map bound in silk and folded of an ancient Chinese city or site.

flatfile 1**

Sheet of stereoviews, undated

Scope and Content Note

Untitled photomechanical print with 48 stereo images, circa 111.5 x 74.5 cm.

flatfile 2**

Bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Scope and Content Note

One photomechanical print, circa 75.5 x 100 cm.

roll 1**

Pennsylvania Station, New York City..., approximately 1910

Scope and Content Note

Caption continues: Seventh Avenue and Thirty-Second Street; looking toward Long Island. Photomechanical print on fabric backing circa 85.5 x 146.5 cm.

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