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Title: Keystone View Company Lantern Slides

Collection #: 0130

Dates: ca. 1892-ca. 1912

Size: 3.5 linear feet

Biographical Note: The Keystone View Company was formed in 1892 in Meadville, Pennsylvania by B.L. Singley, a former salesman at Underwood & Underwood. Incorporated in 1895, the company went on to become the largest publisher of stereographs. In 1898, it organized its highly successful Education Department, which produced boxed sets of images and descriptive text illustrating culture, industry, commerce, and politics for classroom use. Although the company hired its own professional photographers, it also purchased rights to other negatives, including a series of Underwood & Underwood negatives in 1912. The Keystone View Company continued operations until the 1970s.

Scope and Content Note: This collection includes 218 glass lantern slides depicting a wide range of subject matter. Each slide is approximately 3 1/4 x 4 inches. Slides are labeled with a numbering system and a short description. Slides mostly depict places of industry, including farms, quarries, textile mills, ports, and manufacturing plants, etc. Also included are places of architectural or historical significance and places of natural beauty. Different cultures are also depicted, including Native Americans, Mexicans, Eskimos, as well as immigrants arriving in the United States.

Subject Headings:

Singley, B. L. (Benjamin Lloyd)
Keystone View Company.
Underwood & Underwood.
Automobile factories -- Pictorial works.
Birds -- Pictorial works.
Cattle -- Pictorial works.
Church buildings -- Pictorial works.
Cowboys -- Pictorial works.
Dakota Indians -- Pictorial works.
Dams -- Pictorial works.
Elk -- Pictorial works.
Factories -- Pictorial works.
Farms -- Pictorial works.
Glaciers -- Pictorial works.
Great Sphinx (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
Harbors -- Pictorial works.
Horses -- Pictorial works.
Immigrants -- United States -- Pictorial works.
Incas -- Pictorial works.
Inuit -- Pictorial works.
Kangaroos -- Pictorial works.
Manufacturing industries -- Pictorial works.
Markets -- Pictorial works.
Mines and mineral resources -- Pictorial works.
Peddlers and peddling -- Pictorial works.
Penguins -- Pictorial works.
Pyramids of Giza (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
Quarries and quarrying -- Pictorial works.
Railroad stations -- Pictorial works.
Railroads -- Pictorial works.
Rivers -- Pictorial works.
Textile factories -- Pictorial works.
Vineyards -- Pictorial works.
Meadville (Pa.)
Concord (N.H.) -- Pictorial works.
Proctor (Vt.) -- Pictorial works.
Second Church (Boston, Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Boston (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Longfellow House (Cambridge, Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Cambridge (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Lexington (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Gloucester (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Lawrence (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Holyoke (Mass.) -- Pictorial works.
Providence (R.I.) -- Pictorial works.
South Manchester (Conn.) -- Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Ellis Island (N.J. and N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Erie, Lake -- Pictorial works.
Erie Canal (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Newburgh (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Hilton (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Cohocton (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Buffalo (N.Y.) -- Pictorial works.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Hazelton (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Scranton (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Ashley (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Pictorial works.
Baltimore (Md.) -- Pictorial works.
Washington (D.C.) -- Pictorial works.
Hampton (Va.) -- Pictorial works.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Pictorial works.
Detroit (Mich.) -- Pictorial works.
Calumet (Mich.) -- Pictorial works.
Houghton (Mich.) -- Pictorial works.
Wisconsin -- Pictorial works.
Minnesota -- Pictorial works.
Mesabi Range (Minn.) -- Pictorial works.
Two Harbors (Minn.) -- Pictorial works.
Moorhead (Minn.) -- Pictorial works.
Minneapolis (Minn.) -- Pictorial works.
Keokuk (Iowa) -- Pictorial works.
Ames (Iowa) -- Pictorial works.
Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Pictorial works.
South Dakota -- Pictorial works.
Lincoln (Neb.) -- Pictorial works.
Manhattan (Kan.) -- Pictorial works.
Crater Lake (Or.) -- Pictorial works.
Yellowstone National Park -- Pictorial works.
Prince Edward Island -- Pictorial works.
Montréal (Québec) -- Pictorial works.
Ontario -- Pictorial works.
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Pictorial works.
Orizaba (Veracruz-Llave, Mexico) -- Pictorial works.
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Pictorial works.
Tacuba (Mexico City, Mexico) -- Pictorial works.
Cholula de Rivadabia (Mexico) -- Pictorial works.
Havana (Cuba) -- Pictorial works.
Jamaica -- Pictorial works.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Pictorial works.
São Paulo (Brazil) -- Pictorial works.
Montevideo (Uruguay) -- Pictorial works.
Nicaragua, Lake (Nicaragua) -- Pictorial works.
Andes -- Pictorial works.
Puerto Iquazú (Argentina) -- Pictorial works.
Alta Gracia (Córdoba, Argentina) -- Pictorial works.
Buenos Aires (Argentina) -- Pictorial works.
Mendoza (Argentina) -- Pictorial works.
Santiago (Chile) -- Pictorial works.
Valparaíso (Chile) -- Pictorial works.
Inca (Peru : Region) -- Pictorial works.
Cuzco (Peru) -- Pictorial works.
Lima (Peru) -- Pictorial works.
La Guaira (Distrito Federal, Venezuela) -- Pictorial works.
Caracas (Venezuela) -- Pictorial works.
Peary Arctic Expedition, 1896 -- Pictorial works.
Greenland -- Pictorial works.
Upernavik (Greenland) -- Pictorial works.
London Bridge (London, England) -- Pictorial works.
Tower of London (London, England) -- Pictorial works.
Westminster Abbey -- Pictorial works.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords -- Buildings -- Pictorial works.
London (England) -- Pictorial works.
Stratford-on-Avon (England : District) -- Pictorial works.
York (England) -- Pictorial works.
Lake District (England) -- Pictorial works.
Betws-y-Coed (Wales) -- Pictorial works.
Katrine, Loch (Scotland) -- Pictorial works.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Pictorial works.
Stirling (Scotland) -- Pictorial works.
Ayr (Scotland) -- Pictorial works.
Cobh (Ireland) -- Pictorial works.
Cork (Ireland) -- Pictorial works.
Killarney (Kerry, Ireland) -- Pictorial works.
Rhine River Valley -- Pictorial works.
Koblenz (Germany) -- Pictorial works.
Hamburg (Germany) -- Pictorial works.
Strassburg (Germany) -- Pictorial works.
Namur (Belgium) -- Pictorial works.
Amsterdam (Netherlands) -- Pictorial works.
Rotterdam (Netherlands) -- Pictorial works.
Paris (France) -- Pictorial works.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France) -- Pictorial works.
Burgos (Spain) -- Pictorial works.
Valencia (Spain) -- Pictorial works.
Lucerne (Switzerland) -- Pictorial works.
Philippines -- Pictorial works.
Tangier (Morocco) -- Pictorial works.
Algeria -- Pictorial works.
Aswan Dam (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
Suez Canal (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
Alexandria (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
Jizah (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
S?aqqarah (Egypt) -- Pictorial works.
Uganda -- Pictorial works.
Mombasa (Kenya) -- Pictorial works.
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) -- Pictorial works.
Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe) -- Pictorial works.
Zimbabwe -- Pictorial works.
Cape Town (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
Johannesburg (South Africa) -- Pictorial works.
New Guinea -- Pictorial works.
Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works.
Victoria -- Pictorial works.
Melbourne (Vic.) -- Pictorial works.
Adelaide (S. Aust.) -- Pictorial works.
Amundsen, Roald, 1872-1928.
Hiawatha, 15th cent.
Moon -- Pictorial works.
Saturn (Planet) -- Pictorial works.
Uranus (Planet) -- Pictorial works.
Orion (Constellation) -- Pictorial works.
Morehouse comet -- Pictorial works.

Inventory:

Box 1 - Description

Box/Folder #

3 Quarrying Granite-Drilling Preparatory to Splitting, Concord, NH

1-1

4 Marble Quarry, Proctor, VT

1-2

5 Chiseling Marble, Proctor, VT

1-3

6 Old North Church, Boston, Mass.

1-4

7 Quincey Market and Faneuil Hall, Boston Mass.

1-5

8 Old State House from Court Street, Boston, Mass.

1-6

9 Longfellow’s Home, Cambridge, Mass.

1-7

10 Lexington Common, Lexington, Mass.

1-8

11 Cutting Leather for High Quality Shoes, Mass.

1-9

13 Drying Codfish in the Sun, Gloucester, Mass.

1-10

14 Spinning Cotton Yarn in the Great Textile Mills, Lawrence, Mass.

1-11

16 Printing Room of Cotton Mills, Lawrence, Mass.

1-12

17 Sorting Wool After Cleaning and Washing, Lawrence, Mass.

1-13

18 Doubling Frame in a Large Woolen Mill, Lawrence, Mass.

1-14

19 Cut Rags After Washing, Paper Mills, Holyoke, Mass.

1-15

20 Inspecting Paper Delivered By Machine, Holyoke, Mass.

1-16

21 Manufacturing Jewelry, Providence, RI

1-17

22 Weighing and Sorting Raw Silk Skeins, So. Manchester, Conn.

1-18

23 First Drawing or Straightening of Fibers, So. Manchester, Conn.

1-19

24 Spinning Silk-Industry, So. Manchester, Conn.

1-20

26 New York City from the Brooklyn Side.

1-21

28 Old and New City Halls and World Building, New York City

1-22

29 Wall Street, New York, NY

1-23

31 Many Forms of Transportation, New York City

1-24

32 Immigrants Landing from Barge at Ellis Island, NY

1-25

33 Domestic Art – Dining Room and Living Room

1-26

34 Conveyor with Loaf Sugar from Drying Kiln, New York City

1-27

35 Filling and Sewing Bags of Granulated Sugar, New York City

1-28

37 Washington’s Headquarter at Newburgh on the Hudson, NY

1-29

42 Solar Method of Evaporating Salt Brine. Syracuse, NY

1-30

44 Summer Spraying of Apple Orchard, Hilton, NY

1-31

45 Washing 1,000 lbs. of Freshly Churned Butter, Cohocton, NY

1-32

47 Picking and Loading Cantaloupe Near Buffalo, NY

1-33

48 Mouth of Erie Canal, Buffalo, NY

1-34

67 Red Hot Steel Beam Being Cut by Buzz Saw, Pittsburgh, PA

1-35

71 Wagon Used to Haul Ammunition to Admiral Perry on Lake Erie

1-36

74 Stripping Coal at Hazelton, PA

1-37

75 Miners Going into the Slope, Hazelton, PA

1-38

77 Loading Cage with Car of Coal at Bottom of Shaft, Scranton, PA

1-39

78 Tandem Automatic Slate Picker, Scranton, PA

1-40

79 Shipping Coal – Coal Breaker in Background, Ashley, PA

1-41

80 The Old Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA

1-42

81 Spinning Room, Winding Bobbins with Woolen Yarn, Phila., PA

1-43

86 “Shucking” Oysters, Oyster House, Baltimore, MD

1-44

88 Joint Session of House and Senate, Washington, D.C.

1-45

93 View from Washington Monument East to Capitol, Wash., D.C.

1-46

97 Oyster Shells for Bedding for Young Oysters, Hampton, VA

1-47

139 In the Heart of the Great Shopping Center, State Street, Chicago

1-48

151 Experts Testing Automobile Engines in a Detroit Plant, Mich.

1-49

152 Employees Leaving the Ford Factory, Detroit, Mich.

1-50

153 Packing Salt in Barrels, St. Clair, Mich.

1-51

155 Loading and Handling Cars with Copper Ore, Calumet, Mich.

1-52

156 Pouring Molten Copper into Ingot Molds, Calumet, Mich.

1-53

157 Loading 1400 Tons of Copper on Boat, Houghton, Mich.

1-54

Box 2 - Description

 

159 Dairy Barns and Herd of Holstein Cattle

2-1

160 Harvesting and Loading Silage Corn, Wisconsin

2-2

161 Digging Ditch with Tractor and Laying Drain Tile, Wis.

2-3

162 A Load of Logs at the Kettle River Landing, Minnesota

2-4

163 Steam Shovel at Work, Iron Ore Mine, Mesabi Range, Minn.

2-5

164 Looking Between Ore Docks No. 2 and No. 3, Two Harbors, Minn

2-6

166 Potato Digging Machines at Work, Moorehead, Minn.

2-7

167 A Busy Street in Minneapolis, Minn.

2-8

168 Hiawatha

2-9

169 Hiawatha

2-10

170 Great Power Dam and Locks in the Mississippi River, Keokuk, Iowa

2-11

171 Electric Genorators, Power Plant, Keokuk, Iowa

2-12

172 Hogs in Rape Pasture, Ames, Iowa

2-13

173 Choice Schropshire, Oxford, and Cotswold Sheep, Ames Iowa

2-14

174 The Magnificent Eads Bridge, St. Louis, Mo.

2-15

178 Plowing Prairie Soil with Tractor, S. Dak.

2-16

179 Tractor with Disc and Tooth Harrows, S. Dak.

2-17

180 Spreading Manure and Plowing with Tractor, Nebraska

2-18

181 Alfalfa Hay and Loader on Farm of W.J. Bryan, Lincoln, Nebraska

2-19

182 Sioux Indians in Full Feather

2-20

185 Hereford Cattle, Feeding Pins, Manhattan, Kansas

2-21

186 Thrown! Cowboy and Horse holding a Lassoed Cow, Kansas

2-22

189 Snapshot of Wild Elk, Montana

2-23

191 Gap of the golden Gate, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

2-24

192 Angle Terrace, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

2-25

193 Commotion in the Devil’s Ink Pot, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

2-26

195 Rocky Mountain Divide, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

2-27

197 Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

2-28

198 Cultivating a field of Beets, Near Greeley, Colo.

2-29

222 Wizard Island, Crater Lake, Oregon

2-30

256 Islands and Breakwater, Pacific Entrance, Canal Zone

2-31

263 Indian Basket Weaving, Prince Edward Island, Canada

2-32

266 Fifth Royal Highlanders of Montreal, Quebec Tercentenary, July 1908.

2-33

270 Beets Stored in Sheds at Beet Sugar Factory, Ontario, Can.

2-34

275 Ice Peaks of the Illecillewaer Glacier, Can.

2-35

278 Harbor of St. John’s from the Dry Dock, Newfoundland

2-36

281 Home of the Peon – The Adobe Hut, City of Mexico

2-37

285 Juice from Maguey Plant Used in Making Pulque, Tacuba, Mexico

2-38

286 Carding Room, Cotton Mills, Orizaba, Mexico

2-39

288 The Sacred Shrine and “Old Popocatapetl,” Cholula, Mexico

2-40

289 Hennequin, from which Sisai Fibre Is Produced

2-41

290 Mexican Musicians and Dancing Girls in National Costume.

2-42

292 Tortilla Making, Salvador, C.A.

2-43

293 Lake Nicaragua, on Nicaragua Canal Route.

2-44

297 Cutting Tobacco, Province of Havana, Cuba

2-45

300 Mighty Earthquake Fissure, Guadeloupe, F.W.I.

2-46

301 A Cattle Ranch in Jamaica.

2-47

306 School Children, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

2-48

309 Municipal Theatre, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2-49

310 Drying Coffee, Brazil

2-50

311 Hauling Coffee, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2-51

312 Plaza Indepedencia, Montevideo, Uruguay, S. America

2-52

Box 3 - Description

 

313 Great Dredge in Harbor, Montevideo, Uruguay

3-1

314 Entrance to Harbor, Buenos Aires, Argentina

3-2

316 Palermo Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina

3-3

317 Cattle in Argentina

3-4

318 Majestic Iquaza Fallsm, Argentina

3-5

319 Vineyards, Mendoza, Argentina

3-6

320 Carts, Alta Gracia, Argentina

3-7

321 In Western Argentine, Andean Foothills, So. Am.

3-8

322 Inca Lake in the Andes of Chile

3-9

323 Station in the Andes, Trans-Andine Railway.

3-10

324 Cathedral and Plaza, Santiago, Chile

3-11

325 Stacking and Shipping Nitrate, Nitrate Mines, Chile

3-12

326 Harbor and City of Valparaiso, Chile

3-13

327 Goods Arriving at Docks for Shipment, Valparaiso, Chile

3-14

329 Across the Plaza in Arequipa to Monte Misti, Peru, So. Amer.

3-15

330 The Cofa Bridge on the Oroya Railway, Peru

3-16

331 Natives Near Wall of Incan Palace – Cuzco, Peru, So. Amer.

3-17

332 Tractor with Harrow and Pulverizer, Lima, Peru, So. Amer.

3-18

333 Replanting the Sugar Cain, Near Lima, Peru, S. Amer.

3-19

335 Famous Copacabana Church Near Lake Titicaca, Bolivia

3-20

336 Charming Spanish Maiden on Balcony, Guayaquil, Ecuador

3-21

337 Quaint Scene in Streets of Barraquilia, Columbia, S. Amer.

3-22

338 La Guaira, Venezuela.

3-23

340 National University and Halls of Congress, Caracas, Venezuela.

3-24

341 Delivering Bread, Caracas, Venezuela.

3-25

342 Winward and Eric Peary - Expedition, 1901 - Greenland.

3-26 ß!!!

343 Eskimo Girls and Part of Crew S.S. Eric – At Upernavik, Greenland

3-27

345 Commander Gerlache, Belgica Expedition (1897-99) Hunting Seals

3-28

346 Roald Amundsen, Discoverer of the South Pole, Antarctic Ocean.

3-29

348 London Bridge, London, England.

3-30

349 Tower of London, London, England.

3-31

350 Westminster Abbey, London, England.

3-32

351 The Bank of England, London, England.

3-33

352 The House of Lords, London, England.

3-34

354 Birthplace of Shakespeare, Stratford-on-Avon, England.

3-35

355 Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, England.

3-36

356 The Shakespeare Memorial Building, Stratford-on-Avon.

3-37

357 Harvesting Wheat in England.

3-38

358 White-Faced Hereford Cattle, England.

3-39

359 A Nightingale on Her Nest, England.

3-40

360 York, England

3-41

361 Lake Grasmere, England

3-42

362 Wordsworth’s Home, Rydal Mount, England

3-43

363 Fairy Glen, Bettys-y-Coed, Wales.

3-44

364 Jersey Cattle, Famous Product of Channel Islands.

3-45

365 Princess Street, and Waverley Gardens, Edinburgh, Scotland.

3-46

367 Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland.

3-47

368 Wallace’s Monument, Stirling, Scotland.

3-48

369 Ellen’s Isle, Loch Katrine, Scotland.

3-49

370 Aberdeen Angus, Noted Beef Breed, Scotland.

3-50

371 Ayrshire Dairy Type Cattle, Scotland.

3-51

372 Room Where Burns Was Born, Ayr, Scotland.

3-52

373 A Highland Home, Scotland.

3-53

374 Queenstown Harbor, Ireland.

3-54

375 Street Market in Cork, Ireland.

3-55

376 Blarney Castle, Ireland.

3-56

Box 4 - Description

 

378 Peat Peddlers, Killarney, Ireland.

4-1

382 Giant’s Causeway, Ireland.

4-2

385 Open Air China Market, Koblenz, Germany.

4-3

386 Hamburg from across the Elbe, Germany

4-4

389 Kleber Place, in the Heart of Strassburg, Germany.

4-5

391 Rhine Valley at Bingen, Germany.

4-6

397 Namur, Belgium.

4-7

398 Belgian Draft Horses.

4-8

399 New Market and Canal, Amsterdam.

4-9

400 On the Leuwehavere, Rotterdam, Holland.

4-10

424 The Grand Opera, Paris, France.

4-11

428 Mer de Glace ( Sea of Ice), from the Montanvert, Chamonix, France.

4-12

434 General View of Burgos, Spain.

4-13

437 Picking Valencia Oranges Near Valencia, Spain,

4-14

442 The Kapell Brucke, Lucerne, Switzerland.

4-15

444 Lauterbrunnen Valley and Water Fall, Switzerland.

4-16

543 Charcoal Carriers, Chosen ( Korea.) (damaged)

4-17

551 Husking Cocoanuts – Pagsanjan – Islands of Luzon, P.I.

4-18

552 Manila Hemp Industry – Stripping the Tree, Philippines

4-19

553 Manila Hemp Industry – Interior Native Rope Factory, P.I.

4-20

555 Market Scene, Tangier, Africa.

4-21

556 Harbor of Algiers, Algeria.

4-22

557 Gates of the Walls of Tunis, Africa.

4-23

558 Bird’s Eye View of Alexandria, Egypt.

4-24

559 Suez Canal, Egypt.

4-25

560 The Great Nile Bridge, Egypt.

4-26

562 Threshing Beans in the Field, Egypt.

4-27

563 Native Boys Spinning Cotton, Egypt.

4-28

564 Inundation of the Nile, Egypt.

4-29

565 The Sphinx and the Second Pyramid, Gizeh ( Giza), Egypt.

4-30

566 Ancient and Modern Egypt, Sakkara.

4-31

567 Caravan Leaving an Oasis in the Desert of Egypt.

4-32

568 Ruins of Karnak, Egypt.

4-33

569 The Great Dam, Assuan ( Aswan), Egypt.

4-34

570 Peeling Bark for Making Bark Cloth, Uganda, Africa.

4-35

571 Sisal Hemp Plantation in Blossom, Uganda, Africa.

4-36

572 Native Market at Port Florence, B.E.A.

4-37

573 Ivory Ready to Ship, Mombasa, Africa.

4-38

574 Dar-es-Salaam, German E. Africa.

4-39

575 Cape to Cairo Railway, Rhodesia.

4-40

576 Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, Africa.

4-41

577 A Hippopotamus Hunt, Mlembo River, East Africa.

4-42

579 Gold Quartz Mining, Johannesburg, South Africa.

4-43

580 Transports Crossing the Vaal River at Viljoen’s Drift, S. Africa.

4-44

583 Gannets on Shore Near Cape Town, So. Africa.

4-45

584 Penguins on Dassen Island Near Cape Town, So. Africa.

4-46

585 Review of the Troops, Sydney, Australia.

4-47

586 Giant Eucalyptus or Gum Trees, 400 ft. High, Victoria.

4-48

587 Federal Parliament Building, Melbourne, Australia.

4-49

588 Kangaroos in The Zoological Park, Adelaide, Australia.

4-50

592 In a Papuan Village, New Guinea.

4-51

595 Moon at Age of Seventeen Days. Copyright Yerkes Observatory.

4-52

597 The Planet Saturn, Copyright Solar Observatory, Carnegie Institute.

4-53

598 Planet Uranus and Two of Its Moons, Copyright Yerkes Observatory.

4-54

599 Meteor in Constellation of Orion. Copyright, Yerkes Observatory.

4-55

600 Morehouse’s Comet. Copyright Yerkes Observatory.

4-56