Keystone View Company
Organization
Historical Note
Keystone View Company; Meadville, PA, New York, Toronto, London, Sydney; founded 1892 by B. L. Singley in Meadville, PA; by the 1920s the Keystone Company was the sole surviving major producer of conventional card-mounted views in the world; the company survived into the 1970s; remaining images/prints went to the California Museum of Photography, Riverside, Californa.
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Jim Bergstrom Collection of World War I Aviation Stereographs
Collection
Identifier: 2005-08-11
Abstract
The Jim Bergstrom Collection of World War I Aviation Stereographs contains five (5) stereograph images of World War I scenes printed by the Keystone View Company.
Dates:
circa 1914-1918
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Mark Winters Stereograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2011-04-22
Abstract
The Mark Winters Stereograph Collection contains forty-eight (48) stereograph images of World War I scenes printed by the Keystone View Company.
Dates:
circa 1914-1921
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
World War I Stereographs
Collection
Identifier: 2016-00-00-5
Abstract
Stereoscopic photographs of scenes from World War I scenes.
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Stereograph 18633, "French Soldiers Resting in the Trenches." -- stereograph depicting soldiers in trenches; caption on reverse describes the construction, layout, and purposes of trenches in the war
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Stereograph 18715, "View of Famous Bridge over the Marne, Looking toward Hotel de Ville and Heights of the Old Chateau." -- stereograph depicting men and children standing on a bridge over the river, with town and clock tower visible in the background; caption on reverse describes the town of Château-Thierry (France) and the battle there in mid-1918
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Stereograph 19248, "The Place des Halles, St. Mihiel." -- stereograph depicting the ruins of a French town after bombing, with rubble in the streets and buildings in varying states of damage; caption on reverse describes the liberation of St. Mihiel in September 1918
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Stereograph 19250, "The American Cemetery at Belleau Wood." -- stereograph depicting hundreds of white crosses and the American flag at a cemetery; caption on reverse describes the location of the cemetery and states that it "will be a place of pilgrimage for untold thousands of Americans of generations yet to come."
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Stereograph V18858, "'And the Trench was a Reeking Shambles.' German Dead in the La Bassee Area." -- stereograph depicting dead soldiers in trenches; caption on reverse describes the battle at La Bassée (France) as an extension of the Battle of Ypres (Belgium) in late 1914
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Stereograph V18923, "Observation Balloon Fatally Pierced by Incendiary Bullets from American Plane" -- stereograph depicting airship being shot; caption on reverse describing scene
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
Stereograph V19237, "U. S. Transport Leviathan, Formerly the Vaterland, Largest Ship Afloat" -- stereograph depicting large steamship in a harbor with four tugboats alongside; caption on reverse describes the history and the specifications of the ship
Item
Scope and Contents of Collection
From the Collection:
The World War I Stereographs is a small collection consisting of eight stereographic photographs depicting World War I scenes. This is an artificial collection with materials aggregated from various sources. Seven of the cards were produced by the Keystone View Company and one by Underwood & Underwood. The images feature trench scenes, war ruins, soldiers, steamships, and a blimp. The reverse of each stereograph includes a note on the historical context of the image, placing...
Dates:
circa 1914-1919
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