[Yellowstone Park Photographica]:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK THROUGH THE STEREOSCOPE. Second edition, following the first of 1900. An attractive stereoscopic tour of Yellowstone, with accompanying text. The text includes a brief history of Yellowstone, instructions on using the stereoscope, and extended captions for each view. Several geysers are pictured, including three stereoscopes of Old Faithful, as well as other cards showing bison, dramatic vistas, and the approaches to the park. The images are undated, but it is clear that they were taken prior to the construction of the Old Faithful Inn in 1903, and they were likely done around 1900, the date the text was originally copyrighted. The stereoscopes were produced by Sun Sculpture Works and Studios of Arlington and Westwood, New Jersey. The Underwood firm had earlier patented a hand-held stereoscopic viewer under the Sun Sculpture trademark. Each card is captioned on the verso in English, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, and Russian, and several cards contain long explanatory text on the recto as well. The map, copyrighted by Underwood & Underwood in 1905, is keyed to the number on the views, allowing the user to pinpoint the location of the scene in the greater context of Yellowstone. The views are (as captioned on the verso):1) "Arriving by Northern Pacific R.R. at Gardiner, near Yellowstone Park, U.S.A."2) "Six-horse tally-ho leaving mountain walled Gardiner for Yellowstone Park, U.S.A."3) "From Yellowstone Park, North through its gateway to Gallatin M

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