Outer slip case of box for set of 36 stereographs
Underwood & Underwood
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Card board
Measurements
195 x 63 x 100 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520668.1.1
Summary
Outer slip case of two part box for set of 36 stereographs. Box is made of heavy card, cloth-bound in brown, with title, publisher and decorative details printed in gold on the spine. Markings: On spine in gold print: "Industries and Productions", and "Underwood and Underwood" Internal markings printed on inside of spine: "Mr & Mrs J Thos. Wilhide, representing Underwood & Underwood's world renowned travel system. Tours in all lands, guide books, maps, with sun-sculptured (sic) views (Life Size) thro' the stereoscope, 73 Jersey Road, Woollahra, Sydney, Australia. 'Phone 203 Paddington - Tel Woollahra"
Provenance
The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
Underwood & Underwood, manufacturer