Keystone View Company Collection Tour of the World
Collection
Identifier: 01/MS 00008
This collection contains a full set of stereoviews from the Keystone View Company's "Tour of the World" series. The set includes stereoview images from six continents, excluding Antarctica. The scenes capture diverse people, monuments, and landscapes. Each stereoview has a description of the scene located on the back. The descriptions are often ethno-centric towards non-western cultures. Points of interest include European-controlled Africa, the Middle East before the creation of Israel, and Germany in between the World Wars. The collection also includes a company guidebook from 1936.
English
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The Keystone View Company was a major distributor of stereographic images and was located in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
4.75 Linear Feet
The stereoviews are arranged in order by manufacture number. A guidebook printed by the Keystone View Comapny follows the stereoviews.
Acc. 2010.778 was received by Special Collections in December 2010.
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository