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Publisher
American Stereoscopic Company
(American, 1890 – 1915)
Associated
Quaker Oats Company
(American (active Chicago, IL), founded 1850)
Date1906
MediumChromolithographs on cardstock
DimensionsMount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Simón de Swaan
Object numberS2023.1.27
On view
Description“Around the World” series in partnership with the Quaker Oats Company. Stereoviews came with packages of Pettijohn’s Breakfast Food.
Image shows workers loading barrels of sugar onto a ship. Description of the "Around the World" series at the back with title of each stereoview in the series.
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Inscribed
Recto, bottom right margin: “Loading Sugar at Havana, Cuba."
Recto, left margin (vertical): "ISSUED BY / THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS"
Recto, right margin (vertical): "FROM AN ORIGINAL STEREO. PHOTO. / COPYRIGHT 1906 / AMERICAN STEREOSCOPIC CO., N. Y. "
Verso, starting on the top: " AROUND THE WORLD / BY STEREOSCOPE. / WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME -- JUST LIKE BEING THERE."
Verso, under the title: "Tours to all parts of the world. Save these colored stereoscopic views from Pettijohn packages; arrange them into series and shortly you will have a library of World Tours of Original Views of immense interest, instructive, interesting and entertaining. / Such a collection or library of views is a great education for children. The following is our second list of subjects in four series. These will be followed by other tours through different countries."
Verso, left : "IRELAND. / In the Market, Killarney. Ireland / Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. / Giants Causeway. Ireland. / Garrick-a-rede. Rope Bridge. Ireland. / Ancient Bridge, Lakes of Killarney. Ireland. / Interior of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin. Ireland. / Blarney Castle. Ireland. / Market Place. Galway, Ireland. / Royal Avenue. Belfast, Ireland. Manufacturing linen. Belfast. Ireland. / Princess St., Dublia, Ireland.
Verso, left : "GERMANY. / Tivoli Gardens, Berlin, Germany. / The Cathedral, Berlio, Germany. / Castle Soonick on the Rhine, Germany. / The Throne Room. Imperial Palace, Germany. / Statue of Frederiek the Great, Berlin, Germany. / Cathedral Cologne. / Platz-Munich. / The Imperial Palace, Potsdam, Germany."
Verso, right: "NORWAY AND SWEDEN. / Fish Market. Bergen. Norway. / Royal Guards before Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. / Harbor at Gothenberg, Sweden. / One of the famous Island Gardens of Stockholm, Sweden. / Royal Palace. Stockholm, Sweden. / A mountain road in Norway. / The Canal of Gothenberg. Sweden. / Interior Royal Palace, Christiania, Norway. / Going to Church in Sweden."
Verso, right: "ROME. / The Palace of the Vatican, Rome. / St. Peter's Church, Rome. / Interior of St. Peters, Rome, showing the great Altar / The Famous Ho daSteries dr the Vatican, Rome. / Throne Room of the Vatican, Rome. / A section in the library of the Vatican. / Pope Pius X speaking in the Court of the Vatican. Rome."
Verso, bottom margin: "NOTE -- THESE PICTURES ARE WATERPROOF AND WHEN SOILED CAN BE CLEANED WITH DAMP CLOTH"
Recto, left margin (vertical): "ISSUED BY / THE QUAKER OATS COMPANY / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS"
Recto, right margin (vertical): "FROM AN ORIGINAL STEREO. PHOTO. / COPYRIGHT 1906 / AMERICAN STEREOSCOPIC CO., N. Y. "
Verso, starting on the top: " AROUND THE WORLD / BY STEREOSCOPE. / WITHOUT LEAVING YOUR HOME -- JUST LIKE BEING THERE."
Verso, under the title: "Tours to all parts of the world. Save these colored stereoscopic views from Pettijohn packages; arrange them into series and shortly you will have a library of World Tours of Original Views of immense interest, instructive, interesting and entertaining. / Such a collection or library of views is a great education for children. The following is our second list of subjects in four series. These will be followed by other tours through different countries."
Verso, left : "IRELAND. / In the Market, Killarney. Ireland / Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland. / Giants Causeway. Ireland. / Garrick-a-rede. Rope Bridge. Ireland. / Ancient Bridge, Lakes of Killarney. Ireland. / Interior of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin. Ireland. / Blarney Castle. Ireland. / Market Place. Galway, Ireland. / Royal Avenue. Belfast, Ireland. Manufacturing linen. Belfast. Ireland. / Princess St., Dublia, Ireland.
Verso, left : "GERMANY. / Tivoli Gardens, Berlin, Germany. / The Cathedral, Berlio, Germany. / Castle Soonick on the Rhine, Germany. / The Throne Room. Imperial Palace, Germany. / Statue of Frederiek the Great, Berlin, Germany. / Cathedral Cologne. / Platz-Munich. / The Imperial Palace, Potsdam, Germany."
Verso, right: "NORWAY AND SWEDEN. / Fish Market. Bergen. Norway. / Royal Guards before Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden. / Harbor at Gothenberg, Sweden. / One of the famous Island Gardens of Stockholm, Sweden. / Royal Palace. Stockholm, Sweden. / A mountain road in Norway. / The Canal of Gothenberg. Sweden. / Interior Royal Palace, Christiania, Norway. / Going to Church in Sweden."
Verso, right: "ROME. / The Palace of the Vatican, Rome. / St. Peter's Church, Rome. / Interior of St. Peters, Rome, showing the great Altar / The Famous Ho daSteries dr the Vatican, Rome. / Throne Room of the Vatican, Rome. / A section in the library of the Vatican. / Pope Pius X speaking in the Court of the Vatican. Rome."
Verso, bottom margin: "NOTE -- THESE PICTURES ARE WATERPROOF AND WHEN SOILED CAN BE CLEANED WITH DAMP CLOTH"
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