WAUKeystoneStereocardsPHColl372.xml Guide to the Keystone Stereocard Collection approximately 1898-1920 Keystone Stereocard Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2013 (Last modified: 6/22/2020)
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-04-23. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Keystone stereocard collection Keystone View Company PH0372 3 boxes 392 stereocards ; 7" x 3.5" approximately 1898-1920 Photographs of locations around the world with the people native to that area at home, working, or pursuing daily life in the early part of the 20th century Collection materials are in English.

In 1892 the Keystone View Company was started in Meadville, Pennsylvania by B.L. Singley. The company's primary focus was to create a wide range of stereocards and by 1905 it was the largest stereographic company in the world. Keystone created and distributed millions of stereocards throughout the United States. In 1898 they organized an education department that produced boxed sets for school instruction. These sets included images and descriptive text illustrating culture, industry, commerce and politics world-wide. Stereocard sets were all marked by a letter. Customers could buy stereocards by the box. Boxes were shaped like books and contained 50, 100, or 200 stereocards. Though cinema took over as the most popular entertainment medium, the Keystone Company continued to produce stereocards until 1972 when it went out of business.

The stereocards depict views from across the globe, including the Australia, Burma, Canada, China, Fiji Islands, France, Guam, Jamaica, Java, Korea, Monaco, New Guinea, Palestine, Philippines, Russia, Syria, Switzerland, the USA, series of miscellaneous story cards depicting a wedding, a dream, and other topics.

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Donor: Sarah Hood, May 2008 (seven stereocards of the hemp industry in Manila, Philippines).

Donor: Charles Hart, March 1, 2017 (two stereocards). Donor: Woods Fairbanks, 2025 (three stereocards).

Processed by Aletheia Wittman, 2011; Erin Bailey 2012; Melody Hauf 2012; processing completed 2012.

Many of these stereocards were transferred from PH Collection 31 in the Repository in 2011. Three stereocards added, Christopher Estes 2026.

 Keystone View Company--Archives Australia--Photographs Burma--Photographs Canada--Photographs China--Photographs Fiji--Photographs Guam--Photographs Jamaica--Photographs Java (Indonesia)--Photographs Korea--Photographs Monaco--Photographs New Guinea--Photographs Palestine--Photographs Philippines--Photographs Russia--Photographs Syria--Photographs Switzerland--Photographs United States--Photographs Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington) Weddings--Photographs Multiculturalism Stereographs Photographs Geographic Locations Australia 10 stereocards including views of Melbourne, Bendigo, Balaclava, New South Wales, Sydney and Warrah circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 A1-10

Views include citizens and agricultural scenery, Jenolan Caves, and an Australian football game.

 Burma 11 stereocards including views of Mogok, Pagan, Sagaing and Rangoon 1904, 1910's PH0372 Box 1 B1-11

Views include citizens working in a ruby mine, agricultural scenes, workers unloading rice boats, a working elephant at a lumber yard, and a sculptor creating a Buddha.

 Canada 1 stereocard of a view of Laliberte's fur parlor in Quebec 1899 PH0372 Box 1 C1 China 16 stereocards including views of Canton, Chefoo, Hong Kong, Hankow, Kinkow, Loong Wah, and Macao circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHA1-16

Views include all classes of citizens active in city and rural life, transportation, waterways, architecture, and temples.

 8 stereocards including views of the Manchurian cities of Liaoyang, Newchwang, Dainy, and Port Arthur circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHB 1-8

Views of citizens living and working in cities, rural life, and temples.

 17 stereocards including views of Mukden, Manchuria circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHC 1-17

Views of all classes of citizens active in city and rural life, the Mongolian Spring Festival, temples, pack trains, and architecture.

 6 stereocards including views relating to the Japanese occupation in Manchuria circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHD 1-6

Views include images relating to the Japanese occupation, including troops, citizens at a battleground, and refugees.

 8 stereocards including views of Manchuria circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHE 1-8

Views include citizens in rural life, robbers in prison, coal making near the Hun river, Chinese Eastern Railroad, and architecture.

 25 stereocards including views of Nankin, Ningpo, and Peking circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHF 1-25

Views include activities of all classes of citizens, political figures, transportation, temples, architecture, and areas in and around the Imperial City.

 11 stereocards including views of Reel, Shanghai, Shankiwan, and Soo-chow circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHG 1-11

Views include all classes of citizens active in city and rural life, rice fields, waterways, architecture, interior of a tea house, and fishing in the Grand Canal.

 7 stereocards including views of Tientsin and Taku 1900-1909 PH0372 Box 1 CHH 1-7

Views include all classes of citizens active in city and rural life, transportation, waterways, and architecture.

 6 stereocards including miscellaneous views of China circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 CHI 1-6

Views of foot binding, a religious woman, a sampan, chain-gang, rice field, and agriculture.

 Fiji Islands 2 stereocards with views including two men in Suva and a hilltop landscape circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 F1-2 France Clemenceau, Wilson and Lloyd George leaving the Palace of Versailles after signing the Treaty of Versailles circa 1919 PH0372 Box 1 FR1 Guam 15 stereocards including views of Agana, Agat, Mariso, Pitt, and Sumai circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 G1-15

Views of citizens traveling by bull cart, water buffalo, village homes, and an outdoor oven.

 Jamaica 2 stereocards of citizens working on a banana plantation and a coconut plantation circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 J1-2 Java 10 stereocards including views of Buitenzorg, Lake Bagendit, and Tanjoen circa 1910s PH0372 Box 1 JA 1-10

Views include citizens fishing, rice cultivation, men carrying coconuts, and the botanical gardens.

 Korea 7 stereocards including views of citizens working at Fusan and Port of Chemulpo circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 KA1-7

Chosen appears on many cards, and is a Japanese name for Korea that also appeared in English sources when Korea was under Japanese rule 1910-1945.

 25 stereocards including views of Seoul circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 KB1-25

Views of working class citizens, farmers, architecture, transportation of goods, railways, the Han river, school children, missions, and an orphanage.

Chosen appears on many cards, and is a Japanese name for Korea that also appeared in English sources when Korea was under Japanese rule 1910-1945

 12 stereocards including views of Seoul circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 KC1-12

Views include citizens of middle and upper class aristocracy and their activities, transportation by sedans, and architecture.

Chosen appears on many cards, and is a Japanese name for Korea that also appeared in English sources when Korea was under Japanese rule 1910-1945.

 17 stereocards including views of citizens engaged in religious events and activities in Seoul circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 KD1-17

Views of citizens in a wedding, burial, at kings tomb, religious ceremonies, and religious architecture.

Chosen appears on many cards, and is a Japanese name for Korea that also appeared in English sources when Korea was under Japanese rule 1910-1945.

 Monaco 1 tinted stereocard view of flower beds at the Monte Carlo casino 1900 PH0372 Box 2 M1 New Guinea 15 stereocards including views citizens in villages circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 N1-15

Views include villages and families, preparation of food, and an English mission.

 Palestine 1 stereocard landscape view of the Garden of Gethsemane and Mount of Olives in Jerusalem circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 P1 Phillippines 10 stereocards including views of Cavite and Cebu circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHA1-10

Views of citizens and their activities in villages and markets, at a saw mill, in the hemp industry, surrounding a cock fight, and boys in a boat on the beach.

 10 stereocards including views of Luzon Island circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHB1-10

Views of citizens in villages, on waterways, Malolos, the man Aguinaldo, the famous Insurrecto the Filipino constabulary.

 10 stereocards including rural views and citizens in Manila, Luzon Island circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHC1-10

Views include children at school, a hunter, farmers, human bones in a grave, a parade ground, and citizens at their homes.

 21 stereocards including agricultural views in Manila, Luzon Island 1906, 1910's PH0372 Box 2 PHD1-21

Views include citizens working with hemp, coconut, and cigarette making industries.

 7 stereocards including waterway views of Manila, Luzon Island circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHE1-7

Views include citizens living and working on waterways.

 10 stereocards of city scape views in Manila, Luzon Island circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHF1-10

Views include views of architecture with citizens living and working in the city of Manila.

 9 stereocards including views of Macabebe, Mindanao Island, Panay, and Paranaque circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHG1-9

Views include citizens in their villages, a burial procession, a woman weaving, a church interior, and citizens with outrigger canoes.

 14 stereocards including miscellaneous views of the Philippines circa 1898, 1910s PH0372 Box 2 PHH1-14

Views include citizens and their activities in village life, gathering rice seedlings, at market, an outdoor barbar shop, building a house, and US and British occupation interactions.

 Russia 1 stereocard with view of Nijni-Novgorod circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 R1 Samoa 1 stereocard with a view of a Samoan child at home circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 S1 Scotland The Valley of the Tay, Scotland 1898 PH0372 Box 2 SC1 Singapore 1 stereocard with a view of a tropical home in a Malay Village circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 SP1 Sri Lanka 1 stereocard view of a pepper vine plantation in Ceylon circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 SR1 Switzerland 1 stereocard with a view of Aare Gorge in Meiringen 1900 PH0372 Box 2 SW1 Syria 1 stereocard with a view of sword makers in Damascus circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 SY1 United States 7 stereocards including views of Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Nebraska, South Carolina, and Texas circa 1910s PH0372 Box 2 USA1-8

Views include citizens working, agricultural scenes, Mount of the Holy Cross, and the interior of Box Canyon.

 13 stereocards of views of Hawaii circa 1910s Box PH0372 Box 3 USB1-13

Views include citizens at home, working in agriculture, and Little Beggar Volcano.

 10 stereocards of views of Honolulu, Hawaii circa 1910s Box PH0372 Box 3 USC1-10

Views include citizens at home and working, agricultural and city scenes, boys with surfboards, and Waikiki Beach.

 Inagural ballroom decorated for the inauguration of President McKinley, Washington, D.C. circa 1910s Box PH0372 Box 3 USD1 Subject Stereocards Wedding Story

Often stories were created with multiple stereocards, and there might be up to 25 in the set.

 16 stereocards of a wedding story sequence 1898-1901 Box PH0372 Box 3 W1-16

One stereocard hand colored.

 Miscellaneous 10 stereocards including a dream story sequence, humorous bike accident, and children playing. circa 1899 Box PH0372 Box 3 Z1-11