Stereograph Collection
name: label: Photographer
content: Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
label: Publisher
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Publisher
content: J. F. Jarvis (Washington, D.C.)
label: Publisher
content: C. Bierstadt (Publisher, Niagara Falls, N.Y,)
label: Publisher
content: H.C. White Co.
place: label: Place
content: Congo (Democatic Republic)
label: Place
content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Libya
topic: label: Topic
content: Postcards
label: Topic
content: Stereographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Holly Ross in 2008 (EEPA 2008-010); Roy Sieber in 1993 (EEPA 1993-021); Bryna Freyer in 1994 (EEPA 1994-009); and John Vauco and Kelly Armor in 2006 (EEPA 2006-010).
creator: label: Photographer
content: Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
label: Publisher
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Publisher
content: J. F. Jarvis (Washington, D.C.)
label: Publisher
content: C. Bierstadt (Publisher, Niagara Falls, N.Y,)
label: Publisher
content: H.C. White Co.
culture: label: Culture
content: Zulu (African people)
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection includes three postcards that depict stereographic images created by Robert Visser of villages, peoples, and a "fetish" figure in Congo (Democratic Republic).
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Robert Visser (1860-1937) was a German merchant, photographer, and collector of ethnographica. 

Underwood & Underwood (1981-1940s) was an early producer and distributor of stereoscopic and other photographic images, and later was a pioneer in the field of news bureau photography.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Stereographs (3 are black and white collotype printed postcards)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1897-circa 1903
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2008-010
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Stereographs
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This collection is comprised of several different accessions: EEPA 1993-021, EEPA 1994-009; EEPA 2006-010, and EEPA 2008-010.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection includes three postcards that depict stereographic images created by Robert Visser of villages, peoples, and a "fetish" figure in Congo (Democratic Republic).