Martha Smith Collection of Stereographs and Postcards
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2002.02
name: label: Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Creator
content: Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
label: Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood Studios
label: Creator
content: Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
label: Names
content: Meiji, Emperor of Japan, 1852-1912
place: label: Place
content: Japan -- 1900-1910
creator: label: Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood
label: Creator
content: Mayor, A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt), 1901-1980
label: Creator
content: Underwood & Underwood Studios
label: Creator
content: Exposition universelle de 1867 à Paris
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The cards were most likely assembled by Ms. Smith's father, A. Hyatt Mayor (1901-1980), art historian, writer, and Metropolitan Museum of Art Curator of Prints from 1946-1966.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Underwood & Underwood was an early photographic studio who produced steroscopic and photographic images from 1881 to the 1940s. Founded in Ottawa, Kansas by brothers Elmer Underwood and Bert Elias Underwood, the studio worked in Ottawa, Baltimore, and New York City. They sold box sets of photographs and set up distribution offices throughout the world. Underwood & Underwood covered major news events like the Boer War and the Great War.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 51 Stereographs (black and white)
label: Extent
content: 2 Postcards (black and white)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1904
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Martha Smith, 2002
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2002.02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Stereographs
label: Type
content: Postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: 0.5 linear foot
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Stereographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 43 stereographs from the early twentieth century were produced by the Underwood & Underwood Studio depicting various scenes and people from Meiji Japan, 3 stereographs from the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris, France, and two black and white postcards from Japan. Specific Japanese locations depicted include: Yokohama; Mississippi Bay and the Mikado Cliffs; Tokyo; Mt. Haruna, Ikao; Kyoto; Hiroshima; Lake Chuzenji.