Keystone View Co. 'Trip Around the World' set · 100 views, 1904
Complete 100-view Keystone tour set in original oak case. Egypt, Japan, the Alps, the St. Louis Fair. Cards crisp, corners square.
- SKU
- MS-OM-0004
- Era
- 1900-1950
- Condition
- Complete set; original oak carrying case with hinged lid
- Dimensions
- Case 8 × 4.5 × 7.5 in; cards 3.5 × 7 in each
- Weight
- 7 lb
- Provenance
- From a rural Iowa schoolhouse decommissioned in 1958.
- Category
- Antique Media & Optics
- Tags
- keystonestereo-viewseducationalworlds-fair1904
A complete Keystone View Company 'Trip Around the World' educational set, 100 stereo cards issued in 1904, housed in the original oak carrying case with hinged lid and brass catch. Every card is present, numbered, and in its correct sequence.
The program runs from Egypt through the Holy Land, India, Japan, the Alps, and closes with a substantial run of views from the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition of that same year. Cards are crisp, corners square, no fading in the albumen. Keystone dominated the American educational market for forty years by making sets like this one—confident, comprehensive, and slightly imperial in outlook.
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