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Stereoscopic Photograph (Albumen Print) of a Busy Street Scene in Broadway, New York, by Edward Anthony, New York, c.1860

Inventory Number 12557

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Beatrice M. Blackwood in 1966. Part of a collection of stereoscopic photographs that belonged to the artist, travel writer, and folklorist Estella Canziani (1887-1964).
Primary inscriptions
Printed front of mount, and printed label on back.
Physical material
Paper
Card
Dimensions
Height: 83mm Width: 173mm
Inventory No
12557
Accession Number
1966-147

Description

Stereoscopic albumen print (single print) mounted on pale yellow card. From the series 'Anthony's Instantaneous Views'.

Edward Anthony and his company, who had previously had a business association with Talbot, was one of the pioneers about 1859 of 'instantaneous' stereoscopic photographs of busy urban streets, commencing with a series showing lower Broadway, New York, of which this is one. See also 11875, 12554, 12555, 12556, 12559, 12560.

One of a collection of 74 early American stereoscopic photographs from the collection of Estella Canziani.