World War I stereograph collection, 1914-1917.

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World War I stereograph collection, 1914-1917.

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The World War I stereograph collection consists of 300 stereograph cards featuring scenes from WWI. These stereograph cards feature graphic battle scenes, trench warfare, war strategy, military aircraft, weaponry, and key WWI leaders such as Raymond Poincare, President of the French Republic, Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, and Sir Douglas Haig, Commander of the British Armies in France. Many of the scenes featured in the collection were taken in France. A stereograph is included in the last box of the collection. Stereograph cards in the collection were manufactured by the Keystone View Company and the Underwood & Underwood. This collection is arranged into one series: World War I Stereocards, 1914-1917.

3 linear feet (6 boxes).

San Jose State University

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SNAC Resource ID: 8142725

San Jose State University

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Keystone view company

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Boxed set of 75 stereoscopic views, World War I scenes with lengthy captions, part of the Stereographic Library issued by the Keystone View Co., ca. 1914-1918. Includes images of battlefields and trenches, armaments, cavalry, buildings, hospitals and cemeteries, dirigible, German prisoners, and Treaty of Versailles. Mainly images from France, but also Belgium, Germany, Turkey (Gallopoli), London, training in the U.S., ships at sea, and one view of submarines, battleships, and torpedo boats in Sa...

San José State University. Library. Special Collections & Archives

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Organizational History In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established an evening school for current and prospective teachers in the city. The school became know as the Minns' Evening Normal School, named after the principal, Washington Minns. In 1862, the California State Legislature formally established Minns' school as the first California State Normal School. The school remained in San Francisco until the California State Legisla...

Underwood & Underwood

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Underwood & Underwood was established in Kansas in 1880, and later moved to New York. The firm was one of the largest producers and distributors of stereoscopic cards, and later news photographs. From the description of Underwood & Underwood stereographs of South Africa, circa 1899-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367947675 Underwood & Underwood, located in Ottawa, Kansas, produced stereoscopes and stereoscopic images, starting in the early 1880’...

San José State University.

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In 1857 the San Francisco Board of Education established Minns' Evening Normal School for current and prospective teachers in the city. Named after its principal, George W. Minns, the institution was formally established as the first California State Normal School by the State Legislature in 1862. A decade later, the Legislature voted to move the Normal School to San José, and the school relocated to its new home on Washington Square prior to the fall term of 1872. After a fire des...