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Full moon. [graphic] / From negatives taken by Prof. H. Draper, with his silvered glass telescope.
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Creator
Draper, Henry, 1837-1882, photographer.
Contributor
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903, publisher.
Title
Full moon. [graphic] / From negatives taken by Prof. H. Draper, with his silvered glass telescope.
Publisher
Niagara Falls, N.Y.: Published by Charles Bierstadt, photographer
Publisher
N.Y. Niagara Falls. 1875
Date
[photographed ca. 1863, printed ca. 1875]
Physical Description
1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount ; 8.5 x 17.5 cm. (3.5 x 7 in.)
Description
View of full moon.
Notes
Title on mount.
Photographer's imprint printed on mount within decorative ribbons flowing from shields. Also printed on verso with four vignettes of two medals, the Vienna Medal of Merit and the American Institute of New York, awarded to Charles Bierstadt in 1873.
Photographer's blind stamp included twice on the mount. Stamp consists of his initials, C.B., within an art palette.
Printed description and advertisement of stereograph series assortments by Bierstadt on verso under imprint.
Stamped on verso: Kean Archives, Phila.
Orange mount with rounded corners.
Gift of Manuel Kean.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Biographical / historical note
Bierstadt relocated to Niagara Falls, New York from New Bedford, Massachusetts ca. 1863 and opened his own photographic studio.
Subject
Moon.
Astronomy.
Genre
Albumen prints -- 1870-1880.
Stereographs -- 1870-1880.
Printer
Bierstadt, Charles, 1819-1903, publisher.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Bierstadt - Views [P.8558]
Accession number
P.8558
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