Hand-colored tissue stereograph depicts interior view of shop where skeletons surround a man who is passed out or dead in a chair. The Devil stands behind a counter holding out a container to the man, presumably containing the substance that cause(d) the man's demise. A skeleton stirs a concoction in a large pot behind the devil figure. Skeletons on the street are visible through the open doorway., Title on negative., Yellow mount with rounded corners and embossed decorative pattern surrounding images., Diables stereographs, also known as Journey into Hell stereographs, were among the most popular tissue stereographs issued from 1868 to 1874. They often depicted earthly sins that could lead one to hell., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of William Helfand.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.2009.13.5]
Genre scene shows a room full of relics with items hanging on the wall in the background and scattered religious iconography, including a bible, on the floor. A man (a little person) sits on a desk smoking a pipe. A woman sits on the floor to his left., Title supplied by cataloger., Distributor's printed blue label pasted on verso., Buff mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9585.2]
April's Fools Day interior genre scene showing a man attired in a dressing gown holding the limp body of cat upside down by its tail. His wife, daughter, and a boy in uniform, possibly his son, observe nearby. The boy crouches near wicker baskets from which the man pulled the cat's body., Title from printed label pasted on verso., Distributor's label pasted on verso: From James Cremer's stereoscopic emporium, 18 South Eighth St., Philadelphia. Stereoscopes and views, wholesale and retail., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, No. 31., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1870]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Genre [P.9022.67]
Comic genre scene shows two boys feeding something to a boy with his eyes closed. A basket and a pitcher sit on the ground at their feet., Title printed on label pasted on verso., Publisher's imprint on label pasted on verso., Manuscript note on verso: Muschamp, 11., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Creator
Cremer, James, 1821-1893
Date
[ca. 1868]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - Cremer - Genre [P.9022.69]
