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"The Roof of the World"-the Majestic Himalayas, Northern India.

"The Roof of the World"-the Majestic Himalayas, Northern India.

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"The Roof of the World"-the Majestic Himalayas, Northern India.
ManufacturerAmerican, active 1892–1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • "The Roof of the World"-the Majestic Himalayas, Northern India.
  • from "A Trip Around the World Through the Stereoscope" VOL. V-VIII
Datec. 1914
PlaceMeadville, Pennsylvania, United States
MediumGelatin silver stereograph
DimensionsImage: 3 1/8 × 3 in. (7.9 × 7.6 cm)
 Mount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of William J. Hill
Object number2004.1220.157
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Published References From the Stereographic Library Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed center recto: "262"

Printed on the left edge of the mount:
"Keystone View Company / Copyrighted, Underwood & Underwood / Manufacturers MADE IN U.S.A. Publishers"

Printed on the right edge of the mount:
"Meadwille, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England."

Numbered and titled lower right:
"12561 "The Roof of the World"-the Majestic / Himalayas, Northern India."


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