Keystone View Company
Before the Earthquake-West from Nihonbashi (Bridge), Tokyo, Japan

Before the Earthquake-West from Nihonbashi (Bridge), Tokyo, Japan

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Before the Earthquake-West from Nihonbashi (Bridge), Tokyo, Japan
ManufacturerAmerican, active 1892–1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Before the Earthquake-West from Nihonbashi (Bridge), Tokyo, Japan
  • from "A Trip Around the World Through the Stereoscope" VOL. V-VIII
Datec. 1914
Place depictedTokyo, Japan
Published inMeadville, 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 number2004.1220.202
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Object Type
ProvenanceWilliam J. Hill, Houston; given to MFAH, 2004.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed center recto: "307"

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:
"Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y. / Chicago, Ill., London, England."

Numbered and titled lower right:
"V14945 T Before the Earthquake-West from Nihon- / bashi (Bridge), Tokyo, Japan."

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