Object Details
Photographer
Singley, B. L.
Publisher
Keystone View Company
Series Creator
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
Series Citation
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
Two stereographs, each showing a woman being fitted by a shoe salesman or cobbler. One is copyrighted 1901 by B. L. Singley, publ. Keystone View Co., captioned "Don't Get Above Your Business" (cat. #433); the other appears to be from an earlier negative, although it is also mounted on a warped card, but without identification. In the Keystone view, the man uses a tape measure to measure the woman's leg above the ankle, and in the unidentified view the tape measure is around the woman's foot. Both images are intended to be somewhat naughty or provocative, indicating the, er, low humor which typifies some stereographs.
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Topic
Shoes -- Stereographs -- 1900-1910
Humorous pictures -- Stereographs -- 1900-1910
Sales personnel -- Stereographs
Photographer
Singley, B. L.
Publisher
Keystone View Company
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Series 2: Other Collection Divisions / 2.2: Stereographs / Shoes
Sponsor
Funding for partial processing of the collection was supported by a grant from the Smithsonian Institution's Collections Care and Preservation Fund (CCPF).
Digitization of Series 2.2: Stereographs was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Extent
2 Items
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Silver on paper, mounted on warped cards.
Date
ca. 1901
Container
Box 6 (Stereographs)
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Stereographs
Photographs
Processing Information
Most of the stereographs in this Collection were removed from Warshaw Collection subject categories, reorganized, and processed by Jennifer Songster-Burnett, January-May 1991.
Series Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Genre/Form
Stereographs -- 1900-1910
Photographs -- 1900-1950
Restrictions
Unrestricted research use on site. Photographs must be handled with white cotton gloves, unless protected by plastic sleeves.
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Record ID
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