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The harmony of courtship (Songs without words) – Antique Print

The harmony of courtship (Songs without words), New York : American Stereoscopic Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1903. — historic photograph
The harmony of courtship (Songs without words), New York : American Stereoscopic Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1903.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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The title, "The harmony of courtship," puns on Felix Mendelssohn's *Songs Without Words*, a set of piano pieces that was widely played in middle-class parlors, and the record pairs courtship with the piano. The card was made in New York by the American Stereoscopic Company around 1903. Stereographs like this one were paired photographs viewed through a stereoscope to produce a three-dimensional effect, and they were a popular home entertainment in the early 1900s. Sentimental genre scenes of courtship, often staged, were a favorite subject, and this card shows how the piano served as a social setting for romance in that period.

Created / publishedNew York : American Stereoscopic Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1903.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.Stereographs 1900-1910.
NotesH30243 U.S. Copyright Office. No. (1). Copyright by R.Y. Young.
SubjectsCourtship--1900-1910. Pianos--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,282 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-184612

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