The ballroom, - the waltz – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The ballroom, - the waltz
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Most cards in this set show scenery or everyday scenes, but this one turns to a formal dance floor, where a couple moves through the waltz in a ballroom. The card was issued by H.C. White Co. of North Bennington, Vermont, around 1902, and it was made as a stereograph, meant to be viewed through a stereoscope so the two nearly identical images merged into one scene with depth. Parlor stereoscopes were a common form of home entertainment at the turn of the century, and cards like this one brought fashionable social life, including dancing, to viewers who could not attend such events themselves.
| Created / published | North Bennington, Vt. : H.C. White Co., c1902. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H14909 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5484. Copyright by H.C. White Co. |
| Subjects | Dance--1900-1910. Ballrooms--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,307 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116418 |
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