Carving Their Names for Memory's Sake – Vintage 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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Carving Their Names for Memory's Sake
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A young couple's names carved into a tree trunk give this stereograph its sentimental charge, a gesture that turned up often in courtship imagery of the early twentieth century. The card was made around 1906 by E.W. Kelley, a maker of stereo views, and was sold for viewing through a stereoscope, a parlor device that gave the flat image a sense of depth. Its caption card lists themes of sentiment, courtship and love, and humor, which suggests the scene was meant to be read both as a tender keepsake and a light joke. Because the record's details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified, the specific people and location remain uncertain.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | photographic print on stereo card, stereograph |
| Notes | E.W. Kelley |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,592 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-138803 |
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