Singley B L (4 results)

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original stereocard on brown board. Features two stereoscopic black-and-white photographs mounted on board. Stereocard measures 7" x 3 1/2." Each photo measures about 3" x 3." Stereocard is very clean and intact overall. Board is age-toned with some smudges. A Very Good copy. Title and copyright information printed below the right photo in the bottom margin. Text printed in left margin on front: "Keystone View Company, Manufacturers and Publishers." Text printed in right margin on front: "Meadville, Pa. St. Louis, Mo.; Copyright 1900, by B. L. Singley." Please note: this stereocard portrays negative stereotypes of black people. This stereocard shows a portrait of two people in blackface and may be a scene from a minstrel show. B. L. Singley (1864-1938) was an American photography businessman who founded the Keystone View Company in 1892. The Keystone View Company was based in Meadville, Pennsylvania and became one of the world's most prominent stereographic companies. Singley had previously worked for another stereographic company, Underwood & Underwood. The Keystone View Company stayed in business until 1972 when Gifford Mast closed its Meadville manufacturing site.

No Binding. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Original stereocard on beige-pink board. Board measures 7" x 3 1/2"; photographs measures 6" x 3 1/4." Clean copy. Photograph shows the receiving vault in a grove at the Westlawn Cemetery. Title printed below the right image. "Keystone View Company, Manufacturers and Publishers." printed on the left side of the board. "Meadville, PA, St. Louis, Mo., Copyright 1901, by B. L. Singley." printed on the right side of the board. B. L. Singley was the founder of the Keystone View Company. The company published and distributed stereoviews from 1892-1963.

Stereoview [17.5 cm x 9 cm] Tan Keystone mount. No backstamp. Very good.

Condition: A VG+ example. Descriptive text to card verso. Stereo image of the Los Angeles Pigeon farm, "located four miles north of the city." Domed images, concave cardstock. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7-1/16" "The Los Angeles Pigeon Farm was located between the Los Angeles River and Verdugo Mountains, in Los Angeles, California. Situated on 8 acres in the Cypress Park and Glassell Park districts, it was centered near the junction of San Fernando Road and Verdugo Road. The farm was established in 1898 by J. Y. Johnson for the production of Squab meat, and in operation until a Los Angeles River flood destroyed it in 1914." [Wiki]. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.