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  • Name American Stereoscopic Company  
    Gender Unknown 
    Business Address/Year 1896-1906  New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    725-727 Broadway
    New York, NY
    USA 
    Association Young, Roddo Y. (Relationship: Owner) 
    Association Underwood and Underwood (Relationship: Undetermined) 
    Person ID I329  Camera Workers | A, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2023 

  • Photos
    American Stereoscopic Company stereo, copyright 1901.    		American Stereoscopic Company stereo, copyright 1901.
    The photograph depicts a man gazing at Rocky Mountain scenery along the Canadian Pacific Railway. The railway line is not visible in the scene. The photograph was copyrighted by R.Y. Young.
    American Stereoscopic Company stereo, copyright 1901.    		American Stereoscopic Company stereo, copyright 1901.
    The stereo title is "Hermit Range from Half-way rocks, Selkirk Mts., Canada". The photograph depicts two men standing and a woman sitting on a rock while looking at the Hermit Range. The photograph was copyrighted by R.Y. Young.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Stereo publisher.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: Published stereograph cards photographed by R.Y. Young, who owned the company, and other photographers. One example, copyright 1901, is a staged scene with gamblers titled " Getting the drop on him - Bar-room scene in the Klondike". The business was sold to Underwood and Underwood which then sold all of its own inventory to the Keystone View Company.
      There is no relationship, other than the name, between the Langenheim brothers' American Stereoscopic Company (1855-ca. 1874) and Young's own company.
      Stereographs by this firm are found in a number of academic, archival and library collections around the world.
    • FORMATS: stereographs.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: Caption information printed on front of late 20th century reprint of stereograph by T.M. Visual Industries Inc. (Set No. 807, Women's Lib & Alaska Gold Rush).

  • Sources 
    1. [S1200] COLLECTION: CMOP.
      Keystone-Mast Collection. Includes stereograph negatives from the American Stereoscopic Company.

    2. [S163] COLLECTION: SI.
      Underwood and Underwood Glass Stereograph Collection (NMAH.AC.0143). This collection includes negatives from the American Stereoscopic Company.

    3. [S642] Del Phillips, Stereoscopes by R. Y. Young Company, (Del Phillips, 2006).