A winter view of the Cadet Barracks at the United States Military Academy, West Point, showing the crenellated stone building with its clock tower seen through a row of bare, snow-lined trees. The foreground is dominated by deep snow cover along a tree-lined walkway, with small figures and a distant white building visible further down the avenue. The stereoview is mounted on a red card with printed lettering reading 'POPULAR SERIES' and 'AMERICAN VIEWS' along the borders.
The verso bears a printed label identifying the image as part of the 'Beauties of the Hudson River' series, number 6811, published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co. of New York, a firm whose printed labels and red-bordered mounts of this style are consistent with stereoviews issued in the mid-1870s.
Photographer/publisher: E. & H. T. Anthony & Co.
Period/date: circa 1875
Dimensions: 175 x 85 mm
Condition: Good; moderate foxing and light yellowing to the mount, particularly the reverse. The upper corners show chipping and wear to the red mount surface exposing the underlying card stock, and the edges show minor creasing. The albumen print itself retains good tonal range and stability with no visible tears.
Reverse: Printed paper label affixed to the mount reading: 'BEAUTIES OF THE HUDSON RIVER. No. 6811 / CADET BARRACKS, WEST POINT. / PUBLISHED BY E. & H, T. ANTHONY & CO., EMPORIUM OF AMERICAN AND FOREIGN STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS, CHROMOS AND ALBUMS, 591 Broadway, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, New York.'
Keywords: USA, West Point, stereoview, albumen print, Anthony
Photographer Biography:
E. & H. T. Anthony & Company was based in New York City and became, by the 1860s and 1870s, the largest manufacturer and distributor of photographic apparatus and materials in the United States.
The firm added stereoscopic view cards, photographic albums, and gallery furniture to its product lines starting in 1859.
By the early 1870s the company's stereoview catalogue exceeded 11,000 titles, drawing on both staff photographers and commissioned professionals.
The company also maintained a close working relationship with photographer Mathew Brady and published many of his views.
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