Stereograph of Wax Models of 'Eskimo Joe' and Hannah

stereograph

PHOTOGRAPHS
Adams, W. Irving
USA: Pennsylvania: Philadelphia
1876
4.25 x 7.00 x 0

Stereograph; two albumen prints, rounded upper corners; mounted on white concave board; wax models of Ebierbing and wife Tookoolito, wearing sealskin and fur outfits, each model holding handmade tool; printed at bottom right "2722 ESQUIMAUX [sic] JOE & HANNAH, CAP'T HALL'S/ COMPANIONS ON POLARIS EXPEDITION"; printed along left margin "Centennial Photograpic Co. Philad'a"; printed along right margin "International Exhibition, 1876"; reverse is stamped in gold "1776 1876/ Centennial Photographic International Exhibition/ EDWARD L. WILSON W. IRVING ADAMS/ PROPRIETORS/ REGISTERED 1876 BY THE CENTENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY/ COPYRIGHTED 1876 BY THE CENTENNIAL PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPANY"; logo of intertwined "CPI" above "PHILADELPHIA". [Joe and Hannah Ebierbing.]


1995.76

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