47 Original 1893 Chicago World’s Fair Stereopticon View Cards NR

Description

You are bidding on a set of forty-seven (47) vintage
Stereopticon View Cards
with original photographs taken at the
1893 Chicago World’s Fair
.
When viewed in a stereopticon viewer, these scenes will appear in 3-D.
The views include scenes taken on the fairgrounds including the Court of Honor and the Midway, scenes taken inside the various buildings including closeups showing some of the various displays, night views of the fairgrounds, pieces of statuary, etc. (See the representative sampling of views posted with this auction.)
31 of the Views are by Kilburn:
7944 Load of Logs
7990 Orchid Exhibit
7991 New York Exhibit
7993 Greenly Expedition
8012 Old Liberty Bell
8043 Swiss Exhibit
8061 Puck
8065 Interior Manufacturing Bldg.
8091 Florida Exhibit
8093 Interior Mining Building
8094 Machinery Department
8106 New Jersey Exhibit
8110 Ostrich Eggs
8119 Cape Colony Ostrich
8136 Bohemian Toy Shop
8150 Bohemian Faces
8155 We wait your Pleasure
8165 The Great Menagerie
8189 Interior Agricultural Building
8250 Grand Display of Fireworks
8220 Great German Building
8212 Wooded Island
8387 Royal German Band
8390 Exhibit of Blooded Horses
8528 Magic City
8703 The Great Thunder
8781 Great Illumination
8782 Illumination and Great Search light
8946 The Largest Wheel
9059 U. S. Marines
9100 The Peristyle
Other views are by companies such as Underwood and Underwood (6) American and Foreign Views (6) and smaller companies.  For the most part, the images are not too faded and the corners are in good condition.  (Remember these cards are 128 years old!)
This set of view cards comes from a non-smoking household, with each of the cards inside of its own protective Mylar sleeve.
It will be shipped via USPS Media Mail with tracking. (Foreign bidders please use eBay’s Global Shipping service.)
This collection of original stereopticon cards from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair has been priced to sell with a low opening bid.
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on’t let this great bargain get away from you because someone outbid you at the last minute.
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