Digital Spotlight: Dennis Collection of Stereoscopic Views

DENNIS COLLECTION OF STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS is a massive collection of stereographs spanning the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century.

Contents: This amazing collection of over 40,000 photographs includes locations from around the world. Users can search by topic, place, genre, and other categories.

Classroom Connections: Librarians will find this public domain collection useful when connecting photographs to historical places and events. Mine the collection for photos matching specific topics in the history curriculum. Ask students to select a photo as the basis for a history project focusing on a particular time and place.

Featured Digital Objects:
Loading Cotton in Alabama https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/…/510d47e0-bc26-a3d9-e0…
Klondike Camp https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/…/510d47e0-2bf7-a3d9-e0…
Women Prospectors https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/…/510d47e0-2c0d-a3d9-e0…

To visit the collection, https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/…/robert-n-dennis-colle…