The World War Through the Telebinocular, 1928
Scope and Content of Collection
The Keystone View Company World War Through the Steresoscope Collection consists of stereograph cards that feature graphic battle scenes, trench warfare, war strategy, military aircraft, weaponry, and key WWI leaders such as Raymond Poincare, President of the French Republic, Joseph Joffre, Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, and Sir Douglas Haig, Commander of the British Armies in France. Many of the scenes featured in the collection were taken in France. The Keystone View Company was the only company permitted to photograph the World War I battlefields and military operations.
The collection also includes a stereoscope for viewing the stereographs and a 1928 copy of the book "The World War Through the Telebinocular: A visualized, vitalized history of the greatest conflict of all the ages," which was edited by Major Joseph Mills Hanson and published by Keystone View Company. Included in the book is a history of the events of the war and a list of all 300 stereographs found in the collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1928
Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 5.0 boxes (1 linear foot)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
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