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Lot of 12 original antique stereoview / stereograph cards dating primarily from the 1890s through early 1900s.Especially nice mixed collection featuring Western Americana, military history, Civil War veteran history, Chicago industry, early cycling, California, European travel and Victorian-era comic scenes.Highlights include:* B.W. Kilburn No. 5577 “Don’t Be Frightened, Old Jenny Is True, Aspen, Col., U.S.A.”, circa 1890* National Grand Army Encampment, Boston, 1890, B.W. Kilburn* “The Left Wing Preparing to Repel a Charge of Russian Infantry, The Mikado’s Intrepid Soldier Boys”, Russo-Japanese War, 1904* Early hand-colored woman bicyclist stereoview* “Just Out, Baby Ostriches on the Cawston Ostrich Farm, California”* Union Stock Yards, Chicago* Underwood & Underwood “Good Heavens!” comic stereoview* Aspen / Colorado Western view* Venus de Milo, Louvre, Paris* Temple of Theseus foreign scenery view* Child / dog domestic stereoview* Early man-at-desk / office viewPublishers represented include B.W. Kilburn / Kilburn Brothers, Underwood & Underwood, Keystone View Company and others.Overall good antique condition. Cards show normal age-related wear including toning, fading, edge and corner wear, surface marks, spotting and occasional staining. Several retain very strong photographic detail, and the hand-colored cycling card presents especially well. Please review all photographs closely for exact condition.12 cards total, sold together as one lot.