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HomeContents > People > Photographers > D. Appleton & Co.

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[5-6] *"Stereoscopic Emporium..Dealers..."; 663 Broadway. Started as book printers & publishers, became one of first sellers & makers of stereos in U. S.; issued views under this label only in 59 and early 60; afterwards either used N.Y. Stereoscopic Co. label or were outlet for them (relationship not clear). Sold many imported views. Views are on SCMs; issued paper stereoscope packets ~59 with 12 views each, incl. NYC, Great Eastern, etc.; "Gems of American Scenery"; views of arrival of Prince of Wales in NY, 60; "White Mountain Scenery" to #208; "Views of Boston & Vicinity", to #163; "Staten Island, Tompkinsville" un-numbered, 4 reported on SCMs; some series have B/L. Issued some photomechanical reproduction views, source not certain but prob. German. No relationship to Appleton Stereo Photo Co. of 90s. 
  
T.K. Treadwell & William C. Darrah (Compiled by), Wolfgang, Sell (Updated by), 11/28/2003, Photographers of the United States of America, (National Stereoscopic Association)
Credit: National Stereoscopic Association with corrections and additions by Alan Griffiths and others.
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