About the Collection
The Banks McLaurin, Jr. Stereograph Collection consists of approximately 9,000 stereographs from 106 countries, and related 3-D items, ca. 1851-1930. McLaurin collected U.S. states, expositions, events, humor, people, foreign countries, war and disasters, agriculture, and industry stereographs. Wars depicted include the U.S. Civil War, Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and Boer War. The stereographs are in various formats, such as flat mounts, curved mounts, tissues, and chromolithographs. The collection includes boxed travel sets by Keystone, Underwood & Underwood, H.C. White, and others, magic lantern slides, stereoscopes, View-Master and True-Vue viewers, and books.
Content warning: This collection presents historic materials that may contain words and depictions that are upsetting and/or offensive.
Digitized items are available from the following series: