Stereoscope cards 27 Vintage Historical Jerusalem in original box 1896-1905 for Sale

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Stereoscope cards 27 Vintage Historical Jerusalem in original box 1896-1905 For Sale

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Stereoscope cards 27 Vintage Historical Jerusalem in original box 1896-1905:
$145.50

Underwood & Underwood Jerusalem through the Stereoscope original box (that looks like a book) with 27 Image Cards. These cards each have two sepia tone photographs attached to a cardboard matte. The spine of the Box says "Jerusalem through the Stereoscope" there's a logo that looks kind of like a genie bottle and below that towards the bottom it says Underwood and Underwood. You can kind of see it in the photographs, but it's embossed into the covering on the box and really hard to get lit well.
Writing on the ends of the card says :Works and Studios ~ Arlington N.J ~ Littleton N.H ~ Washington D.C with the logo of a sun between Works and Studios that says Sun Sculpture Trademark.
On the bottom of each card, under the right image is the card number (9) - (35) and a description and copyright date of each image, where it was taken, and the bible verse associated with it. Samples of what is written:

(35) - 3114 Ancient Olive Trees, Garden of Gehtsemane, near Jerusalem Palestine (St. Matt, xxvi 36-46). Copyright 1905 by Underwood & Underwood
(34) - "Unclean! UnClean!" Wretched Lepers outside Jerusalem 1897
(33) - The lower road to Bethany outside of Jerusalem 1900
(32) - The pulpit of Omar, Mosque El-Aksa Jerusalem 1896
(31) - The Sacred Rock, Where the Temple Altar stood, Mt. Moriah, Jerusalem1900
(30 - The "Dome of the Rock" where the Temple Altar stood Mt Moriah, Jerusalem 1900
(29) - The Damascus Gate the Northern Entrance to Jerusalem 1896
(28) - A Tomb with the Stone rolled away (Tomb of Kings) Jerusalem 1901
(27) - "The Tomb of our Lord" "New Calvary" outside of Jerusalem 1897
(26) - "The New Calvary" Outside the Damascus Gate from the Northern Wall 1901
(25) - The Jews Wailing Place, Outer Wall of Solomon's Temple, Jerusalem, 1897
(24) - The beautiful Church of the Armanian Christians, Jerusalem 1897
(23) - Pilgrims on the Via Dolorosa - the route to Calvary - Jerusalem 1897
ETC...

This continues on through (9) - we are missing cards (1) thru (8)
All the cards say Jerusalem Palestine, the Bible Verse associated with the image, Copyright {Date} by Underwood & Underwood.On the BACK of a few cards is a stamped description of the photos on the front:(33) The lower Road to Bethany, southeast from Jerusalem, Palestine
It is also written in five other languages that I do not speak or recognize. On card #26 on the back is a three paragraph long description stamped onto the card, taken from the book published by Underwood & Underwood titled: "Travelling through the Holy Land through Stereoscope" There are a total of 5 cards that have the description stamped on the back, and a total of 5 that have a three paragraph description from the book relating to the image on the card.
It was absolutely fascinating to look through these photos, I don't have a stereoscope, but the photographs are each about 3" x 3.25" and there are two per card. Each card measures 7" x 3.5". The photos are real photographs in sepia tone, adhered to the card. They are big enough to see details of faces, stone walls, decor, trees, etc... with just your eyes.