Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

And the Palm Tree Nodded to the Mirror in the Jungle
ca. 1895
George Barker, Photographer; Strohmeyer and Wyman, Publishers
USA
Photograph on paper mounted on board
3 3/8"h x 7"w x 1/8"d
Gift of Kenneth A. Roy
2010.029.4

Peach-colored stereophotograph or stereocard with sepia-tone image of a swamp scene including water and palm trees. Printed in black at bottom is "And the Palm Tree Nodded to the Mirror in the Jungle / Copyright, 1895, by Geo. Barker." Printed in black at one end of the card is "Sold only by Underwood & Underwood / New York, London, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas." Printed in black at the other end of the card is "Geo. Barker, Photographer, / Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publisher." At one side of this text is a printed black circle with "Diamond Badge Grand Prize." The other side of this text also has a printed black circle with "Eleven First Prize Medals." The title of the photo is printed in black on the back along with its translation in five foreign languages.