Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Love reading Cupid's hieroglyphic message.
1901
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
USA
Photograph on paper mounted on board
overall: 3-1/2"h x 7"w x 1/4"d
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection, Gift of Thomas Garrett
2010.055.171

Sepia-tone stereocard photograph of a woman in the woods. Title is stamped in black at the bottom and reads "Love reading Cupid's hieroglyphic message." Mounted on tan card. Double image of a woman in a white dress looking at a tree. Her left hand rests on the truck. A heart and initials are etched on the tree. A body of water can be seen behind the woman. A small wooden boat sits on the shore. Stamped in black on the ends of the card " Underwood & Underwood, Publishers / New York. London. Toronto-Canada. Ottawa-Kansas." and "Works and Studios / Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington D.C." On the right edge of the card is a trademark stamp in the shape of a half sun, with the words "Sun Sculpture / Trade Mark". Stamped at the bottom in black "Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood".