Russo-Japanese War: 26 contemporary stereoscopic slides, each measuring 9 x 17.5 cm. Each slide contains two sepiatone photographs pasted to a concave card mount with printed captions.
These slides were not projected onto a surface. Rather, they were intended for solo use - inserted into a stereoscopic viewer (not offered for sale here), a person would be able to see each scene as though in three dimensions.
A wonderful time capsule.
Most of the slides were manufactured by the well-known firm of Underwood & Underwood, but at least two were made by the Keystone View Company.
Condition is very good. Some of the slides are a little faded.
Captions read:
In the Trenches at Sha-ho - Firing on the Enemy from Bomb-proof retreats, Manchuria.
West from city wall, along curiously decorated street to the Bell Tower, Mukden, Manchuria.
Defenders of the Czar's Empire in the Far East - Russian troops preparing to advance.
A advance of Russian troops in the Far East - marching along the Chinese Imperial Railway.
Native freight carriers in a Chinese street of New-Chwang, a treaty port of Manchuria.
China's decaying defences - old cannon on the Great Wall between China and Manchuria.
Looking North along China's Great Wall where it climbs the Liao Hsi Mts.
The left wing preparing to repel a charge of Russian infantry.
John Chinaman fishing, Canton, China.
A jolly troop of the Czar's soldiers in the Far East.
Signs of a new civilization - Chinese laborers building a Russian road near Dalny, Manchuria.
Sighting one of the guns on the Japanese cruiser "Asama" which fought at Port Arthur.
Count Okama, Ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, leader of Progressive Party, at home, Tokyo, Japan.
Looking north over vessels in harbor to fortified hills that defend the port of Nagasaki, Japan.
The old North-West gate at Mukden, capital of Manchuria, the objective point of the Japanese advance.
Coaling the Pacific Mail S.S. "Siberia" at the fortified naval station of Nagasaki, Japan.
South front, home of Count Okuma, one of the most prominent and wealthy of Japan's aristocracy, Tokyo.
Secret of power of the man behind the gun - drilling the Imperial Body Guard, Tokyo, Japan.
Mobilizing the Great Army of Invasion - soldiers preparing to leave for Manchuria, Tokyo, Japan.
In peace preparing for war - target practice on the Japanese Cruiser "Asama," which fought at Port Arthur.
Trans-Siberian train at Mukden, Manchuria - on the longest railroad in the world.
China's old barrier against Tartar hordes - Great Wall crossing the mountains, Shan-hai-kwan.
Comforts of travel in Manchuria - a train load of third class passengers on the Chinese Imperial Railway.
Russian armed cruiser "Peresviet," bristling with guns in the harbor of Port Arthur, Manchuria.
Russian Red Cross service in the Far East - bringing the wounded to a temporary hospital.
Lofty walls of Mukden - famous capital of Manchuria, the object of Russia's ambition.
