Foreign stereographers / publishers - PresKo Binocular Company

A later publisher of stereoviews that was active in the 1910-1920 period [Rubinstein 2003]. Interestingly, Paul Rubinstein says that "their subject matter was confined to varied United States scenery", but the card shown below represents the island of Madeira. Paul also states that there is no evidence that this company produced original images (but the view below is different although very similar, since this particular setup was extensively photographed from similar images that I know from Keystone and U&U). The only type of card mount known is represented below:

 
  Grey curved card mount with round-corner images. Printed vertically on the left: "PresKo Binocular Company - Home Office, Chicago, Ill.". Printed vertically on the right side: "PresKo Binocular Company - Home Office, Chicago, Ill.". Image number and caption printed on the lower right.

Further reading:

[Rubinstein 2003]
Paul Rubinstein , Welcome to the Yellowstone Stereoview Home Page, notes on the PresKo Binocular Company, http://www.megaone.com/yellowstone/publishers/presko.html (visited on June 10th, 2003 - see a copy here, if the original is not available).

(see the views)

 

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