Underwood and Underwood's Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope (New York and London, 1900) is one of the most ingenious series of Holy Land stereographic tour guides.
The three-dimensional effect of the stereoscope promised viewers an authentic tour of the holy sites in their very home. Instead of traveling to the Holy Land, they could now visit the Mount of Olives or the Holy Sepulchre with the stereoscope as their "personal" guide.
The ability of stereographs to represent biblical geography with a new sense of space and depth was construed as a new way of approaching scripture, far more compatible with modern sensibilities.
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Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope: A Tour
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Stereoscopic view of Easter procession to the Holy Sepulchre
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New York: Underwood and Underwood, 1900
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Lenkin Family Collection of Photography; Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope: A Tour
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Map of Jerusalem
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New York: Underwood and Underwood, 1900
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Lenkin Family Collection of Photography; Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Title of collection item
Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope: A Tour
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Title page
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New York: Underwood and Underwood, 1900
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Lenkin Family Collection of Photography; Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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Traveling
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Traveling in the Holy Land through the Stereoscope
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