Keystone Collection

Looking down on the island of Philae and its temples, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down on the island of Philae and its temples, Egypt, 1905. Over on the right is the square kiosk which the natives call Pharaohs Bed; it has no roof and never was finished

Keystone, 1935/1942. Creator: N. H. Yeckley
Keystone, 1935/1942

Carved Keystone, c. 1939. Creator: Richard Barnett
Carved Keystone, c. 1939

Window Keystone from a Building at 223 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois, c. 1872 (demolished 1987)

Keystone, 1939. Creator: Raymond E. Noble
Keystone, 1939

Keystone, c. 1940. Creator: Raymond E. Noble
Keystone, c. 1940

Busby Building, 128 West Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois: Window Keystone, c. 1872

Keystone Design, c. 1936. Creator: William Herbert
Keystone Design, c. 1936

Keystone from Ships Woodwork, c. 1938. Creator: Lucille Chabot
Keystone from Ships Woodwork, c. 1938

Tight Lacing or Hold Fast Behind, March 1, 1777. Creator: Matthew Darly
Tight Lacing or Hold Fast Behind, March 1, 1777

Limestone Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, German, ca. 1220-30. Creator: Unknown
Limestone Keystone from a Vaulted Ceiling, German, ca. 1220-30

Glorious Architecture Cleared Cleared of the Accretions of Long Ages, c1935. Artist: Keystone
Glorious Architecture Cleared Cleared of the Accretions of Long Ages, c1935. Theatre of Marcellus, Rome, Italy. From Our Wonderful World, Volume IV, edited by J.A. Hammerton

West Portal of the church of Santa Maria in Cap d Aran Tredos, the portal has three round arches with voussoirs in degradation

En route for Wolverhampton for the England v Wales football match, 1936. Artist: Keystone
En route for Wolverhampton for the England v Wales football match, 1936. Left to right: Secretary of the Football Association Stanley Rous (1895-1986)

Inflated bullock skins used as ferry boats on the Sutlej River, Punjab, India, c1900s. Stereoscopic slide. Detail

Escuintla, Guatemala, c1900s. In the distance can be seen the citys twin volcanoes, Fuego and Acatenango. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Cupid and Psyche, late 19th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The harbour and city of Valparaiso, Chile, c1900s. The word valparaiso means valley of paradise. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Java, Indonesia, c1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

An Italian settler and his family, Mendoza, Argentina, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The north section of the 450 Pagodas, Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), 1900s. Before us are a few of the 450 pagodas, arranged in an immense square in the centre of which stands a magnificent temple

Harvesting bananas, Costa Rica, 1909. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Niagara Falls, USA, c1900s
Niagara falls, USA, c1900s. From our position we do not see the American rapids, but just a short section of the river before it descends to form the beautiful, misty American fall

Washington, DC. USA, late 19th century. Stereoscopic card. Detail

The Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, 1922. Artist: Keystone
The Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece, 1922. The Temple of Zeus was destroyed by earthquake in the 5th century. It was constructed in the doric order, with carved metopes and triglyph frieze

The Theseum at Athens, Greece, 1922. Artist: Keystone
The Theseum at Athens, Greece, 1922. The Temple of Hephaestos and Athena Ergane, also known as the Hephaisteion or Theseion, is a Doric order peripteral temple

A bronze statue of Buddha, Kamakura, Japan, 1900s. Artist: BL Singley
A bronze statue of Buddha, Kamakura, Japan, 1900s. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Aswan and the island of Elephantine as seen from the western cliffs, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Assuan and the island of Elephantine as seen from the western cliffs, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The holy of holies and shrine for the divine image, Temple of Edfu, Egypt, 1905. We are now standing where only the King and High Priest were allowed to enter

The wonderfully preserved temple at Edfu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The wonderfully preserved temple at Edfu, Egypt, 1905. At our feet is the first court; you notice on the right the colonnade of the portico which surrounds the court. Behind is the vestibule

The hunting of the wild bull, carved on a tempkle wall at Medinet Habu, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This is one of the most spirited scenes that an Egyptian sculptor ever wrought

Looking north to the temple of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking north to the temple of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This is really a composite chapel for the kings of three generations: Ramses I, Sethos I and Ramses II. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Descending gallery in tomb of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Descending gallery in tomb of Sethos I, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This excavation in the mountain is the sepulchral chamber for the mummy

Valley of the kings tombs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Valley of the kings tombs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. When the kings found that the pyramids no longer sufficed to protect the body of the royal occupant

Looking down the Nile from the western cilffs of Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking down the Nile from the western cilffs of Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Here sailed forth the fleets of the Theban princes against those of Assuit

From the high cliffs at Der-el-Bahri across the plain to Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
From the high cliffs at Der-el-Bahri across the plain to Luxor, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Queen Makeres expedition to East Africa - reliefs carved at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Buried for ages - colonnaded terraces of the temple at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Buried for ages - colonnaded terraces of the temple at Der-el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Stereoscopic card. Detail. From a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope, text by James H Breasted

Painted tomb chamber hewn in the rock of the cliffs at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Painted tomb chamber hewn in the rock of the cliffs at Thebes, Egypt, c1900. A detail of a stereoscope card and text from a series called Egypt Through the Stereoscope by James H Breasted

Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking south over the Theban plain and Temples of Medinet Habu, Egypt, 1905. Here at our feet are a few of the tombs [of Medinet Habu]

View of Thebes and the colossi of Memnon, as seen from the Ramesseum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
View of Thebes and the colossi of Memnon, as seen from the Ramesseum, Egypt, 1905. Here at our feet, as we stand upon the higher roof of the central aisle of the Ramesseum

Colossal Memnon statues at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Colossal Memnon statues at Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Here once stood a noble temple erected by Amenophis III, and the two colossal statues adorned its front. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Great war reliefs sculptured in the wall at Karnak Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Great war reliefs sculptured in the wall at Karnak Temple, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. In three rows, one above the other, Sethos I, the father of Ramses II

The tallest obelisk in Egypt, in the temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The tallest obelisk in Egypt, in the temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. As it now stands, the great obelisk is 97.5 feet high and 8.5 feet square at the base, being the largest now in Egypt

Plants and animals brought from Syria by the Pharaohs, temple of Karnak, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Plants and animals brought from Syria by the Pharaohs, temple of Karnak, Egypt, 1905. We are in a chamber just north of the holy of hours built by Thutmosis III in the rear of the temple

Middle aisle of the great hall and obelisk of Thutmosis I, temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. The first two columns, one on each side, have been repaired at some period with rough masonry

Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Looking across the Sacred Lake to the great temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. This sacred lake, now the wallowing pool for the buffalos of the neighbouring peasantry

The famous colonnade in the great Temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The famous colonnade in the great Temple at Karnak, Thebes, Egypt, 1905. There are in all 132 of these columns, built of drum-shaped sections and arranged in sixteen rows

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