Important set of stereoscopic photographs. Circa 1900-1920's - Lot 247

Important set of stereoscopic photographs. Circa 1900-1920's. Wooden stereoscopic viewing stand with sign "Société des établissements Gaumont (...) n°1044 Paris" (size approx. 51.5 x 27 x 31.5 cm) containing an electrical socket and a bulb. Attached are photographs on the theme of travel and current events: 23 "Bloc-Classeur pour Stéréodrome" boxes containing a total of over 500 positive glass plates (formats approx. 17 x 8.5 cm) by one or more so-called "amateur" photographers. Examples of subjects : scenes of life and streets, monuments, activities, seaside and mountain landscapes, glacier, Matterhorn, Russian Battleship 'Rossiya', German Battleship, Police Torpedo Boat, Le Reichenbach, Alpbach Falls, valley, beach, Le Chay, Mezok, Lapon, Menton, Monte-Carlo, Grotte Saint-André, France, Paris, Strasbourg, "Dernière vue sur la Skaala", Holland, Amsterdam, The Hague, Austria, Vienna, Munich, Copenhagen, Finse, Hungary, Budapest, Gran, Theben, Zurich, Lucerne, Sommet de l'Esel, 'départ pour le Pilate', Italy, Stresa, Pallanza, Morcote, Lake Como, Lake Lugano, etc. Hand-captioned boxes: "Mens, Albert, Arras, Pierrefonds", "Hollande 1907 - Zermatt - Chamonix 1908", "Revue de Spithead à bord de la 'Savoie' 24 Juin 1911", "Brienz-Jungfrän - Meiringen- Aar - Revue du 14 Juillet 1910 - Tête Buffalo", "Royan", "Saint-Malo - Dinard - Mont Saint-Michel - Dinan - Puy - Dieppe", "Jardin d'acclimatation - Nice - Monaco", "Fontainebleau - Château interior - Joinville", "Route de Grötti - Djupvand - Merok", "Bergen railroad - Voss - Stalheim - Bergen - Route de Grotlid", "Copenhagen - Tzollhaettan - Christiana - Bergen railroad", "Brunoy - Bains Villeneuve - Maison de Poupée (...)", "Allemagne - Autriche - Hongrie - Juillet 1909", "Brünnen - Axenstrasse - Le Pilate - Septembre 1910", "Inondations de Paris - Joinville - 25 au 30 Janvier 1910", "Inondations de Paris 25 au 30 Janvier 1910", "Route de Palerme à Amalfi - Mers - Vaucresson - Chantilly", "Lugano - Lake Maggiore - Caux - October 1912", "Nuremberg N°1 to 3 - Venice N°4 to 25", "Lucerne - Brünnen - Bellagio - August 1912", "Vesuvius May 23, 1911 - Pompeii May 22, 1911 - Capri May 19, 1911 - Sorrento May 25, 1911 - Route d'Amalfi", "Rome - Tivoli May 15 to 18, 1911" and "Naples - La Solfatare". On several plates, handwritten numbering and/or legends. Some plates are cracked and/or missing. Expert : Isabelle Cazeils