These vintage stereo cards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries vary from the romantic to the humorous. From preparing to spank their partner to suggestively holding a butter-churning handle, they show the quaint history of love from courtship to marriage in a bygone age.
The photos appear to have all been taken in the United States, judging from the clothing and names on the original copyrights, which include E. W. Kelley - whose Chicago-based publishing office dealt in stereographs; H. C. White, who produced stereo cards in a small factory in Vermont; and R. Y. Young who established the American Stereoscopic Company circa 1896.
Stereo cards were invented in the mid-19th century. When pairs of them were viewed through a binocular apparatus, known as a stereoscope, it created a 3D effect.
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Another Button Off (1875) |
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Retouching Portraits (1889) |
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Country Love (1897) |
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Before Marriage (1900) |
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After Marriage (1900) |
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Giving Him Her Hand With All Her Heart (1902) |
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Translating a Love Letter From a Boston Girl – Now Does That Mean ‘Yes’ or ‘No’? (1903) |
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The Milkman’s Reward for Good Measure (1904) |
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The Milkman’s Reward for Good Measure (1904) |
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Taking the Cream (1904) |
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The Elopement – a Hasty Descent (1904) |
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Jessie, Has The Furnace Man Been Here Yet? Yes Ma’am I Think About Five Minutes Ago (1905) |
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A Whole Day’s Catch (1906) |
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An Unexpected Meeting of the Board (1906) |
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He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1906) |
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When Love is Young (1906) |
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Guess Who! (1906) |
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Sovereigns of Love’s Domain (1906) |
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Chinning, Not Churning (1906) |
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A Glance Through the News (1906) |
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Will the Butter Ever Come? (1906) |
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At the Hour of Midnight (1906) |
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The Only Man – Slighted (1906) |
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When the Frost Is on the Punkin and the Fodder’s in the Shock (1906) |
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Just Waiting for the Buttermilk (1906) |
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A Malden’s Dream – How Sweet Is That (1906) |
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The Monster! Be Brave If You Love Me, Jack! (1907) |
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The Best I Can Do at Present (1907) |
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