An Anonymous Appointment: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

hand colored stereograph of a man and a woman standing in a garden; woman is wearing a pink dress, dark shawl, bonnet with fringe and large bow underneath her chin, she is standing at left with her back to the man but her face turned slightly back towards him; man is wearing a dark suit jacket, dark pants, white vest, blue tie and top hat and his holding a piece of paper in his left hand; he is standing at right with his back to the woman but his face is turned slightly back towards her; the faces of two additional women are peaking over the vine covered wooden fence in the background; printed on recto along left side "An Anonymous Appointment"

Materials, dates and provenance

• date made: 19th-early 20th century
• Object Name: stereograph
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 7 in; 8.89 cm x 17.78 cm
• Subject: Theater
• Subject: Actors
• Subject: Men
• Subject: Women
• ID Number: 2012.3033.0401
• nonaccession number: 2012.3033
• catalog number: 2012.3033.0401
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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