Six American Boxer Rebellion Stereoscope Plates
Description: Black and white, faded to a sepia-toned look, each plate with board-mounted dual images of various scenes and maker marked "Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa-Kansas", marked "Works and Studios Arlington, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington, D.C.", each of the plates is entitled (1. "Major-General Adua R. Chaffee Commanding United States Troops now fighting in China. Copyright 1900 by Strohmeyer & Wyman."; 2. "14th U.S. Infantry leaving Peking after the heroic rescue - in Ha-ta-men (now Ketteler) Street - north from Ha-ta-men Gate, China. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood."; 3. "Old Tientsin, showing terrible destruction caused by bombardment and fire, China. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood."; 4. "Forget not those who fell in the fight! - bringing a wounded American into the City, Tientsin, China. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood."; 5. "Li Hung Chang's reminder to the lawless - five Pirate Heads hanging over the wall at Honam, China. Copyright 1900 by Underwood & Underwood."; 6. "(72) One of the typical "freight trains" of China - looking east on Legation Street at Caravan from Tientsin - Peking. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood."), one plate inscribed in pencil "Gen. Adna R. Chaffee / born Apr. 14, 1842, died Nov. 1, 1914 / Born in Orwell, Ohio / Army Chief of Staff 1904-1906" on the reverse, three plates with printed inscriptions in six languages (English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Russian) in black ink on the reverse, 88 mm x 177 mm each, very fine.

