University of Texas at Austin

Photography Collections Database

Record Detail


Call Number:

PH-00991

Collection Name:

Elephants

Creator:

Underwood & Underwood

No. of Items:

12 items

Span Dates:

1903

Description:

Twelve stereographs published by Underwood & Underwood (London and New York) from their series "Elephants," and the original storage case. Each curved card includes a title and brief description printed on the recto, as well as a longer narrative description on the verso. Titles follow.

958:0266:0001 -- An Elephant Siesta- basking in the sun in their beautiful native home, Interior Ceylon;
958:0266:0002 -- Elephant carrying half-ton Kitual Palm log;
958:0266:0003 -- Elephant and his keeper- showing former method of executing criminals;
958:0266:0004 -- Valley of paddy fields, and charming hill-sides, of Ceylon- huge tame Elephant and keeper;
958:0266:0005 -- Native farming in tropical Ceylon- plowing a paddy field;
958:0266:0006 -- Elephant in the timber yard- hauling and lifting;
958:0266:0007 -- Tame elephants breaking down timber in Stockade after “drive in";
958:0266:0008 -- Above the hed of Wild Elephants in side the Stockade;
958:0266:0009 -- A tethered captive in a frenzy of rage;
958:0266:0010 -- In the stockade, after 60 elephants had “broken out";
958:0266:0011 -- An elephant mother six months after capture, and her babe one month old- Ceylon;
958:0266:0012 -- The fabulous wealth of India- native Princes in the Grand State Entry.

Location(s):

Elephants Box (958:0266:0001-0012)
Click here to request this item from the reading room


Start New Search