Featured Stereoview: Interior Religious Display

A bit about John B. May here ...
https://cabinetcardgallery.com/tag/john-may/

https://www.watertownhistory.org/OakHillCemetery/ObitsDir001/May_John.htm

 

Why do you date the stereoview of the two women to the 1880s?

Debora

 

From 'Wisconsin Family Albums & Photographers' Imprints and Biographies 1800s to Early 1900s':



Debora

 

The size, "imperial" or "cabinet" style. About a half inch taller than standard. Seems to have started mid 1870's or so and into the 1880s-1890s. Thinner card stock makes me think in the 1880s or before.

 

Interesting. I'd have thought earlier from the women's clothing and hair but it couldn't be earlier than 1875. Waterstown has a historical society. Suspect they'd be interested in seeing your stereoview and could, perhaps, identify location.

http://www.watertownhistory.org/

Debora

 

Wow, I love this one, too.

 

It's quite an interesting scene. Here it is with the color heavied up a bit. A bit hard to see what's taking place. Would/could you post a photograph of the other side please? The quality at left isn't great on this side.

Debora

 

The large circular thing is what I was told was called a
journey to Jerusalem. You find them frequently on the floors or piers of cathedrals, hey are a simple maze. If you follow the path with your finger, it will lead, unbroken, to the center of the circle. It's a symbolic pilgrimage. There are prayers, and I don't know what, to be said as you progress.