1902 Stereoview, Mt Pelée Volcano Eruption, St. Pierre Mud Flows, Steam Cloud, Martinique, West Indies
Description
Photographer_________
A.C. Leadbeater, Underwood & Underwood
Title:
St. Pierre, the Mud Flows, and steaming new Crater from which burst the gas Cloud that destroyed the City, Martinique, W.I.
Date:
1902
Medium:
Stereoview on printed mount
Size of Image:
na
Size of Mount:
3 1/2 x 7 inches
Condition:
Warm, tonal image shows light aging/soiling with some rubbing, mount shows rubbing/aging/soiling with edges/corners rubbed/bumped, bend down center between images
Other:
Nice Underwood view showing the steam cloud and mud flows following the eruption of Mount Pelée, on then Island of Martinique in the French West Indies, which destroyed the town of St. Pierre in1902.The Underwood photographer sent to photograph the aftermath was A.C. Leadbeater who operated the Underwood & Underwood studios for 15 years before opening his own studio in Hillside, New Jersey in 1932.
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