Item 3 - Stereograph of the Great Gate and Great Court of Trinity College from Trinity Street

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Add. VM/B/3

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Stereograph of the Great Gate and Great Court of Trinity College from Trinity Street

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  • 1903 (Creation)

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1 stereocard photograph; b&w on grey card

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H. C. White Co.
(Founded 1878)

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A stereoview photograph business in Bennington, Vermont, founded by Hawley C. White, who established a factory for the creation of stereoview photographs.

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Purchased from Pictorial Past via eBay, May 2025.

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Photograph of the Great Gate taken close up, with the top of the gate not visible but showing the top of the niche for the statue of King Henry VIII. Both the gate and door in the Great Gate are open, with a view across to the Master's Lodge in Great Court, and a figure standing with his back to the camera in the middle of the court. Stamped: (23) below the image in the centre below the image and 2505 King's Gateway, Trinity College, Cambridge, England. Copyright 1903 by H. C. White Co. below image at right.

Stamped on the right side: H. C. White Col, Gen'l Offices N. Bennington, Vt., U.S.A., Branch Offices New York, Chicago, London and on the left: The 'Perfec' Stereograph (Trade Mark. Patented April 14, 1903. Other Patents Pending.

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