Orphans' Home
Late 19th century
Medium
Albumen print, stereo
Dimensions
Each image: 7.8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 3 in.); Card: 8.5 × 17.5 cm (3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
photography
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
198789
Art Historical Context
**Orphans' Home** *W.G.C. Kimball, Late 19th century* Albumen print, stereo; Each image: 7.8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 3 in.); Card: 8.5 × 17.5 cm (3 3/8 × 6 15/16 in.) Step into the poignant world of late 19-century America with W.G.C. Kimball'sOrphans' Home*, stereograph captured in albumen print. This intimate photograph depicts the daily life at an orphans' home, offering a window into the era's charitable institutions that cared for children amid rapid urbanization and social upheaval. Stereographs like this one were immensely popular, designed to be viewed through a stereoscope for a vivi...