I find many of these hilarious.
But then I live in Suffolk, England which is a bit like a quiet backwater
in the Catskills. Furthermore, I have never owned a television so my humor
threshhold is probably a bit low. Humor views are often the bargain basement
of stereoviews; they were produced in vast numbers and a good joke was
shared by all the producers with blithe disregard for copyright. Anyway,
enjoy them, even buy a few, and I promise to inflict more on you. Please
don't miss the links at the bottom as there are several pages.
For further humorous views please see the COLOR
pages.
H.C. White. 'Microbes (Mike
Robes)'. A foretaste of the level of humor to come.
Condition 10.
Order #8401.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'A skin game'.
Condition 10.
Order #8402.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'By Durn Samenthy.
This beats the old pump all holler. Push jest a leetle harder and she'll
be here'.
Condition 9/10.
Order #8403.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'The Harmony (?)
of Married Life (Words Without Songs)'.
Condition 10.
Order #8404.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'The Harmony (?)
of Married Life (Words Without Songs)'.
Condition 10.
Order #8405.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'Just too sweet
for anything - college girls making candy'.
Condition 10.
Order #8406.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'Mr Jones takes
a half-holiday in the glorious springtime'.
Condition 10.
Order #8407.
Price $12.
The next
are two series of H.C. White numbered views. I am not sure which views
go together so have run them in sequence
H.C. White. '1. Gee! Wait 'l
I see Sis' other fella'.
Condition 10.
Order #8408.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '2. A rude interruption.
Horrors! A man's sneeze'.
Condition 10.
Order #8409.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '2. And impatiently
waiting for me'.
Condition 10.
Order #8410.
Price $12.
H.C. White. 'Mr Slight is spending
a pleasant evening with Miss Heavywayt when Mr Newcome, his sworn enemy,
is announced'.
Condition 10.
Order #8411.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '2. But Miss Heavywayt
is equal to the occasion and conceals Mr Slight behind her'. Please see next page for another view from this series.
Condition 10.
Order #8412.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '4. The Finale.
A chapter in revelations'.
Condition 10.
Order #8413.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '7. Congratulations'.
Condition 10.
Order #8414.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '8. The Wedding
Breakfast'.
Condition 10.
Order #8415.
Price $12.
H.C. White. '10. Alone at last'.
Condition 10.
Order #8416.
Price $12.
Babies and parents (usually fathers)
feature large in stereoviews.
'Our First'. A simpering father
trying to feed a doll'.
Condition 7.
Order #8417.
Price $5.
A slightly different pose and
a clearer and better quality view than the one above, with no title.
Condition. Loss to the mount
at the bottom left edge.
Order #8418.
Price $8.
Another father and baby.
Condition 6/7.
Order #8419.
Price $6.
'Oft in the stilly night'.
Condition 7.
Order #8421.
Price $6.
Underwood/Strohmeyer. 'A Knight
of Labor'.
Condition 6/7.
Order #8423.
Price $6.
Underwood/Strohmeyer. 'A Knight
of Labor'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #8424.
Price $6.
Underwood/Strohmeyer. 'A Knight
of Labor'.
Condition 7.
Order #8425.
Price $5.
Keystone. 'Gee whizz Doctor
- Did any of them get away?'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #8426.
Price $12.
Underwood/Strohmeyer. 'A matrimonial
alarm clock - Two o clock A.M.'.
Condition 7.
Order #8427.
Price $6.
Underwood. 'Cry, cry cry !
Don't tell me it's colic, it's sheer temper'.
Condition 8.
Order #8428.
Price $10.
Kilburn/Davis. 'Looking down
upon his luck'.
Condition 9.
Order #8429.
Price $12.
Kilburn/Davis. 'No buttons'.
Condition 9.
Order #8430.
Price $10.
Kilburn/Davis. 'He rules the
roost'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #8431.
Price $12.
Kilburn/Davis. 'Paragoric'.
Condition. Mount is split
thru center, causing a ridge along the edge of the left image.
Order #8432.
Price $2.
Kilburn/Davis. 'There's no
place like home'.
Condition 9.
Order #8433.
Price $8.
American & International.
'Jones after a Club supper'.
Condition 6.
Order #8434.
Price $6.
H.C. White. '1.31 a.m. Bliss
Disturbed. Why he went'.
Condition 8.
Order #8435.
Price $10.
'Did you ring for hot water
Sir?'. Very ugly man, gorgeous maid!
Condition 5/6.
Order #8438.
Price $5.
Weddings may not be best under 'humor'. Most of the ones I've attended have been doom-laden affairs although I do recall in my youth getting my kit off with the (pregnant) bride out the back while the groom was happily receiving congratulations in the ballroom. Needless to say, that wedding didn't last (amazingly, mine did).
Underwood. 'The wedding luncheon.
Long life and happiness to the bride'.
Condition 7.
Order #8439.
Price $10.
Fine Art Photographers' Publishing
Co. 'The Bride - "Let her beauty be her wedding bower"'.
Condition. Surface scratches
around the head area on both images (kid).
Order #8440.
Price $3.
Fine Art Photographers' Publishing
Co. 'Alone at last'.
Condition. Damage to bottom
left corner of mount.
Order #8441.
Price $5.
The next are from the wildly
successful 'Is Marriage a Failure?' series. Various publishers produced
this set, this view 'The Wedding' is by Underwood.
Condition 7.
Order #8442.
Price $6.
'Congratulations' by Kilburn.
Condition 8.
Order #8443.
Price $8.
'Drinking to the health of
the bride' - also by Kilburn.
Condition 8.
Order #8444.
Price $8.
Also by Kilburn 'After the
wedding'.
Condition 7 (slightly light).
Order #8445.
Price $6.
Underwood's more amorous
version titled 'After the wedding - alone at last'.
Condition 7.
Order #8446.
Price $6.
Underwood. 'No, Massa, I don'
steal yo' Chickens ! - yet somehow Massa has his suspicions'.
Condition 7.
Order #8447.
Price $12.
Underwood. 'Reality'.
Condition 7.
Order #8448.
Price $10.
Underwood 'Do they think of
me at home?'.
Condition. Slight damage to
mount at top. Blob of candle grease and slight crease top to bottom of
right image - not visible when viewing.
Order #8449.
Price $8.
Underwood/Strohmeyer. 'De breed
am small, but de flabor am delicious'.
Condition 7.
Order #8450.
Price $12.
Underwood. 'Try our sausages
! Made while you wait ! you can just see what you're getting'.
Condition 9.
Order #8451.
Price $15.
Underwood. 'Four queens and
a jack'.
Condition 8.
Order #8452.
Price $12.
The next
series plays on words ending in ..ED. Not sure how many there are in this
series. Views often appear as singles without the ..ED title. They were
published in 1897.
'1. Predilected. Pierced by
Cupid's dart'.
Condition. Light surface scratch
on left image.
Order #8453.
Price $8.
'2. Expected. Married life
as he pictured it (music without words)'.
Condition 8.
Order #8454.
Price $8.
'3. Unexpected. How Biddy served
the tomatoes undressed'.
Condition 8/9
Order #8455.
Price $8.
'4. Detected. I've caught Sister
this time!'.
Condition 8/9.
Order #8456.
Price $8.
'5. Invected. Don't you dare
tell
Father!'.
Condition 8.
Order #8457.
Price $8.
'6. Suspected. One little hour
of bliss'.
Condition 8.
Order #8458.
Price $8.
'7. Ejected. Bliss disturbed
at 1.50 a.m.'.
Condition 8.
Order #8459.
Price $8.
'9. Connected. The Nuptial
Ceremony'.
Condition 9.
Order #8460.
Price $8.
'10. Protected. Alone at last'.
Condition 8.
Order #8461.
Price $8.
'11. Projected. The last in
bed blows out the light'.
Condition 8.
Order #8462.
Price $8.
'12. Elected. Ha, ha. ha! Last
again!'.
Condition 8.
Order #8463.
Price $8.
'15. Subjected. A knight of
labor'.
Condition 8.
Order #8464.
Price $8.
'16. Deflected. Home from the
club he fears the storm'.
Condition 8.
Order #8465.
Price $8.
'17. Dissected. For heaven's
sake Lucy, give us a rest'.
Condition 7/8.
Order #8466.
Price $8.
'Every kiss has its sting'.
Condition 7.
Order #8468.
Price $8.
'Rejected Swell'.
Condition 6 (moderate fading).
Order #8469.
Price $6.
'Dutch Courtship'.
Condition. Mount is starting
to delaminate and is tattered at edges. Images are OK.
Order #8470.
Price $3.
'Dutch Courtship'. Real photo
view.
Condition 5/6 (light).
Order #8471.
Price $6.
'Single blessedness'.
Condition 5.
Order #8473.
Price $3.
'Gin a body, meet a body, comin
thro the rye. Gin a body, kiss a body, need a body cry?'. A very
popular view - we have several variants below.
Condition 7.
Order #8474.
Price $6.
'Gin a body, meet a body, comin
thro the rye. Gin a body, kiss a body, need a body cry?'.
Condition 7.
Order #8475.
Price $6.
'Gin a body, meet a body, comin
thro the rye. Gin a body, kiss a body, need a body cry?'. A very
popular view - we have several variants below.
Condition 8.
Order #8476.
Price $8.
Excelsior 'Coming through the
rye'.
Condition 7.
Order #8477.
Price $6.
'Wanted, a girl to sew on buttons'.
Condition. Sharp real photo
view.
Order #8479.
Price $12.
'Trials of a bachelor's life'.
Real photo not mechanical view.
Condition 8.
Order #8480.
Price $10.
Universal. Looks like whites
'blacked up'. No title.
Condition. Was originally
much like this. Faces sharp.
Order #8481.
Price $12.
Many of these are by Bert and
Elmer. I will only mention publishers when (and if) they get exciting.
'Before Marriage - A dude'.
Condition 8.
Order #8482.
Price $8.
'Of course I'm good. Father
calls me a holy terror'.
Condition 7.
Order #8483.
Price $8.
Excelsior 'After Marriage'.
Condition 8.
Order #8485.
Price $10.
No title.
Condition 7.
Order #8486.
Price $8.
American and International
'Oats Wanted. Enquire Within'.
Condition 7.
Order #8487.
Price $6.
Excelsior 'Driven to drink
by a woman'.
Condition around 6 considering
usual Excelsior lightness.
Order #8488.
Price $6.
Excelsior 'Who are you?'.
Condition 5/6 (lightness).
Order #8489.
Price $4.
White label, black fancy border
'A young woman wants to see you, Sir'. 'Sir' has been a naughty boy as
young woman has baby in arms.
Condition. Nicely clear with
good stereo effect. Much better than scan.
Order #8490.
Price $12.
