Francis Frith
n.d.
Blind stamp for "Benjn Pike Jr New-York."

Blind stamp, on Stereocard
Private collection of Joe Bauman
The blind stamp is on a Francis Frith stereocard "149. Highland Cottage, near Fort William, Inverness-shire."
 
Jeremy Rowe (Facebook, 18 July 2018)
PIKE, BENJAMIN, Jr. Listed as a manufacturer of optical, mathematical and philosophical instruments, as well as magic lanterns, 294 Broadway, New York City, N.Y., 1847-1860, and possibly earlier. Looks like he also imported and sold stereographs.
 
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