Arthur Anderson, was employed by the Harvey organization in the early 1900’s. He was stationed in New Mexico for three years as a photographer for Harvey. He took photographs on glass slides – a local made color swaths on them and they were sent to Chicago where they were turned into post cards to be sold in Harvey stores. The glass slides are of historical interest (some include photos of Teddy Roosevelt, buildings, Indian gatherings and panoramas of the area). Courtesy of Valerie Petersen-Beard.
The Chicago Transparency Company were among the vendors who produced and sold ready-made glass plate slides made from daguerreotypes, cabinet photos and other original photographs on a variety of topics. The slides were made in black-and-white, and each set was hand-colored, so none of them are precisely the same.
