Underwood & Underwood Publishing
Underwood & Underwood Publishing, an early producer and distributor of photographic images, was founded in Kansas in 1881 by two brothers, Elmer and Bert Underwood. During the company’s humble beginnings, the brothers served as door-to-door salesman of stereoscopic photographs. However, Underwood & Underwood Publishing eventually became the dominant sales agency of news photos until it ceased operations in the 1940s. Many of the photographs in The Brownies’ Book were provided by Underwood & Underwood.
By the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in conjunction with the Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.