Meringolo, DeniseRitchie, Jordan Marie2021-01-292021-01-292019-01-0111989http://hdl.handle.net/11603/20736Underwood and Underwood Company was a photo syndicate operating in multiple subfield of photography including Stereographs, Photojournalism, and Commercial Photography from 1882 until 1975. Although their work in Stereograph production and sales is well documented, their groundbreaking work in photojournalism has been largely ignored by the history books. The goal of this theses is to produce a historical narrative for the forgotten pioneer of this field, to compare it to its many competitors who are now held in high regard as forerunners of photojournalism, and to attempt to explain why such an important founding member of early photo syndicates has been left out of the main historical literature of the field. Finally, this theses is combined with an accessible digital exhibit presenting a sample of Underwood and Underwood's collection within the UMBC archive, and highlighting its narrative in an interactive timeline, in order to reinforce its true role as a pioneer of photojournalism.application:pdfCommercialNews PhotographyPhotographyPhotojournalismStockUnderwood and UnderwoodText