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During 2002, 4-H is celebrating its 100th anniversary!

When the first programs began in 1902, they served boys and girls who lived in farming communities. In 2001, more than 6.7 million young people participated in 4-H in all parts of the United States, including urban and suburban regions. Despite its ubiquity, 4-H is probably best known for its agriculture, horticulture, and animal husbandry activities.

The child in today's feature looks like an early 4-H-er! You might wonder why two photos appear here. Have you heard of stereocards? A stereocard is composed of two photographs of the same scene, taken 2 1/2 inches apart, which are mounted side by side. The cards are designed to duplicate the effect of human binocular vision when seen through a special viewer called a stereoscope. When one looks through a convex lens, the images resolve in front of the eye, appearing to be a single, three-dimensional picture.

Pictured: Keystone View Company, possibly by B. L. Singley, Me and Billy, 1899, stereograph card (2 mounted albumen prints), each 3 x 3 1/8 in. with arched top, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum Purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment.