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Visiting family and discovered they have a stereoscope and a batch of stereoscopic images from the late 1800s.

Thoroughly enchanted by it and them.

Going to get the scanner out to digitise the images properly (not just a snapshot on my phone as this one is).

Excellent wee project for the autumn.

A photo of an old wooden stereoscope, with a stereoscopic image in the holder. The stereoscope has a lens for each eye with a wooden surround to stop peripheral view / light and a barrier to separate the view for each eye. Beyond the headset is a holder for stereoscopic images (two images depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene). Viewing through the device means that for most people they are shown as a single three-dimensional image. The image in this photo is a group of people on a boat. It is a thing of beauty and charm.
An example of a stereoscopic image from 1890, published by Strohmeyer & Wyman. It depicts a bedroom scene, with a man lying down staring to the right, looking dismayed. On the left is a stern looking woman wagging her finger at him. The text along the bottom reads "For heaven's sake, Maria, give us a rest!" Die gardinen-predigt (Nice bit of 130 year old casual sexism there.) The two images look almost identical when viewed side-by-side without the stereoscope.
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Aug 13, 2023, 04:54 PM·Public·Web
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