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Revolving stereoscope viewer (A. Mattey)
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2018.09.02.045
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1 piece of photographic viewing equipment : tabletop stereoscope ; 50 pieces of photographic image : glass stereographs ; 45 x 23 x 23 cm
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Item is a wooden tabletop stereoscope with binocular viewer made with 50 built in glass stereographs of landscapes from Quebec and Montreal, factories and vernacular photography. Top of the stereoscope can open for additional light. Inside the object is a revolving metal belt (patented by Alexander Beckers) holding the stereographs that can be turned by the circular handles on the outside of the viewer.
Written on object: 76/Unis-France Stereoscopes Mattey-Paris/3.
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Physical condition
Item is in good condition, however, glass slides are cracked and chipping.
Immediate source of acquisition
Collected by the late Dr. Martin J. Bass and Gail Silverman Bass and donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives by Gail Bass in 2018
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- Beckers, Alexander (Subject)