stereoscopes

Taxonomy

Code

300162919

Scope note(s)

  • Viewers in which pairs of stereoscopic images are mounted and appear as a single, three-dimensional image when viewed. Use for objects designed to view individual stereo cards, usually photographic prints. For the devices used to view wheels of mounted transparencies, marketed as a children's toy from the mid-20th century, use

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Hierarchical terms

Equivalent terms

stereoscopes

  • UF stereoscope
  • UF stereo viewer (card type)
  • UF stereoviewer
  • UF stereocard viewer

Associated terms

stereoscopes

1 Archival description results for stereoscopes

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Revolving stereoscope viewer (A. Mattey)

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.