This item is a Holmes style nickle stereoscope with purple velvet covering the viewer, seated on a pedestal. The body of the item is adorned with floral engravings. Item is compact and collapsible. This object was used to view two nearly identical photographs, or stereographs, as one three dimensional image. The stereograph would be placed in the sliding card holder and adjusted to fit the user's vision until the two images overlap to mimic a three-dimensional effect. Item is able to detach from base and become handheld or remain a tabletop viewer. The silver gelatin stereograph that accompanies this object is of an ancient Egyptian temple produced ca. 1904 by Underwood & Underwood Publishers. Image comes with an explanation about the monument.

2 stereoscopic photographs by Keystone View Co.
4 stereoscopic photograph by Underwood & Underwood
1 stereoscopic photographs by Kilburn Brothers, 3 in association with James M. Davis
4 stereoscopic photographs by Strohmeyer & Wyman
1 stereoscopic photograph by AM. Mutoscore & Biograph Co.
1 stereoscopic photograph by W. Tylar
1 stereoscopic photograph by Stereo-Travel Co.
1 stereoscopic photograph by J. F. Jarvis
1 stereoscopic photograph by C. Degoix
29 stereoscopic photographs by unidentified publishers
2 series of stereoscopic photographs (1 on Sears Roebuck & Co.; 1 on T. Eaton Co.)