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Wood and metal stereoscope viewer with handle
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2018.09.02.017
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1 photographic viewing equipment : 1 stereoscope ; 8 x 30 x 18 cm
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Item is a Holmes style handheld stereoscope made of metal and wood. Viewer has flower and leaf details engraved with fabric lining the metal eye piece. This object was used to view two identical images, or stereographs, as one three-dimensional photograph.
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Condition is ok, the slide holding the stereoscope is not attached and there is a metal piece detached. As well, the fabric lining on the metal eyepiece has mould.
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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- Holmes, Oliver Wendell (Subject)