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| − | The stereoscope is a device which is used for viewing the printed images on the stereograph cards. | + | The stereoscope is a device which is used for viewing the printed images on the stereograph cards. |
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| + | The stereograph card features two photographs positioned side by side at about two and a half inches apart-- on for the left eye and one for the right. | ||
From 1840-1920 the stereoscopes as illustrated provided a form of entertainment in the home and the viewers became armchair tourists. With many of the cards displaying a range of worldwide photographs of scenes and buildings people experienced virtual travel. | From 1840-1920 the stereoscopes as illustrated provided a form of entertainment in the home and the viewers became armchair tourists. With many of the cards displaying a range of worldwide photographs of scenes and buildings people experienced virtual travel. | ||
Revision as of 18:19, 8 April 2010
| Type of thing | Domestic
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| Place used | In the home |
| Current location | Mallala Museum
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The stereoscope is a device which is used for viewing the printed images on the stereograph cards.
The stereograph card features two photographs positioned side by side at about two and a half inches apart-- on for the left eye and one for the right.
From 1840-1920 the stereoscopes as illustrated provided a form of entertainment in the home and the viewers became armchair tourists. With many of the cards displaying a range of worldwide photographs of scenes and buildings people experienced virtual travel.
With the development of movies the public were less interested in the stereoscope.
The stereoscope is a device which enables stereographs to be put into position and then when the pictures are viewed they can be seen as a simulated 3D image.
In America the doctor and writer Oliver Wendell Holmes invented a handheld device for viewing stereographs. Ultimately the stereoscope ranged from the small hand held item to a large piece of furniture that could display a changing display of up to 100- stereographs.
It was at the Great Exhibition 1851 that stereographs were introduced to the public. The praise from Queen Victoria and the great interest shown by the public inspired the London Stereoscopic Company to develop the mass production of stereographs. Between 1854-1856 over half a million stereographs were sold.
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