Accession number
PML 195942.3
Published
New York : Underwood & Underwood, not before 1901.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2013.
Notes
The viewer is designed to be used with stereographic photographs, double pictures of the same scene that produce the effect of three dimensionality when viewed through a stereoscope. At the turn of the century, Underwood & Underwood was the world's largest publisher of stereoscopic views.
Library's copy acquired with Rome through the stereoscope: journeys in and about the Eternal City and accompanying maps and stereograph cards (see PML 195942.1-2).
Library's copy acquired with Rome through the stereoscope: journeys in and about the Eternal City and accompanying maps and stereograph cards (see PML 195942.1-2).
Description
1 stereoscope : wood, metal, and velvet ; approximately 32 cm long x 18 cm wide x 14 cm tall
Summary
Stereoscopic viewer manufactured by Underwood & Underwood, on or after 1901. The body of the viewer is made primarily of wood. The viewer hood, and its connection to the wooden body, is made of aluminum. The top of the hood is stamped with a decorative design and the words "Sun Sculpture, U & U Trademark." The rim of the hood is trimmed in brown velvet. An aluminum piece on the underside of the viewer is stamped: "Man'f'd by Underwood & Underwood, New York. Patented June 11, 1901. Foreign patents applied for." The design is similar to that of the Perfecscope, by H.C. White, which was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, 1900.
Binding
Housed in archival box.
Classification
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