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Wooden plaque of Lenin in high contrast

shiny lacquered wood plaque bearing a portrait of Lenin created by different coloured wood stains. His face is rendered in high contrast as if there was a strong light shining from the left hand side. Label afixed to back. It was produced in Lutsk, Ukraine. It is named "Portrait of V. I. Lenin."

Wooden plaque of Lenin

shiny laquered wooden plaque bearing a profile portrait of Lenin wearing a captain's hat and jacket with red bow. The image is created with different colours of stain on the wood surface. Printed label adhered to back of plaque. It was produced in Lutsk, Ukraine. It is named "Portrait of V. I. Lenin."

Wooden pedestal stereoscope viewer

Item is a wooden Holmes style stereoscope attached to a pedestal. Stereoscope viewer is made of cardboard and lined with velvet. Viewer is able to bend at the base.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.

Wooden handheld stereoscope viewer with metal rails (unknown)

Item is a wooden hand held stereoscopic viewer with an adjustable metal rail attached to a stereograph slide viewer. Hood is made of cardboard. 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 image overlap to mimic a three-dimensional effect.

Wooden handheld stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a Holmes style handheld wooden stereoscope with wooden hood, adjustable card slide and handle. 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.

Wooden handheld stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a Holmes style handheld wooden stereoscope with wooden hood and handle. 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.

Wooden handheld stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a handheld Holmes style wooden stereoscope with wooden hood, adjustable card slide and handle. 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.

Wooden handheld stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a Holmes style handheld wooden stereoscope with wooden hood and handle. 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.

Wooden hand held viewer with ornate edge (unknown)

Item is a wooden hand-held stereoscope with an ornate details around the viewer hood. Handle folds down onto viewer. 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.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer with metal orange and black hood (unknown)

Item is a Holmes style handheld wooden stereoscope with metal hood, adjustable card slide and handle. Metal hood has an orange and black stripped design and lined with fabric. 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.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer with cardboard hood (American Lens)

Item is a Holmes style handheld wooden stereoscope with cardboard hood, adjustable card slide and handle. Handle is detachable. 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. Written on object : American Lens Trademark Stereoscope. A clenched fist is branded into the top of the card slide holder.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer with black suede hood (unknown)

Item is a handheld stereoscope made from dark wood. Viewer hood is covered in a black suede. Sliding card holder is attached to a small wheel that glides over stereoscope extension. Handle can be detached. 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 image overlapped to mimic a three-dimensional effect.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a wooden handheld Holmes style stereoscope. Handle bends back onto viewer. Hood of viewer is lined with red velvet. 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.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a handheld wooden stereoscope viewer. Card slide can bend to become more compact. 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.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer (unknown)

Item is a wooden hand held stereoscope with expandable slide viewer. Hood is wooden with binocular styled eye holes. Handle is removable. 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 image overlapped to mimic a three-dimensional effect.

Written on object : Pat'd April 23.89.

Wooden hand held stereoscope viewer (Underwood & Underwood)

Item is a wooden hand held Holmes style stereoscope. Handle is able to bend back onto the viewer. 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 have overlapped to mimic a three-dimensional effect.

Written on object : Underwood & Underwood New York. Written in viewer hood : Pat. Applied For.

Wooden egg with painting of Gorbachev

Wooden egg shape sculpture, hand painted with head and shoulders of Mikhail Gorbachev. sickle, hammer and star from flag appear in gold around him, with clock tower in background and more gold writing. The egg is painted red, and does not stand flat but falls over on its side. The writing behind Gorbachev reads: CPSU. Verso writing reads: Glasnost - Perestroika. There is also a raised signature.

Wooden camera obscura [replica]

Cameras of this kind were used during the 18th and 19th century by artists and travelling tourists to sketch landscapes and buildings. A piece of transparent paper was placed on the matte screen. One could now trace the outlines of the subject as a guide for later elaborate sketching or painting. It was the predecessor of photographic cameras which, after 1839, could record the image by the reaction of chemical substances to light. Later the simple meniscus lenses were replaced by more corrected lens elements.

Nassau, Wilhelm E.

Wooden box with built in stereoscope viewer and slide holder

Item is a wooden box with a built in compact collapsible stereoscope viewer and card slide holder. 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.

Wooden and brass hand-held viewer with ornate edge (unknown)

Item is a brass and wooden hand held stereoscope. The hood is decorated with an ornate edge. Handle is removable. 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.

Written on object : Patent 1866.

Wooden Holmes style hand-held viewer

This item is a hand held Holmes style stereoscope. This item is entirely made of wood and has a binocular-like viewer. Handle folds back onto viewer. 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.

Wood in glass

One small glass jar with a piece of wood in it and a large round display case holding a large upright piece of wood with a smaller piece of wood attached to it.

The wood was found during the excavations for Kerr Hall. The smaller piece was found in 1972 at the North west end of the building. The larger piece was found while they were excavating for the pool. Both pieces were carbon dated to be about 12 000 years old.

Wood camera frame

Camera is made of wood: a two-part hinged frame supports a hinged lens assembly and hinged contact frame. The lens assembly includes a leather and felt lens cap. There is also a metal-ringed glass lens and a small metal key loose inside the camera body.

Shields, Lorne

Wood benches

Two long wooden benches with desk arms for students to use to rest books on. Each bench is numbered 49-60. An alumnus indicated that people would be assigned seat numbers in class.

Wood and metal stereoscope viewer with handle (unknown)

This item is a handheld wooden Holmes style stereoscope. The viewer hood is made of metal. Slide holder is adjustable and handle is missing. 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.

Women gathered around fair tent

Item is a photograph mounted on beige card with dark brown borders and the text embossed sideways at the left, "Forsythe/ DUNDAS, ONT." Photograph shows a large group of women gathered around and in a wooden fair stall with fabric tented ceiling. On the front of the stall, a small banner with the words "United/ Calm and Resolute", the words of the King of England in 1914 upon hearing of Germany's invasion of Brussels. There are British flags decorating the stall in the park.

Forsythe, William W.

Woman raising right arm in costume

Item is a cabinet card photograph of a character from Wagner's opera Lohengrin. Mostly illegible script written on photograph, except, '1894'. Text below photograph reads, 'Lohengrin, Bayreuther Buhrenfest - Spiel'. Text on verso reads, 'W. Hoffert, Hof Photograph. Breslau, Hamburg, Leipzig, Berlin, Magdeburg, Dresden, Hannover. Photographische Kartenfabrik v. Paul Suss, Dresden.

W. Hoffert Hof Photograph

Woman lounging in Kodak swimsuit

Item is a colour photograph featuring a verticle image of a woman lounging on a Kodak-yellow beach chair wearing a swimsuit of characteristic Kodak-yellow, -red, blue, and -grey. She also has a paur of Kodak-yellow sunglasses hanging from her neckline. Likely from an advterising shoot.

Kodak Canada Inc.

Wollensak Revere 35mm f/3.5 lens

Item is a lens for a Revere Stereo 33 camera. This type of lens is unique as two lenses simultaneously expose two frames at once. The resulting images can then be inserted into a stereoscope which results in a three dimensional image, similar to using binoculars. Comes with a piece of paper that indicates the lens is defective on time.

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