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Sun sculpture hand held stereoscope viewer (Underwood & Underwood)
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2018.09.02.070
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[1901] (Manufacturing)
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- Underwood & Underwood
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Physical description
1 piece of photographic viewing equipment : stereoscope ; 23 x 33 x 15 cm
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Item is a hand held wooden stereoscope manufactured by Underwood & Underwood. Viewer hood is made of aluminium and is adorned with floral engravings. Handle folds back onto viewer and card slider can be adjusted. Written on top of item : Sun Sculpture U&U trademark. Written on handle : Man'f'd by Underwood & Underwood, New York, June 11, 1901, Foreign Patent Applied For. 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.
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Good condition
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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Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction