Name/Title
StereoscopeEntry/Object ID
TIN-0021Description
Wood, metal, and glass stereoscope and slides. This model is known as a Holmes Stereoscope for its inventer, Oliver Wendell Holmes. A long flat piece of wood has attached by screws a viewing hood which consists of an eye enclosure and a metal frame holding two glass lenses. On the flat piece beyond the hood is a vertical piece of wood between the lenses. There is a square piece of wood with wires to hold slides perpendicular to the flat piece that moves back and forth. Underneath the flat piece is a folding handle. There are 117 slides with two images on each that permit a view through the lenses to appear three dimensional.Made/Created
Date made
1850 - 1920Notes
Date: After 1850Dimensions
Height
4 inWidth
7-1/4 inLength
12-1/4 inDimension Notes
01-07-2016 The above dimensions are for the viewer with the handle folded. The dimensions of the slides are 3.5" wide by 7" long. rfj
