Steregraph

Object/Artifact

West Chicago City Museum

a – “1. Predilected – Pierced by Cupid’s Dart”

Name/Title

Steregraph

Entry/Object ID

1978.009.0020a-p

Description

Stereoscope cards (Stereographs), Black and white, published by Strohmeyer & Wyman, and sold by Underwood & Underwood, dated from 1897. Cards are grouped by location / topic. They show a story about a marraige a – “1. Predilected – Pierced by Cupid’s Dart” b – “2. Expected – Married life as he pictured it (music without words)” c – “3. Unexpected – How Biddy served the tomatoes undressed” d – “4. Detected – “I’ve caught Sister this time” e – “5. Invected – “don’t you DARE” tell Father” f – “6. Suspected – “One little hour of bliss” “ g – “7. Ejected – Bliss disturbed at 1:50 AM” h – ‘8. Inspected – The Haunted Lover’s Proposal” i – “9. Connected – The Nuptual Ceremony” j – “10. Projected – Alone at Last” k – “11. Projected –“The last in bed blows out the light” l – “12. Elected – “Ha! Ha! Ha! Last again!” m – “14. As Directed – “after a Man’s Married his troubles Begi” n – “15. Subjected – A knight of Labor” o – “16. Deflected – Home from the Club he fears the storm” p – “18. Dejected – Married Life as he found it (Words without Music)”

Use

View through stereoscope to make a 3D Image

Made/Created

Date made

1897

Time Period

19th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Stereograph

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

7" x 3.5"