Stereographs

Object/Artifact

West Chicago City Museum

a- "Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite"

Name/Title

Stereographs

Entry/Object ID

1978.009.0008a-e

Description

Stereoscope cards (Stereographs), full color. Shows two side by side images, taken eye width apart. Green background. Back reads "Around the world Without leaving your home - just like being there" c 1905. Cards are grouped by location. They show scenes of life and the landscape a- "Bridal Veil Falls and Three Graces, Yosemite" b - Electricity Building, World's Fair, St. Louis" c - Under the Live Oaks of a Florida Highway" d - "Luna Isle and Bridge, Niagara Falls" e - "Randolph St. Bridge, Eastward, Chicago, Ill"

Use

View through stereoscope to make a 3D Image

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1906

Time Period

20th 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"

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America