Stereographs

Object/Artifact

West Chicago City Museum

a- "Lake Biwa Canal, Japan"

Name/Title

Stereographs

Entry/Object ID

1978.009.0006a-f

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 1900. Cards are grouped by location. They show scenes of life and the landscape a- "Lake Biwa Canal, Japan" b - "Yokohama, Four Maids at Chrysanthemum Show" c - "Japanese Maidens having a Jolly Tea Party" d - "A Busy Scene in the Rice Fields Near Yokohama" e - "Front of the Yakushi Temple at Nikko, Japan" f - "Golden Pavillion on the Lake at Kinkakuji, Japan"

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

Japan

Continent

Asia