Name/Title
Perfecscope Stereoscope c1900Entry/Object ID
2024.52.1Description
A stereoscope is used for viewing stereographs. A stereograph is a set of two nearly identical photographs, taken by a stereopticon, set side by side. This would be placed at the end of the stereoscope and viewed from the eyepiece. The result is an early version of 3D imaging. The design for the original stereoscope, the "Perfecscope," was unpatented and so produced by a number of further inventors and manufacturers, some of whom improved upon the idea and patented those improvements. This stereoscope was created by H.C. White and company for the 1900 Paris World Fair, or Expositions Universelles, and features his own patented folding handle design (1883). This particular stereoscope is missing the metal and wooden crossbar which would hold the stereograph, as well as the wooden handle. On the underside there is still the metal arrow which would have been inserted into the wooden handle, it is attached to a hinge which would allow the handle to fold flat for easier storage.Collection
General CollectionMade/Created
Manufacturer
H.C. WhiteDate made
1900Time Period
20th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
StereoscopeNomenclature Sub-Class
Visual Communication DevicesNomenclature Class
Visual Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for CommunicationLocation
Location
* Untyped Location
Archives U1-B-5Category
PermanentDate
November 17, 2024Provenance
Provenance Detail
Found ObjectCreated By
Kearney, QuinlanCreate Date
November 17, 2024Updated By
Kearney, QuinlanUpdate Date
November 17, 2024
