- Date
- 1900 – 1903
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; fibre
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0002
- Description
- Stereoscopic viewer with metal eye mask curved to fit around the viewer’s upper face and nose. There is a wood front piece with square glass lenses framed in metal, and a long wooden arm protrudes perpendicular to the eyepiece with a fence part way along the arm to separate vision. A sliding cros…
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- Title
- Stereoscope
- Date
- 1900 – 1903
- Material
- wood; metal; glass; fibre
- Dimensions
- 7.5 x 17.5 x 31.0 cm
- Description
- Stereoscopic viewer with metal eye mask curved to fit around the viewer’s upper face and nose. There is a wood front piece with square glass lenses framed in metal, and a long wooden arm protrudes perpendicular to the eyepiece with a fence part way along the arm to separate vision. A sliding crosspiece on the arm holds a stereoview card. A wooden handle beneath the arm is hinged to fold up. The metal mask is engraved with a scroll pattern and stamped at the top with the seal of a winged woman flying over a building with a male figure holding a torch on her back, with “Exposition Universalle Internationale 1900, R.G. Wenys (?) Co.” The nose piece is edged with red velvet.
- Subject
- households
- entertainment
- photography
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 105.05.0002
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