Improved Pictorial Cards or Strips applicable for Postcards, Panora- mas, Kinetoscopes, Cinematographs, Books, Albums, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1898
Improved Pictorial Cards or Strips applicable for Postcards, Panora-
mas, Kinetoscopes, Cinematographs, Books, Albums, and the like.
I, OTTO HYMMEN, of 61, Montanusstrasse, Mülheim-on-Rhine, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement; -
This invention relates to the use of stereoscopic pictures:
1. On correspondence cards or the like of all kinds serving the same objects as
the well known picture postcards but more completely in so far as they allow the
object of the representation to appear not as a surface picture but, by the help of
a stereoscope, as corporeal and plastic images:
2. On cards or strips for reproducing instantaneous exposures following one
another in rapid succession, of moving objects with the object of producing
spacious living pictures by the combination of the stereoscope and the kinetoscope,
cinematograph and other like apparatuses;
3. On cards or strips for teaching by sight within the domain of natural sciences,
architecture, technology, industry, manufactures and the like. It is not desired
to cover cards with stereoscopic figures for the study of stereometry, spherical trigo-
nometry, displayed geometry and crystallography as such are already known;
4. On cards or strips for reproducing patterns or samples, machines, and manu-
factures for replacing the original patterns or samples more particularly where
the weight of the article or its heavy composite mould or form hardly admits of
or entirely prevents the sending or transportation of the original pattern or the
making of a drawing.
The cards or strips with stereoscopic representations may consist of cardboard,
paper, celluloid or any other suitable material and of course such cards or strips
may be bound or fastened together to form books, albums, rolls, series or the like.
I will now describe, as examples, several methods of carrying out the various
applications of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings:-
Correspondence cards, letter paper and the like which have hitherto only been
provided with simple (flat) views or pictures (such as illustrations of the locality
from which the correspondence is despatched) are by my invention provided with
two related views of the same subject forming a stereoscopic pair. A postal card,
letter, or the like, having such a stereoscopic pair imprinted as a heading or at
some other suitable part, thus becomes of greater interest to the person receiving
it, as by placing it in an ordinary stereoscope a plastic or relief view may be
had which is much superior to the usual flat simple views.
In the application of the invention to the reproduction of instantaneous exposures
with a stereoscopic effect, I arrange two sets of a series of pictures one on each
of two endless or continuous strips, the related pictures of each set forming stereo-
scopic pairs when appearing side by side as shown in Figure. 18 in which the
views on the band A form stereoscopic pairs with those on the band A¹. Stereo-
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page_text: scopic sight-holes are provided as shown, and the bands may be put in motion by
any of the known mechanisms usual in kinetoscopes or cinematographs. Spacious
animated pictures may thus be produced.
The strips of views in stereoscopic pairs may similarly be applied to a zoetrope
or round panorama as shown in Figures 15, 16 and 17 instead of the ordinary
single or flat views. In the arrangement shown in Figure 17 in which the 'strips
are arranged one over the other it is necessary to provide a suitable arrangement
of mirrors to one of the sight-holes so as to make the strip A appear to the sight
on the same level as the strip A¹. In Figures 15 and 16, the pairs are arranged
side by side on a single strip.
In the application of the invention to teaching by sight, and also for reproducing
views of patterns, samples, machines and manufactures, and the like, double
pictures forming stereoscopic pairs are provided in place of the usual 'simple
(flat) pictures. These stereoscopic pairs may be mounted or arranged in a variety
of ways. For instance they may be mounted side by side in position for viewing
in the stereoscope as shown in Figure 14, or each picture of a pair may be
mounted separately as in Figures 1 and 13 and a suitable frame be provided
whereby the two related pictures A A¹ may be held together when required. This
loose arrangement of each picture of a pair allows of the single pictures being
utilized as ordinary single or flat views when not actually in use in the stereo-
scope. By this means the inartistic effect of two similar pictures being exposed to
view side by side on a single mount may be avoided when the views are out of
the stereoscope. Figure 11 shows such a frame with separate pictures A A¹ form-
ing a stereoscopic pair on the backs of which are other pictures forming another
pair. By reversing one picture say A¹ when not in use in the stereoscope one
picture only of each pair (i.e., A, B¹) will be exposed (Figure 12) thus avoiding the
inartistic effect of repetition as before stated. Figure 3 shows the related pictures
of a pair connected with a hinge movement for the same purpose.
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Where a series of stereoscopic pictures are required, they may be arranged
in strips which may be either flat or made to fold. Figures 4 and 9 each show a
folding strip but with the related pictures of each pair arranged in series in
Figure 4 and in parallel in Figure 9. Two separate folding strips may however
he used for the pictures of each pair as in Figure 10, the "lefts" being on one
strip and the "rights on the other strip. Figure 8 shows another arrangement
in which two strips are hinged together so as to be adapted to show the pictures
separately or in pairs, and Figure 2 a similar arrangement on two separate flats.
Figure 6 shows a folding arrangement in which the related pictures of stereoscopic
pairs are separated to avoid the inartistic effect before pointed out, but allowing
of any pair being brought together when required for use with the stereoscope.
Where the pictures are bound up in book form the related pictures of a pair
may be placed, the "left" on page 2 and the "right" on page 5, as shown in
Figure 5, the intermediate leaf, that is pages 3 and 4, being utilized for descriptive
matter and acting also as a partition wall for the stereoscope, or the one picture
only of each pair may be bound up in the book, and the related pictures to complete
the stereoscopic pairs he provided in the form of a supplement to the book as
shown in Figure 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
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1. Postcards, letter cards, note paper, envelopes, wrappers and 'the like with
stereoscopic pictures of towns, landscapes, architectural objects, statues, portraits,
representations from life, works, manufactures, machines, articles for sale and the
like, substantially as herein before described.
2. Cards or strips of cardboard, paper, celluloid or other suitable material,
combined in blocks or rolls with successive stereoscopic instantaneous exposures
of all kinds of persons and things in motion for panoramas, kinetoscopes, cine-

page_text: matographs and other like apparatuses for representing movement, substantially
as described.
3. Cards or strips of cardboard, paper, celluloid, glass or other suitable material,
separately or combined to form books, albums, rolls or series, with stereoscopic
representations in the domain of natural sciences, technology, industry, manu-
factures and the like as a means of teaching and exhibition in schools and at
home substantially as described.
4. Cards or strips of cardboard, paper, celluloid, glass or other suitable material,
separately or combined to form books, albums, rolls or series with stereoscopic
representations of patterns, manufactures, machines, models or the like articles of
sale as advertisement and pattern cards or the like for replacing original patterns
substantially as described."
WM. P. THOMPSON .Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Patent Agents for the Applicant.