Improvements in Panoramic Picture Cards.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Panoramic Picture Cards.
I, WOLFF HAGELBERG, of 19 to 21 Marienstrasse, Berlin, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, 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 has for its object a panoramic picture card which can be placed in an
upright position so as to exhibit to the eye of the spectator one, two or more pictures
according to the manner in which it is placed in position. Each picture may represent
a different subject or it may represent a subject in connection with one or more of the
other cards.
In order that my invention may be the better understood I now proceed to describe
the same in relation to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters refer to like
parts throughout the figures.
Figure 1 is a front view of the card.
Figure 2 is a horizontal section.
Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are elevations and plans showing the card placed in various
positions, and
Figure 7 is an isometric view of the card.
The whole panoramic card is composed of a front card A in the shape of an open
frame, of two side cards B, and C, and of a back card D. The side cards are connected
to the front and back cards by suitable hinge like connections. The whole card. may
therefore be placed so that a horizontal section of the same will be quadratic or
rectangular (Figure 2) or so that it will be rhombic or rhomboidal respectively. The
rectangular figure may be altered to a rhombus either by displacement to the right,
Figure 4, or to the left, Figure 6.
The card may be made of any suitable material such as leather, paper, or card
board.
The pictures on the card are arranged as follows:-The front card shows a picture
which is suited to its frame-like shape. Thus the picture may represent the entrance
to a bower, the open window of a room allowing of a view of the street, the columns
of a portico facing the sea, or the proscenium of a stage. Both side cards have
pictures (6 b and c c¹) on either side and the back card has one (d) on the front side.
The subjects to be illustrated may be chosen as desired, but it is preferable to chose a
subject which has relation to the picture on the frame or front card.
If the card is placed in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, the spectator, looking
through the front card sees the picture d of the back card D entirely and the further
or back parts of the inner pictures, and c on the side cards. The pictures together
have therefore the pictorial effect of a panorama. When the front card represents an
open window, the three interior pictures may with advantage show scenes of street
life, etc.
If the card placed as shown in Figures 3 and 4 or figures 5 and 6, the spectator
sees, in the former case, the picture 6 on the inner side of the card B and the picture e¹
on the outside of the card C, and in the latter case he sees the picture c on the inner
side of the card C and the picture 6 on the outside of the card B. In all cases the
picture of the front card is exposed to the eyes of the looker-on.
It is not necessary to have any picture on the front card, which may simply
represent a frame.
If the card is to be packed for storage and transport it is folded flat together, so
that the front card and a side card, the back card and the other side card lie on one
another.

page_text: The connection of the sectional cards of which the panoramic card is composed may
.be effected in various manners. For instance, in order to connect the sides to the
front card, a strip of linen S Figure 2 may be pasted between the pictures of each of
the side cards and allowed to protrude, the protruding ends being then bent over and
pasted to the back of the front card. In the same manner the side cards may be fixed
to the back card, or the edges of the back card may be bent over and pasted between
the pictures of the side cards, as shown in Figure 2. The pictures on the side cards
may be produced direct on the cards, or they may be pasted on to the latter.
A simpler manner to connect the sectional cards is to make the cards B. C. D in one
piece and to have indents between them to allow of folding. The attachment of the
cards B, C, D, to the front card, is then effected by the free ends of the cards B and C
being bent over and pasted on or otherwise fastened to the back of the front card.
The folding places may be strengthened by linen strips. The pictures may then be
produced direct on the card boards B, C, D, or they may be pasted or otherwise
attached to the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A panoramic card which may be placed in upright position and which is composed
of a front picture A in the shape of a frame and of three pictorial cards B, C, D,
connected hinge like to the former and to one another, so that when the composite
card is placed as a rectangular figure, the picture of the front card, the picture d of
the back card and, according to the dimensions of the frame, of the front card, a
smaller or larger part of the interior pictures b. c of the side cards are exposed to
view; and when the whole composite card is placed as a rhombus or rhomboid, the
picture of the front card A the inner picture (6 or c) of one side card and the outside
picture c¹ or 61 of the other side card are exposed.
Dated this 15th day of October 1889.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, Agents for the Applicant.