Wooden stereoscope
date: label: Date
content: 1890s
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: This stereoscope has a wooden view box, holder, slide, and handle. Square glass plates are placed into the viewer. The view box is decorated with bird's eye maple veneer around the outside. Metal prongs are attached to each end of the holder for securing the stereograph. The holder is notched at the center bottom to adjust the distance from the viewer down the slide, with a metal bracket nailed to the bottom of the holder across the slide. The turned wooden handle is attached to the bottom of the viewer with a metal rotating bracket.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Photography
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Liljenquist Family Collection
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from the Liljenquist Family Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.222.13
objectType: label: Type
content: stereoscopes
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood, glass, and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (handle extended): 8 1/2 × 7 1/8 × 12 3/4 in. (21.6 × 18.1 × 32.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 4 × 7 1/8 × 12 3/4 in. (10.2 × 18.1 × 32.4 cm)