Stereoview of a Full Moon
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1860s
name: label: maker
content: Draper, Henry
label: maker
content: Bierstadt, Charles
notes: label: Description
content: Professor Henry Draper created the "Full Moon" stereoview in the 1860s. Published by Charles Bierstadt, it is one in a series of cards showing the moon in its different phases. Stereoviews were a visual way to learn about the world. Draper and Bierstadt used this format to distribute some of the first photographs of the moon to scholars and interested laymen alike.
topic: label: Subject
content: Science & Scientific Instruments
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Science & Mathematics
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0025.002
label: accession number
content: 1999.0025
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Photograph
label: Object Name
content: Stereoview
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 17.3 cm; 3 3/8 in x 6 13/16 in