Fairchild Folding Stereoscope
notes: label: Description
content: With stereoscopic photography, two overlapping aerial photos are viewed simultaneously, giving a 3D effect and greater detail than would a single photo. The technique was widely used during the 1930s and during World War II, by the U.S. Army Air Force, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and perhaps other federal agencies as well. Much of the equipment was made by the Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp. (est. in 1920) and the Fairchild Aviation Corporation (est. in 1924).
label: Description
content: Ref: Lieutenant Commander L. W. Swanson, Topographic Manual. Part II Photogrammetry (Washington, D.C., 1949), pp. 29-30.
label: Description
content: “The Stereoscope in Aerial Photography,” Fairchild Bulletin.
label: Description
content: Instruction booklet from Fairchild Aviation.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN79707N11
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Stereoscope, Magnifying, U.S. Geological Survey
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48.2 cm x 13.6 cm x 16.3 cm; 19 in x 5 3/8 in x 6 7/16 in