Loyd's American stereoscope.
- Date:
- [approximately 1856]
- Reference:
- 3291677i
- 3-D Objects
About this work
Description
Stereoscope viewer containing 12 glass stereoscopic slides. Leather covered wooden box lined with velvet and embossed metal. The box has 2 viewing holes, but the lenses are missing.
Publication/Creation
Loyd, [approximately 1856]
Physical description
1 stereoscope , 12 slides : wood, leather glass, metal ; 11 x 19 x 14 cm
Contributors
Notes
Patented April 15th 1856. U.S. Patent no. 14,670.
The slides are marked 'F. Langenheim's Patent, Nov 19, 1850.'
Has auction sticker: Lot 187
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3291677i
Contents
Slides: Silver Cascade, near Crawford's House, White Mountains, New Hampshire -- Suspension Bridge and falls in the background, Niagara Falls - Summer view -- Washington Irving, Sunnyside, Irvington, N.Y. , Hudson River scenery, N.Y. -- View of the Falls from the Whirlpool, Passiac Falls, Patterson, N.Y. -- Down Sleepy Hollow, from [top?] of the falls, Catskill Mountains, Hudson River, N.Y. -- General view... N.Y. -- American Falls from Hogsback [?] Island -- General view from below Fort Putnam, Westpoint, N.Y. -- Catskill Mountains, Hudson River, N.Y. Washington Tomb, Mount Vernon -- The Capitol in '54, Washington -- General view from American side, Niagara Falls
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request Note