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ID number: WB-HC0175 Institution: Winterbourne House and Garden Named collection: Winterbourne House Collection Artist / Maker: Underwood & Underwood, New York Title / Object name: Optical slide holder Object type: Optical slide holder Place made: North America; North America: USA; New York Date made: 1901-1910 Materials: Aluminium; Glass; Wood; Felt Measurements: overall: 20 cm x 32 cm x 18 cm (H x W x D x Dia x Wt) |
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Optical slide holder or stereoviewer for stereoscopic slides. The viewer has two lenses at a set distance and at an angle in an aluminum frame. The frame is marked 'Sun Sculpture U&U trade mark'. Its frame is bordered with golden brown felt. The pictures which are placed in a wooden holder, can be moved horizontally in order to focus them. The stereoscope can be held with a folding handle. This is a Holmes type stereoscope, named after its inventor, Oliver Wendell Holmes (1860). Stamped on underside: MAN'F'D BY UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD NEW YORK PATENTED JUNE 11, 1901. FOREIGN PATENTS APPLIED FOR. Underwood & Underwood were founded in 1881. |
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