Internet Antique Gazette

Stereograph & Stereoviews

A stereograph or stereoview is a pair of almost identical images mounted side by side on a pasteboard card. The mounted images are then placed in a stereoscope. When viewed the images merge to form one three-dimensional image.

Some of the key names in early stereo photography in the U.S. working in the 1850′s and 1860′s were E. & H. T. Anthony, George Baker, Charles Bierstadt, Matthew Brady, C. D. Fredericks, [...] Click here to continue reading.

Edward & Henry T. Anthony

Edward Anthony trained as a civil engineer before turning to photography. He was educated at Columbia University where he studied science. Anthony took an interest in photography from the time it was first introduced to the U.S. in 1839. He studied under one of the pioneers of American photograph, Samuel Morse. Helped by his sound scientific background Anthony soon became an accomplished Daguerreotype photographer.

By 1842 Anthony was [...] Click here to continue reading.

Keystone View Company

Stereographs or views are paired images of two slightly different views. These images are created with a two-lens camera. The lenses are offset at about the same spacing as with the distance between human eyes. The dual-lens camera produces paired-stereographic negatives. Load a stereograph into a stereo viewer and the user can see the paired views as if they were a single photograph. Consequently, the stereoscopically combined photographs transform into a [...] Click here to continue reading.