COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection of images and artifacts related to the visual and cultural history of the stereograph and subsequent three-dimensional imaging technologies covering three eras: the Stereograph Era: 1840-1930; the Bakelite Era: 1930-1960; and the Modern Era: 1960-2012. The collection includes 10,000 photographic stereo views representing a vast array of subjects and geographical locations, 1,200 stereo images in miscellaneous formats, 50 examples of rare stereo formats including daguerreotypes, salt prints, tintypes, ambrotypes, autochromes, kromskop views, tissue views, and glass transparencies, 100 examples of stereo cameras, viewers, and related optical devices, 300 examples of holograms, lenticular images, anaglyphs, films, and 3-D digital images, and 200 magazines, periodicals, catalogs, and books on the history of the three-dimensional image.
Dates
- 1840-2012.
Creator
- Speer, Lance (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
33 cubic feet. (33 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Collection of images and artifacts related to the visual and cultural history of the stereograph and subsequent three-dimensional imaging technologies.
SERIES LIST
Series I. Stereoview Cards, Photographs, Slides, and Views Boxes 1-12; 42-48; 57
Flat Cards Subjects Geographical Locations Curved Cards Subjects Geographical Locations War Lithographic Cards Oversized Fine Stereoviews, Kromskop Separations, Daguerreotypes, Glass Stereoviews Miscellaneous View-Master Reels
Series II. Stereoscopes and Cameras Boxes 43-48; 50-59; 63-67
Stereoscopes Early Stereoscopes Miscellaneous Stereoscopes 1950s Viewers Viewers 1950s-2012 Viewer-Master Stereoscopes and Components Toy Viewers 3-D Glasses Stereoscopes and View Sets Boxed Stereoview Card Sets with Viewers Viewers & View Sets 1950s-2012 View-Master Sets Cameras Fine Stereo Cameras Stereo Cameras and Sets Stereo Camera Cases and Accessories
Series III. Printed Materials Boxes 13-15; 18-29; 31-35
Magazines, Booklets, and Comics Pornography Advertising and Magazines Catalogs & Booklets Advertisements and Articles Science Fiction, Starlog, and Fangoria Stereo World Comics Movie Related Odds & Ends Posters Lobby Cards Album Covers Cereal Boxes
Series IV. Lenticular, Holographic, and Anaglyph Processes Boxes 16-17; 30; 36-41
Lenticular Postcards Images & Publications Holographic Equipment Action Figures Images & Publications Anaglyph Images & Publications
Series V. Toys and Novelties Boxes 58; 60-62
3D Toys and Books Novelties & Colorforms Electronic Games
Series VI. Movies and Documentaries Box 34
Physical Description
Extent is approximate.
Physical Description
Photographs, printed materials, toys, cameras, and viewers.
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.eduhttp://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Allison Sutton and Marcie Farwell
- Date completed:
- November 2015
- EAD encoding:
- Marcie Farwell, November 2015
- Date modified:
- Marcie Farwell, August 2018
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Allison Sutton and Marcie Farwell
- Date
- November 2015
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu