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3-D image collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 8080

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

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

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)