Viewers called “stereoscopes” or “stereopticans” allowed side-by-side photos to be melded into a single image. They were developed in the early 1850s and created a three-dimensional effect because the photographs were taken from two slightly different points of view.
Woman with Stereoptican Viewer. Photograph. ca. 1867. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1996-12-2858/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.
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