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Subiaco Museum > Records

VIEWER: WOODEN STEREOSCOPE

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c. 1900

Overview

Stereoscope used to view double image cards to create a visual illusion of a three dimensional image. Light brown wooden instrument consisting of curved face piece with left and right glass lenses. This is held up to the viewer's eyes using a turned wooden handle with brass hinged attachment to the base of a shaft which protrudes forward from the face piece. A bracket which is missing from this stereoscope holds the image card in place.

Historical information

Wood, brass, glass

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-43-2005.1

Item type

Material

Width

150 mm

Height or length

330 mm

Keywords

City of Subiaco

Hamilton Street, Subiaco

Year

Statement of significance

Historical significance - example of domestic entertainment of the period.
Condition: Interpretive: Provenance: Representativeness: Aesthetic: Social:

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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