Stereograph, "Morehouse's Comet," 1908
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Americans loved stereographs -- millions were made from the mid-1800s through the 1930s. A stereograph consists of two offset photos that appear to have three-dimensional depth when viewed through a stereoscope. These images entertained and educated. Stereographs could transport viewers to distant events, exotic places, and even worlds beyond, like this image of a comet first seen in 1908 and named for astronomer Daniel Morehouse.
Americans loved stereographs -- millions were made from the mid-1800s through the 1930s. A stereograph consists of two offset photos that appear to have three-dimensional depth when viewed through a stereoscope. These images entertained and educated. Stereographs could transport viewers to distant events, exotic places, and even worlds beyond, like this image of a comet first seen in 1908 and named for astronomer Daniel Morehouse.
Artifact
Stereograph
Subject Date
16 November 1908
Creators
Place of Creation
United States, Wisconsin, Williams Bay
Creator Notes
Made by the Keystone View Company. Photograph taken at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.173.11
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
front, left side: Keystone View Company / Manufacturers / COPYRIGHTED / MADE IN U.S.A. / Publishers front, top: 600 front, right side: Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus. front, bottom: 16645--Morehouse's Comet. Photographed at Yerkes Observatory.
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