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- U.S. Postage Stamps Issued for Christmas 1966 -
- 1966
- Collections - Artifact
U.S. Postage Stamps Issued for Christmas 1966
- Megalethoscope Slide, "Hall of Titian's Assumption in the Academy of Fine Arts" - Invented by Carlo Ponti in the early 1860s, a megalethoscope is a device used to view a translucent, multilayered photograph. By opening or closing various panels, a person saw the image change. When lit from behind, pinpricks and paint or colored tissue applied to the back or a secondary layer of the photograph transform the scene to reveal hidden images and create an illusion of nighttime.
- Collections - Artifact
Megalethoscope Slide, "Hall of Titian's Assumption in the Academy of Fine Arts"
Invented by Carlo Ponti in the early 1860s, a megalethoscope is a device used to view a translucent, multilayered photograph. By opening or closing various panels, a person saw the image change. When lit from behind, pinpricks and paint or colored tissue applied to the back or a secondary layer of the photograph transform the scene to reveal hidden images and create an illusion of nighttime.
- Christmas Card, "Enchanted Forest," 1955 - Tyrus Wong (1910-2016) came to America from China with his father in 1919. Wong studied to become an artist and worked in a variety of media. He worked briefly for Disney, creating the now-famous atmospheric backgrounds for <em>Bambi</em>. Later, Wong worked as a production illustrator for Warner Brothers. In the 1950s, he began designing Christmas cards. Ever-creative, Wong made kites in retirement.
- 1955
- Collections - Artifact
Christmas Card, "Enchanted Forest," 1955
Tyrus Wong (1910-2016) came to America from China with his father in 1919. Wong studied to become an artist and worked in a variety of media. He worked briefly for Disney, creating the now-famous atmospheric backgrounds for Bambi. Later, Wong worked as a production illustrator for Warner Brothers. In the 1950s, he began designing Christmas cards. Ever-creative, Wong made kites in retirement.