Stereoscope viewer (a.k.a. Stereopticon viewer) 1901

2000.63.490

Stereoscope viewer (a.k.a. Stereopticon viewer) 1901

Stereoscope viewer (a.k.a. Stereopticon viewer). This wood and aluminum viewer with two magnifying-glass lenses is a 1901 Underwood & Underwood stereoscope hand-held stereoview card viewer. "Man'f'd by Underwood & Underwood New York; Patented June 11, 1901 Foreign Patents Applied for" stamped into metal base. Stamped into brass flange of wood handle: "Patd June 14, 1881 (or 1891)". Stamped into the metal bracket on the slide mechanism: "Pat June 18, 1907". With a stereoviewing card inserted, images appeared three dimensional. (See 2000.63.491, the stereo viewing cards used with this device.) Stereoscope viewer was given to donor by Addie Stanley Duren, Ron Mountain's aunt, who lived in the house before it became Ron Mountain's property.