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2050
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Title: Collection of Stereoscopic Views,
Date (inclusive): 1850-1920
Collection number: 2050
Extent: 11 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Stereograph images were most commonly made by using the stereo camera, a machine that took two simultaneous images of the
same subject through two lenses placed side by side. By the mid-1850s, collecting and viewing stereographs was very popular.
The collection consists primarily of American stereographs by numerous photographers and publishers and several stereofilms
of various European locations.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Collection of Stereoscopic Views (Collection 2050). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Stereograph images were most commonly made by using the stereo camera, a machine that took two simultaneous images of the
same subject through two lenses placed side by side; by the mid-1850s, collecting and viewing stereographs was very popular;
when properly viewed, stereographs give the sense of a three dimensional scene.
Collection consists primarily of American stereographs. The collection includes stereoscopic views by numerous photographers
and publishers. Also includes several stereofilms of various European locations.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Stereoscopic views.
Stereographs.
Stereoscopic photographs.