Smitten with our little plastic View-Masters as kids, few of us baby boomers knew that our forebears amused themselves with their own three-dimensional gizmos. Before television, before radio, there ...

In today’s world, we seem to have moved away from what we could call traditional or old-fashioned forms of entertainment. With today’s streaming services, there is a constant flow of things to watch ...

A man with a crown of curly white hair lifts his eyes from a peculiar-looking device. “This is the Victorian sensation. This is a stereoscope. I look in here, and I see a heartbroken lady, waiting ...

If you walked into Charles Herzog’s classroom last spring, you’d have seen a peculiarly modern sight: middle schoolers all staring into virtual-reality gear. Their bodies, officially, were at Flood ...

It is quite possible that your grandparents had a 3D stereoscope tucked away in the attic or an old trunk. Today, stereoscopes and their view cards are quite collectable. On Thursday, William & Mary ...

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When I was young, our local library had a handheld stereoscope for viewing photos in 3-D. The library had a collection of photos of exotic places and tourist attractions to look at through the ...

Nothing can exceed the clearness of impression of the inscription of Bishop Kemp's Monument in the Ruins of St. Paul's which, notwithstanding its extreme minuteness, may be read with the naked eye. [P ...