We owe our love of handheld three-dimensional color slides to a photographer with a wild idea. In 1938, cameraman William Gruber was taking photographs of the Oregon Caves National Monument through two cameras strapped together. The idea? To produce new 3-D color slides for stereoscopes common in most 19th century drawing rooms. A chance encounter at the caves with Harold Graves, president of Sawyer's Photographic Services, led the two to strike a deal. Together, they would produce the View-Master, a new way of viewing tourist attractions in America. The famous red device made its big debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair and was sold through specialty photography stores until Graves and Gruber scored a major licensing agreement with Disney to offer 3-D images of Disney films, TV shows and theme parks. From that point on , the View-Master became a beloved classic.

Source - TIME on CNN

Above photo - "Chilling with my blog administrator." ;)

 If you desire to see this Stereo card in three "D" you can cross your eyes really hard, (They wont actually get stuck that way.) then after a moment your eyes will see three pictures on the screen and it's the image in the middle which you view in three "D".

Get it?

*****

 This card is reads as follows - (On the front)

Sold only by Berry Kelley & Chadwick

Office; Philadelphia .Studio

Berry, Kelly & Chadwick Publishers. Philadelphia .U.S.A.

(15) The Lower Pool, Where Solomon Was Annoited (missspelling)King, and

the Market of Gihon, Jerusalem, Palestine

Copyright 1903, by William H. - (I can't read the last three letters)

and on the back of the card-

The lower Pool, Where Solomon was Anointed King , and the Market of Gihon.

The so called pools of Solomon are three in number and are situated in a small valley which descends abruptly towards the east. The lower pool is the finest of the three. It is 194 yards long, 49 yards wide at one end and about 69 yards wide at the other, and averages about 45 feet in depth. It is partly hewn out of the rock and partially lined with masonry. Stairs are supported by numerous buttresses. The pools are, therefore, great reservoirs. From the lower end of the lower pool, as may be noticed in our stereographing, issues an aqueduct which was once connected with another coming directly from the fountain, and which wound along the hillside by Bethlehem to the city of Jerusalem. These pools , especially the lower, are well calculated to give us a high idea of the engineering skill of the ancient people of Jerusalem, whether or no(t) the pools actually date back to the time of Solomon. Our view also presents a not uncommon sight in the Holy land of a market or more properly what we would call a fair. The excellent water supply of the surrounding country makes this one the available spots for such a congregation.

 If you desire to see this in three "D" you can cross your eyes really hard (They wont actually get stuck that way.) then after a moment your eyes will see three pictures on the screen and it's the image in the middle which you view in three "D".

Get it?

*****

H.C. White CO., Chicago, NEWYORK, London, Gen'l office and works, North Bennington, Vt, U.S. A.

The "PERFEC" STEREOGRAPH, (Trade Mark,)

EDITION de LUXE Patented April 14, 1903

5214 Captured at last.

Copyright 1902 By H.C. White 00.

Dear blogger buddies, I'm delighted to share my personal collection of stereo cards with you. Actually I'm pretty excited about it and particularly because I learned how to scan photos last week ! Yeah me!!

I haven't learned how to make the cards "wiggle" yet. When I learn to animate them you will see the left side over-layed on the top of the right side thus mimicking the three "D" effect. If you desire to see this in three "D" you can cross your eyes really hard (They wont actually get stuck that way.) then after a moment your eyes will see three pictures on the screen and it's the image in the middle which you view in three "D". Get it?

(This card was manufacture by H.C. White. Co. Chicago, NEWYORK, London Gen'l Office and Works , North Bennington, Vt., U.S.A.)

The "Perfec" Stereograph, (Trademark.) Edition de LUXE Patented April 14 1903

This card is titled-

5202 Venus Junior after the bath. Copyright 1901 by H.C. White co.