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    • Author/Creator:Claymore Co. (Cedaredge, Colo.)
    • Title:The stereoscope : a hand-made replica of the famous stereoscope developed by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
    • Published/Created:Cedaredge, Colorado : Claymore Co., ca. 1980?
    • Physical Description:1 stereoscope : wood, glass, leather, and brass ; 36 x 17 x 22 cm. + 12 stereoscopic photographs
    • Yale Holdings

      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
      • Call Number: TS513 .C53 Flat A
      • Status:Not Checked Out
      • Notes: Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
       
    • Notes:"Enjoy the fascination and excitement of viewing old time, classic pictures in almost magical depth, dimension and detail ... Hand-finished wood, precision optics, focus adjusting slide, decorative wood stand, folder on the history and use of the stereoscope."--Box top.
      "Model 2900 [i.e. 1897?] stereoscope ... including decorative wooden stand and set of 12 sample historical view cards."--Box side.
      "In about 1861, Joseph L. Bates built the now familiar Holmes Viewer at the request of his friend, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes had designed a viewer for cards that was much easier to use than the older style stereoscope."--Information sheet.
    • Access and use:Restricted fragile material. Use requires permission of the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
    • Format:Visual Material
    • Subjects:Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894.
      Bates, Joseph L., 1806 or 7-1886.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1980.
    • Genre/Form:Optical instruments.
      Stereoscopes.
      Stereoscopic photographs.
      Stereographs.