Stereograph, "The Planet Mars," 1909
THF285369 / Stereograph, "The Planet Mars," 1909
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Artifact Overview
Americans loved stereographs -- millions were made from the mid-1800s through the 1930s. A stereograph consists of two offset photos that appear to have three-dimensional depth when viewed through a stereoscope. These images entertained and educated. Stereographs could transport viewers to distant events, exotic places, and even worlds beyond, like this image of Mars taken through a 40-inch telescope at the Yerkes Observatory.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Stereograph
Subject Date
28 September 1909
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Made by the Keystone View Company. Photograph taken by Edward Emerson Barnard at the Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
92.0.173.7
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 7 in
Inscriptions
front, left side:
Keystone View Company / Manufacturers / COPYRIGHTED / MADE IN U.S.A. / Publishers
front, top:
596
front, right side:
Meadville, Pa., New York, N.Y., Portland, Oregon, London, Eng., Sydney, Aus.
front, bottom:
16766--The Planet Mars. Copyright Yerkes Observatory.
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