A taste of the late '40s through the early '60s found in amateur stereo slides
hy-Mark- This slide was with some others Our second view shows a group Gathering with Family from an Oregon photographer, but of people enjoying themselves at unfortunately it is completely an interesting semi-circular bar and Friends unlabeled and unidentified. It is in with a matching semi-circular for- e begin this issue with a fun an older-style (gray with red edges) mation extending down from the shot of a family picnic Kodachrome cardboard mount. ceiling. Everyone in the scene wunder a tree at the park. Except for the sunny end of the seems to be smiling and in good With their classic '50s cars in the table in the foreground, most of spirits, but the bartender with his background, this group has man- this view was drastically underex- little bow tie is the one who really aged to fill the table with quite a posed, and one chip was darker makes me laugh! He couldn't spread! Actually, I wish I could see than the other, but it seemed to appear any more cheerful if he more of their cars, perhaps with have enough potential to warrant wanted to, and seems to be saying some close-up stereo shots! No some extensive Photoshop work "I'm completely at your service! such luck though. for reproduction here. What can I get for you this evening?" Although this slide is by a differ- ent photographer than the first one, it is also in an unlabeled older-style (gray with red edges) Kodachrome cardboard mount. Other slides from this same pho- tographer show dates from 1952 into the later '50s, and most of his slides were apparently shot near where he lived and worked, in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. r30
is column combines a love of stereo 7"photography with a fondness for 1950s-era stylinq,- desiqn- and decor by shoring amoteur stereo slides shot in the "golden age" of the Stereo Realist-the late 1940s through the early 1960s. From clothinq and hairstyles to home decor to,modes of bonsportation, these frozen moment s of time shc IW what things were really like in the middl1 of the twerttieth century. If you'\te found a cl assic '50s-enn slide . .. that you would like to share through th~s column, please send it to: Fifties Flavored Finds, 5610 SE 71st, Portland, OR 97206. As space allows, we will select a couple of images to reproduce in each issue. This is not a contest-just o place to share and enjoy. Please limit your submission to a single slide. If the subject, date, locotion, photographer or other details are known, please send that along too, but we71 understand if it's not ovailable. Please include return postage with your slide. Slides will be returned within 6 to 14 weeks, ond while we'll treat your slide as carefully as our own, Stereo World and the NSA assume no responsib~lityfor its safety.
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Portland NSA, where the need for more PR OR 97286 efforts is a frequent matter of dis- a year from: 2 Volume 30, Number 3 STEREOWORLD Into ~Cpth I review by John Dennis ilms that don't start out in 3-D The film was initially presented but end up that way are becom- as a 63 minute program in 1998. Fing less unusual, thanks to For the 2004 DVD release it was things like lMAX computer tech- expanded and re-edited to 80 min- nology that has transformed the utes. The DVD includes an extra CGI files of some movies into hour of bonus footage featuring impressive large format 3-D pro- outtakes with the filmmakers and ductions. But to find 3-D in a live unique interviews with Chicago action, 2-D documentary made up River personalities who helped in entirely of interviews with movie the production of the film. But the directors required a true leap of real surprise on the DVD is the Pul- imagination. frich 3-D element. interviews with various directors. Clricqpo Filmmakers on the Chica- Producer/Director D.P. Carlson Those with 3-D potential have go River, produced and directed by noticed during the editing process glasses symbols indicating whether D.P. Carlson, is a series of inter- the potential of viewing much of the dark lens should be over the views with both Hollywood and the footage in Pulfrich 3-Dl as the left or right eye, depending of the independent filmmakers who have almost constantly moving riverside direction of movement. Except for lived and/or worked in Chicago. passed behind the subjects in the carefully controlled animation, All the interviews were conducted boats. To take advantage of this for some of the best ever examples of along or on the river using a vari- the DVD, an icon in the opening Pulfrich 3-D have been accidental ety of boats moving slowly down menu leads to an explanation of and this DVD offers, to those will- the famous waterway, exploring the Pulfrich process and the use of ing to search, some true gems of the downtown, north and south the included glasses, along with stereodipity. While some shots branches. While the soundtrack the observation that the film isn't involve only the two planes of captures the directors talking about in true 3-D, but that sections can boat and shore, others provide sur- their work, their theories of cine- be viewed with some of that effect. prisingly complex 3-D images of ma, and their memories of Chica- Viewers are advised to first watch passing industrial scenes or trees go, the images are dominated by the film normally, then go back to and brush crowding the banks. the passing river banks in the various segments to try the 3-D If you're not a film fanatic, the background that evolve from option. added 3-D element may not be urban to industrial to wooded On the menu are boat icons rep- enough to make this DVD tempt- areas. resenting the actual boats used for ing. But if you are, the impressive list of directors makes it a unique documentary. Among the names Director Haskell Wexler in one of the stereo pair stills from the DVD issue of Chicago Film- are John Landis, Michael Mann, makers on the Chicago River. o 2004 Fdm Foetus, /nc. --.. .-.--..-. "..-- "'"'*- -- Harold Ramis, Haskell Wexler, and a host of others. One of these is film critic Roger Ebert, known for his disdain of nearly anything 3-Dl now actuallv in a quasi 3-D movie (although ksinterhew is a non- floating segment). One of the "extras" on the DVD is a gallery of several cross-viewing stereo pair production stills which includes two stereos of Ebert and two of the late Gene Siskel. Chicago Filmmakers on the Clrica- go River is $15.00 from Film Foetus Inc., 4043 N. Kenneth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60641. See www.filmfoetus.com for ordering information and details. r3~ Volume 30, Number 3 SlEREOWDRLD STEREO WORLD Volume 30, Number 3 3 Before1 t lie a croes cold.. . Stereographers Victorian esearch that early photographer In eighteenth Century Europe now!" said Norman Thorpe in "taking the waters" was a fashion- (%Stereo World Vol. 24 No. 1, able pastime for those with money advising us all to search out infor- and time to devote to their health. mation on early photographers The "spa" towns (named after Spa before the information and clues in Belgium, which was famous for on their work disappears. Inspired its "curative" waters) became pop- by this comment I set out to piece ular destinations in England dur- together a simple history of the ing the 17th, 18th and 19th cen- first stereographers active in my turies. The wealthier classes home area-around Matlock in patronized such towns as Bath, Derbyshire, England. In the Harrogate, Buxton and Chel- process I not only learned about tenham, to drink and bathe in the these early photographers, but also local spring waters. Around this discovered much about local supposedly healthy activity history. became woven a complex web of socializing and travel...... For a time a little group of ham- ]ohn Latham, "Chee Dale. " The Peak District has two distinct zones - the White Peak and the Dark Peak. The White Peak is a limestone area characterized by steep sided, lets in Derbyshire known collec- sometimes dry, old valleys such as Dovedale and Chee Dale, overlooked by craggy tively as Matlock joined this privi- outcrops. ,(IIIRIIIPll-r'...-,*- 4 Volume 30, Number 3 SlXXEOWfNZZD Matlock byThe John Stereoscopic Bradley, SocietyHonorary Curator, leged group of favored destinations was hotter than Matlock's, there for the rich. This part of Der- was general agreement that Mat- byshire, in the very center of Eng- lock offered the more beautiful sur- land, was already recognized as an roundings. Sadly, although there area of great natural beauty. When was considerable development a local gentleman decided to over the years, Matlock Bath was exploit the warm water, which overtaken by Buxton, particularly gushes to the surface at several after the Duke of Devonshire fund- thermal springs, there became ed an ambitious building program, even more reason to include the which saw Buxton rebuilt with area on a "Tour of the North". Vis- great style and expense. Matlock itors would soak themselves in the moved "downmarket" attracting warm water baths, as well as drink- the middle rather than upper class- ing the spring water. The part of es, and subsequently with the Matlock that developed as a spa arrival of the railway in 1849, it eventually became known as Mat- also became a destination for the lock Bath, and for a time was more "day-tripper". popular than Ruxton-now its bet- tecknown neighbor 30 miles to ]ohn Latham No 171, "Haddon Hall. " A few miles outside of Matlock, Haddon Hall the North. While Ruxton's water has always been part of the local tourist route. The simple bare medieval building is a stark contrast to the ornate decoration of its neighbor Chatsworth House. SEREOWDRLD Volume 30, Number 3 5 Much remains of Georgian and john Latham No 578, "View in Dovedale. " The River dove is famous for its fly-hshing, and was immortalized in lzaak Walton and Charles Cotton's book The Compleat Victorian Matlock Bath. The river Angler - or The Contemplative Man's Recreation published in 1676. Enthusiastic Derwent cuts a steep narrow gorge anglers could stock up in the shop of photographer john Clark, who also sold fishing through the local limestone and rods and permits. creates a dramatic and beautiful ...... landscapel which was rather fami- is one of exceptional natural beau- the industry that grew up to meet and ty. The picturesque valleys- the needs of 19th century visitors Mary Shelley to that of Switzer- Dovedale, Lathkill Dale; numerous was that of the professional pho- land. Here for about two miles, spectacular caves; and the famous tographer. The first recorded pho- where the road joins the river, a stately homes of Chatsworth tographer in Matlock was James and House and Haddon Hall are within McMunn, a traveling portrait artist grew with large a few miles, and the whole area is who erected a tent in a field by the able homes being built on the hill- now part of the peak ~i~~~i~~river in 1856. Over the following sides behind. The surrounding area ~~~i~~~lpark. onesmall part of years Matlock supported a number of commercial studios, including ...... four resident stereographers. john Latham No 612, "High Tor Matlock." Looking back towards Matlock Bath and Although not originally a stereo- the steep crags of High Tor. Today the visitor has the choice of scaling the local cliffs card collector, I had always picked on foot, by cable car, or for the really adventurous - straight up the rock face with crampons and ropes. 6 Volume 30, Number 3 S'JEEOWDRZD john Latham, "The Woodland Beau- ty. " This was one of a series of artis- tic still life images that Latham sub- mitted to the British journal of Pho- 1001 tography and The Art Review in By Jol 7 866. " TI le JVioodl~lt(l Beut(ty fonnc; n splc t of vnt, c.oll1po"t ion, consi STEREO WORLD Volume 30, Number 3 7 john Clark, "Matlock Bath." This viewpoint has been one of the most popular for printing." Certainly Latham seems stereographers of Matlock. The buildings in the center of the scene are tourist shops to have been happy enough with and "museums" which sold carved Derbyshire Blue john (fluorspar). Both john Clark the comparison, since he later and john Latham had studios on this street, which was the busiest tourist part of quoted it in his advertising. In town. another review in the same year ...... the editor of the RIP described his In an 1868 advertisement Lath- Latham supplied his stereoviews to image "The Woodland Beauty" am "begs to inform the Nobility, A. Marion and Son of London, with such enthusiasm-"would Clergy, Gentry, and the Public" of from where they were sold across make a pre-Raphaelite sigh for the the opening of his new portrait England. His work also appears clumsy contrivances of his art," studio at Derwent Terrace over- with the imprint of local sta- that this review was subsequently looking the river , from where he tionery wholesalers W. Remrose (of printed in full on the back of the provided a wide range of photo- Matlock and Derby), L. B. Twells card. graphic services. Like many of the (of Ashbourne), and W. Robins (of better provincial photographers, Buxton)...... Latham took part in an amusing Alfred Seaman, "Matlock Bath. " This is a typical Alfred Seaman stereo - a bustling exchange of correspondence in the street scene full of life and movement. It also has the characteristic jagged black line British ]ozrrnol of PIlotqmphy in from transposition, and a negative number at bottom right. &*S%wI" --i--ii4rr---r*.E-. -- -,. , 8 Volume 30, Number 3 SIEREOWDRZD Alfred Seaman, "Butts Pastures, Ashover. " A stereoview taken in the fields opposite the author's house. In the absence of other people Alfred has sent his wife and two stereos for review with a covering children to provide some depth. As far as I know, Alfred Seaman and I are the only letter: people ever to have taken stereo photos in our little village a few miles outside of I Gentlemen I have taken the liberty of Matlock. forwarding you a few specimens ...... obtained by the "brain developer" as 1866. There had been a long run- sir!" This prompted a spoof reply recomm~ndedby Mr. Hughes. The ning discussion on the importance from a reader who signed himself brains were added... in search ...of that of contrast, density and tonal qual- "* Zummerset Likenez Taker" ask- just representation of nature which can ity in photographs, and the best only be obtained by the reproduction on ing where was the best place to a flat surface of those nice gradations of developing techniques to achieve a this new photo- light and shade, not black and white, to these. Jabez Hughes, a prominent graphic ingredient. John Latham which the surfaces of things are indebted early London photographer joined joined in when he sent some of his for their solidity of effect. in and, (paraphrasing the painter JWN Turner) finished his contribu- tion by stating that the most Alfred Seaman, "The Fishpond Matlock Bath. " Turn of the century tourists peer in to important organic element to mix the fishpond. On the railings we can just see two coin operated machines hanging the developer with is "with brains over the pond. For a penny visitors could release a portion of fish food in to the pond and bring the occupants up to the surface to feed. I SZEREOWDRZD Volume Number 3 Alfred Seaman, "Petrifying Well Matlock. " Published by Fortescue Mann from a Sea- The addition of brains to the develop- man negative. Matlock boasted a number of "petrifying wells" such as this, where ing solution I fear will only be successful the local calcium bearing water was sprayed over a variety of objects to "petrify" in the hands of the few; for the necessary them with a calcareous coating. In this well we can see bowler hats, deer skulls and weight and quality of the indispensable antlers, a birdcage and other trinkets. ingredient, being rarely to be met with, ...... renders it unobtainable by the many. that quality are to be met with by the Unfortunately it is a substance not to be .... I John Clark- compounded by the manufacturing million. chemists, and consequently if a man can- lf you think the photographs fair sam- studio Portraits, Stereo- not contain within his cranium the real ples of the capabilities of a brain devel- graphst and Fishing Supplies genuine article why alas the developer bper (which l.have had in use for some In 1864 we find the first refer- must be mixed without it. But as years) I shall be happy to submit more of ence to John Clark, who was to be amongst photographers density is the the same quality for your critical notice. active in the area for the next 25 order of the day, I think the case is utter- Matlock Jan 30th. 1866. years. Clark was born in South ly hopeless, for heads filled with brains of Witham in Lincolnshire in 1814...... and worked during 1863 as a pho- Alfred Seaman, "The Ferry Matlock Bath. " Published by the Fine Art Photographers tographer in nearby Bakewell Publishing Company. In addition to a footbridge, visitors could cross the River Der- before moving to Matlock Bath. He went from the busy commercial side to the quieter "Lovers Walk" side by ferry. The card includes instructions for using the company's "Realisticscope". ...-.. ,-. -- .... - ...... -*-...... -...... -...... -...... -.. -. - -...... -- -..- -. .. -. .. -- -.-. ,-- -'\ Number 3 SlEREOWDIUD Alfred Seaman, self portrait. Taken in the mirror in the hallway of Smedley's Hydro- Scotland, Ireland, and the Isle of pathic Establishment Matlock. Alfred had one of his studios adjacent to Smedley's Hydro, and was resident in Smedley's establishment on the night of the 1907 census. Man. Seaman's advertising proudly seems to have shared his efforts "Family groups at their own resi- announced: "Stereoviews - 1500 between the production of stereo- dences" was advertised as one of titles - all natural subjects, no views of the local area, and studio Clarke's specialities, but he clearly made up effects". portraiture. He described himself had another sideline in angling The reason Seaman is largely in his advertising as "photographic supplies including "a good selec- unknown to collectors is that he artist and publisher of Derbyshire tion of Ogden's celebrated flies" as seldom marked his work with his views" and claimed to be "under well as rods and angling tickets for name. This annoying fact meant the patronage of their Royal High- the River Derwent, which his stu- that it took several years to con- nesses the Prince and Princess of dio overlooked. firm that he was the author of Wales, His Imperial Majesty the many hundreds of local stereo- Emperor of Brazil etc." This last Alfred Seaman- views. Confirmation was eventual- accolade, improbable as it seems, "All Natural Subjects, ly achieved after interviews with turns out to be true since Clark No Made Up Effects" members of his extended family, photographed the Emperor when Alfred Seaman is an unrecog- two of whom still work in the he stayed at the New Bath Hotel in nized hero of late nineteenth and photographic trade. Helpfully, a Matlock in 1871. early twentieth century British large personal collection of his Clark worked from South stereography. He was active in the stereo work was found in the keep- Parade, Matlock Bath, at premises region between 1881 and his death ing of a local lady who had been where his wife Ann also ran a lodg- in 1910 and for much of this time given it as a small child. She was ing house. We must judge him to had one or two studios in Matlock. told that it had come down direct- be one of the more successful of He made his fortune from studio ly from the photographer himself. local photographers, on the basis portraiture, but his love was stere- The collection was all well labeled of his long established business, ography. His empire of photo- with his name, and included a but perhaps it was his wife's "bed graphic studios began a few miles stereo self-portrait of Alfred and and breakfast" trade that kept away in Chesterfield and eventual- his stereo camera. From this it has them going through difficult ly spread across the Midlands and been possible to cross-reference times. As we know, the role of North of England. His stereo work between labeled and unlabeled women in photography at this began with views of the areas cards, and match sequences of time is considerably underestimat- around his studios, giving us negative numbers. ed. In the 1881 census 256 women extensive coverage of Matlock, Seaman's composition and style in England gave "photographer" as Chesterfield, Sheffield, Leeds and are quite distinctive. A single their profession , but we can be the East Coast resorts. Later when gelatin print provides left and right sure that most of these small he became active in the Photo- views, with a jagged black line provincial studios were in fact fam- graphic Convention of the United (from the process of transposition) ily enterprises, with husband, wife Kingdom (PCUK) he used their between the two. Card stock is and children all contributing to annual events to extend his area, usually gray or cream curved the work. giving us hundreds of views of mount. Most are numbered in the ~RE0WDRI;D Volume 30, Number 3 1 1 negative in the bottom right of the In this view of the entrance to one of the Peak District's show caves the photographer right hand print. Earlier views (probably Helmut Petschler) has left a tripod in view in the foreground. It is not clear if the tripod is supporting another camera, or a small dark tent. have a hand written title at the right, while some later ones are 1886 he was an inaugural member microfilm copy of the local census typewritten. His photographs are of the Council, serving alongside for the second half of the 19th cen- often lively bustling street scenes, such luminaries as William Eng- tury. The census is conducted packed with activity. land and Richard Keene. every ten years, but information is Seaman was a photographer of only made publicly available for some standing in his day. Not only The Census-a Rich data 100 years old. Consequently was his chain of portrait studios Resource for Research we currently have access to the very profitable, but he was also an Students of local history in Eng- 1841-1901 data. The census gives a award winning stereographer. land are fortunate to have avail- household-by-household record of When the PCUK was founded in able in most public libraries a all residents, together with details I I of their professi&, date and place Manchester Photographic Company No 7 057, "Matlock Bath and Heights of Abra- of birth and marital status. 1n a ham" (probobly photographed by Helmut Petschler). The same street scene as cap- town the size of Matlock it is rea- tured by Alfred Seaman but what a difference. In keeping with the artistic ethic of the sonably easy to scan though the early 78605, and somewhat limited by his technology, Petschler has chosen to photo- pages and find all those who list graph the street first thing in the morning before it becomes busy. 1 2 Volume 30, Number 3 SlEREOWDKLn Helmut Petschler No. 64, "Matlock Bath Derbyshire" In later years the small shop in Photographic company^, was an the foreground was used as a photographers studio...... important and successful operation which provided extensive early themselves as "photographer", Visiting Photographers coverage of the North and Mid- "photo-artist" or "photographer's In addition to its own resident lands. assistant". One is also able to photographers, Victorian Matlock William Woodward was a simi- locate the home of known early attracted a number of eminent larly successful photographer from photographers, and in some cases photographers from elsewhere in Nottingham who regularly made discover that other later operators the country, keen to exploit the the short trip to the district in the were their children or relatives. market for scenic photographs. 1850s to add to his extensive cata- The recent launch of the 1901 cen- In the late 1850s and early 1860s log of "Views of the Midland sus on-line has made research for Helmut Petschler visited the area Counties". Styling himself "W. this period even easier. For more from his Manchester base and Woodward - Photographic information go to www.OPCS.nov.uk . recorded most of the local tourist Chemist", he sold his stereoscopic At least seven other resident pro- sights in a series of stereocards and views at 15s per dozen by post to fessional photographers operated scenic cartes de visite. His studio, subscribers who were promised, in the Victorian era in Matlock but later operated as "The Manchester "new views issued twice a month". only one of them, John Hilder, published any stereoviews...... "The Lovers, Dovedale. " A lovely tinted view, possibly by Poulton. Dovedale is still one of the most popular scenic walks for visitors to the area. STEREO WORLD Volume 30, Number 3 13 No doubt this promise kept him ]ohn Warwick, "Matlock Bath Church from the grounds of Charles Clarke, Esq. " Richard Keene, who ran a "Fine Arts Repository" in Derby and john Warwick, who and his assistants very busy. worked for the Midland Railway, shared an early enthusiasm for photography. They The celebrated Derby photogra- collaborated on a series of "Derbyshire Stereographs", from which this is No. 18. pher and publisher Richard Keene photographed the area in collabo- the dark tent, dipping baths, bot- views, particularly as practiced in ration with his friend and stereog- tles of chemicals etc." The pair America, even saw the copying of rapher John Warwick. Keene and made several more such expedi- views of Matlock for the USA mar- Warwick undertook their famous tions and the resulting photo- ket. It seems unlikely many Ameri- first "Derbyshire ramble" in July graphs together with a wide selec- cans would have heard of this little 1858, taking a series of stereos of tion of viewers were later sold settlement, and even those who the local scenery. They subsequent- from Keene's "Fine Art Repository" had would have been unlikely to ly wrote an account of this early in Derby. recognize it from these woeful photo-tour in which Keene com- copies. plained that "the wet plate Pirated Copies involved much trouble and labour The extensive trade in unli- Other Useful Sources for the for outdoor work in carrying about censed or "pirated" copies of Aspiring Photo-Historian I I Trade directories are an invalu- ...... able resource giving listings of "View of Matlock from the River" Unknown photographer. A stunning image taken trades people in a town or county. from the river's edge, where boats are still hired out today. +,.",,u.rrrrm.-."-r mmr I.-...... "...- ...*. -.....=,. c.,.', ---,-w-..,,.-" .. ..* ...-...'..+-.--.q...-.- 14 Volume 30, Number 3 SZEREOWDRLD "Lion's Head Dovedale". The unknown photographer has posed his companions in erate new information and con- the foreground of this striking photograph, with the river and Lions Head Rack behind. We can just see his dark tent at the left hand edge of the right hand image. tacts from others who read about ...... your interest. One of Alfred Sea- man's great grandchildren saw my It is worth checking under titles dence with Bpfrom a quote print- such as "photo-artist" or "photo- ed on the back of one of his views. article on him and provided me graphic chemist", as well as the For another (Alfred Seaman) I with a complete family tree. more obvious "photographer". found he had been on the Council So what of Norman Thorpe's Many early photographers still of the Photographic Convention of advice to get out and research- only listed themselves as "artist". the United Kingdom. Their annual has my effort been worthwhile? I Once found you can look at the conferences were well reported, have met many interesting and rest of the photographer's house- and included a conference photo. knowledgeable local people, hold and identify others working Without a lead such as this, expect learned a lot about the Victorian as assistants and apprentices. to do a lot of reading. photographic trade, and above all Old newspapers are useful but Local Historians are a splendid put my collection in to some sort time consuming. Typically these resource, and if you have local of context. I have published arti- are available on microfilm or fiche. views in your collection you will cles on my researches in a local While advertisements are relatively be able to repay their kindness and magazine, which in turn generated easily trawled, it can mean support by giving them access. In phone calls from people with more painstaking work to read through my case our energetic local histori- information or photographs to for any editorial material relating an Doreen Buxton was amazed to share with me. I have enlarged my to a photographer. If dates of find in my collection a source of local stereocard collection to more death are known it is possible to several hundred early views of the than 1600 images-something that find useful obituaries. area. For her part she gave me the is viewed as a mixed blessing by Photographic Journals are a fas- historical context for my research, my long-suffering family. During cinating way to learn about the as well as linking me in with a net- my researches in the local history world of early photography. In work of other useful people. library and archive I have England the Rritis/l Iozrrnal of Pho- Relatives of the photographer unearthed several stereoscopic to'yraphy runs from 1854, and pro- may still live in the area. In my gems. Most notably a large box of vides much irresistible informa- case Alfred Seaman's studio in some 60 cabinet sized stereos by a tion. Indeed the main problem Chesterfield continued in family Scandinavian professional photog- with these publications can be the operation until 1988 and the rapher-Hans Hansen, who moved ease with which one becomes side- widow of his grandson was eventu- to the nearby town of Ashbourne. tracked. Others such as Plioto- ally traced and interviewed. He appears to be the son of the graphic News and Plioto Notes pro- Another branch of the family con- Hans Hansen whose work was vide a more chatty coverage with a tinues to run a studio in nearby shown in a Stereo World article sev- fair mix of gossip. Searching for a Sheffield, and I was able to inter- eral years ago. His well made views reference to a small provincial view great-grandson Christopher of himself with his cameras, his operator though can be hard work. Seaman. family, local events, and his father For my research I discovered that Publish what you know by writ- in law's watchmakers workshop one of my photographers (John ing up your research in local maga- may provide material for a future Latham) had been in correspon- zines or newspapers. You will gen- piece of research! me 52BEOWoRLD Volume 30, Number 3 15 Current Information on Stereo Today David Starkman & john Dennis RBT Takes Digital Plunge fter provoking the consump- tion of untold miles of 35mm Afilm since the introduction of their first cameras in the early 1990s, RRT has new jumped into the digital world with the RBT Dl. The new rig features a synchro- The RBT D 7 extended to 170rnm nization control unit that links separation. No modification of the two standard Sony DSC-F717 cam- cameras is required and all functions eras via LANCIACC connectors. It The RBT D 7 digital stereo rig with remain accessible. includes a compact, adjustable two 5.0 Megapixel Sony DSC-F7 77 base bracket that holds both cam- cameras at 65mm lens separation. All this convenience of course eras plus the control unit, making At left is the built-in synchronizing comes at a price considerably high- control unit. operation relatively easy and ...... er than assembling your own rig avoiding the dangling wire, Rube using a control unit like Rob Goldberg look of some home-made each other. An on-camera digital Crocket's LANC Shepherd with a dual digital rigs. LED indicator reads out in real time custom mounting bracket or an The Dl will be available either what the time differences are. The existing camera bar. The challenge with or without the two Sony cam- dual camera bracket features a vari- of getting anything like close syn- eras, for those who want to supply able 65-170mm stereo base mecha- chronization from a pair of digital their own. With the cameras, the nism using telescoping rods for cameras left the field largely to Dl constitutes a ready to use, high maximum stability and vertical, experimenters with the required end digital stereo rig with cameras horizontal and rotational adjust- skill, knowledge and time until matched to the controller for ment plus a tripod socket. these control units came along. synch to within 0.4 milliseconds of Now that field is open to many more people at prices below those of high end stereo film cameras. What the new RRT rig offers is tight synch built into a system 1 Does 3-D Make Us Smarter? with precision alignment for the 5.0 Megapixel Sony DSC-F717 cam- rimates from bush babies to jaw muscles might have helped to eras. Pbishops see stereoscopically: they make room for more brainpower The RBT Dl will be available have frontally directed, highly (because strong jaw muscles would in the U.S. from 3D Concepts, convergent orbits. Robert Barton, have constrained skull growth). PO Box 715, Carlisle, MA 01741, an anthropologist at Durham Uni- Dr. Barton reports that orbital www.make3Dimages.com. An updat- versity, argues in the Proceedings of convergence correlates with expan- ed version is in the works for the the Nation01 Academy of Sciences sion of visual brain structures and next generation high-end Sony Uune 15, 2004) that binocular therefore with overall brain size digital camera, the DSC-F 828. vision may be linked to the evolu- across the primate order. So better For information on the LANC tion of bigger brains. information processing might Shepherd control unit, the models The big evolutionary question is: explain the drift towards bigger of digital cameras it works with, why do humans have bigger brains. "Specific information-pro- prices and various mount bars, see brains? Anthropologists have vari- cessing benefits of increased brain www.Berezin.coml3d or ously linked bigger brains to evolu- size have been notoriously difficult www.pokescope.com or http:llpanes tionary steps such as bipedal to identify," he writes. Seeing in .sbcglobal.net/rcrock/index.html. stance, opposable thumbs, tool use stereo, perhaps linked with color and even the discovery of fire processing, might be among those (because cooking food releases benefits. those calories needed by bigger his column depends on readers for Tinformation. (We don't know everything!) brains). In March a University of Please send information or questions to David Pennsylvania team reported that Starkman, NewViews Editor, PO. Box 2368, the evolutionary accident of weak Culver City, CA 9023 1. 16 Volume 30, Number 3 SlElWOWVRLD Exposing the Inner Mummy ince July, visitors to the British SMuseum in London have had the opportunity to see the virtual unwrapping of a 3,000 year old Egyptian mummy. A 12-foot tall by 42-foot wide curved screen Silicon Graphics Inc. Reality Center" facili- ty has been installed at the muse- um and allows visitors to take part in an exploration of the mummy through SGI 3D visualization tech- nology. Visitors step into an Outside - the brightly painted, never Inside - British Museum visitors are immersive 3-D environment to see opened mummy case of Nesperen- able to see details like this in 3-0 on what lies beneath the wrappings of nub. a large screen through the assem- Nesperennub, an important priest blage of 7500 CT scans into a mas- tually explore the kind of tomb in sive data base for the newest SCI in ancient Egypt, who has been Reality Center. housed at the museum since 1899. which Nesperennub was buried The mummy is comprehensively and are then taken inside the wrappings of the mummy. They "We are excited to bring this rev- explored in stereo in its entirety. olutionary experience to the public This non-invasive technique has are also able to see Nesperennub's facial features completely recon- for the first time, and hope it will revealed intricate details about the fascinate visitors as much as it has dead man, including his age, structed to give an accurate visual image of the priest. The image fascinated us," commented Dr. lifestyle, appearance, state of John Taylor, assistant keeper, health, and how he was mummi- then morphs into a human actor and a historical reconstruction of Department of Ancient Egypt and fied. All this is revealed while the Sudan at the British Museum. "In mummy remains undisturbed and how Nesperennub would have lived is dramatized. Victorian times, Egyptian mum- completely intact. The exhibition mies were unwrapped at public is the culmination of more than Graphic details on how Nes- perennub was mummified are spectacles, which was invasive and two years' work, which involved ultimately damaging to the the mummy being CT-scanned at a shown, such as where incisions were made to remove organs - all mummy. We are gathering infor- London hospital and 3D laser- mation here without disturbing scanned in Scotland. without needing to physically remove a single piece of the car- the casing or cartonnage at all - Over 1500 scanned images of the through 3-D technology we can mummy have been reassembled tonnage case. Forensic pathologists contributed to the 20 minute expe- reveal so much more than the into a single 3-D data set that can naked eye can see." be interactively viewed and rience, detailing health problems Nesperennub suffered and consid- For more information, visit explored, using a specially devel- www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ or oped, real-time visualization appli- ering how he may have died. www.sgi.com/ . cation created by SGI Professional British actor Sir Ian McKellen nar- Services. This allowed a team of rates the entire 22 minute show. SGI and British Museum experts to embark upon a process of discov- ery by subtly adjusting numerous parameters, such as density and opacity to reveal fine details hid- 1 Vincent's Vengeance? den deep in the body. ews of a structure fire with no for the remake of Hozise of Wax The 112-seat SGI Reality Center Nserious injuries near Brisbane, were being shot-FLAT! (See immersive theater at the British Australia in mid 2004 may not at NewViews, Vol. 30 No. 1.) Museum is similar to the the NASA first seem pertinent in these pages, The irony is only made deeper Ames Research Center's Mars Cen- but this event had an element of by the fact that the the Holrse of ter installation reported in last karma (or at least poetic justice) to Wax fire scene in the 1953 Vincent issue's NewViews, and is one of 669 it. Studio Eight at Movie World on Price 3-D classic burned a hole in operating around the world the Gold Coast burned to the the roof of that film's sound stage, according to SGI. The British Muse- ground in June, forcing the actors, but it was extinguished while the um Center is powered by a 12- producers and production crew to 3-D cameras kept rolling, unlike processor SGI"' Onyx" 350 with flee the building and destroying the case of the flattened studio in three InfiniteRealityc" graphics millions of dollars worth of movie Australia. subsystems, 6GR RAM, and 1.5TB of equipment. The cause was attrib- disk space. uted to a candle being used on a Visitors wearing 3-D glasses vir- film set where some final scenes SlEREOW3RID Volume 30, Number 3 1 7 A Wild Pair n January 2, 2004, NASA's Star- way home for Earth return set for shape of the nucleus resembles a 0dust spacecraft successfully sur- January 2006. During the flyby, thick hamburger patty with a few vived flying through the coma the highest resolution images ever bites taken out", says Thomas (dust and gas cloud) surrounding taken of a comet's nucleus were Duxbury, the Stardust Project Man- comet 81P/Wild 2, captured thou- obtained and have been the sub- ager from JPL. "The surface has sig- sands of fresh cometary dust parti- ject of intense study since the flyby. nificant relief on top of this overall cles released from the surface just Two images from the flyby are shape that reflects billions of years hours before, and is now on its shown as a stereo pair. "The overall of resurfacing from crater impacts I ...... and out gassing". Comet Wild 2 is A rather hyper look at Cornet Wild 2, taken by the Stardust spacecraft on a journey about five kilometers (3.1 miles) in laraelv overshadowed in the popular press by the Mars and Saturn/Titan missions. diameter. Stardust will bring samples of comet dust back to Earth in Janu- ary 2006 to help answer funda- mental questions about the origins of the solar system. Additional information about the mission is available online at htt~://stardust.i~l.nasa.gov. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, Colorado, built and oper- ates the Stardust spacecraft. The principal investigator is astronomy professor Donald E. Brownlee of the University of Washington, Seattle. Santa vs. the Snowman DVD ue on October 12th from Uni- The DVD will feature both 2-D Explore Dversal is the unusual CG ani- and 3-D versions and includes four mated family adventure Santa Vs. pairs of 3-D Glasses, a removable the Snowman 30. The film features 3-D lenticular packaging and the the World the voices of Ben Stein, Jonathan obligatory filmographies, produc- Winters and Victoria Jackson. It tion notes, outtakes and bonus of had been released by IMAX as a trailers. The DVD and VHS versions 3-D large format film for the 2002 will have a suggested retail price of 3-D Imaging, holiday season and also played for $14.98. Reportedly, Dan Symmes the 2003 holiday season and has did the anaglyph conversion, so Past 8 Present, grossed $10,678,633 in worldwide look for red-right on the in box office. (See SW Vol. 29 No. 2, 3-D glasses. me page 18.) Only $32a year from NATIONAL ~=";TEREOSCOPIC Lz ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 86708 Portland, OR 97286 18 volume 30, Number 3 ~?U*,RW) Depths Revealed he opportunity to see stereos Henri Lartigue", SW Vol. 13 No. 4, everything from family life to early by the great French photogra- page 38.) aviation experiments in the early Tpher Jacques Henri Lartigue This oversight has been correct- years of the 20th century-the life (1894-1986)has generally been ed to an encouraging degree with of the rich and famous in belle limited to gallery exhibitions and the publication of Hidden Depths, a epoque France, the dawn of the the catalogs produced for them. A collection of 100 Lartigue views automobile, the glamour of the recent example was the show at edited by Bill Hibbert and pub- stage or a day at the races, the first the The Samuel P. Harn Museum lished by Design for Life. The winter sports, etc. Included are of Art in Gainesville, Florida, images are reproduced on card many of his most famous images where 12 Lartigue views could be stock designed for a Brewster style such as Gabriel Voisin's first flight, seen in rotary viewers surrounded stereoscope included with the set. his cousin Bichonnade jumping by 40 of his flat photographs. Accompanying the photographs down the steps of his father's But Lartigue produced about are quotations from Lartigue's house, and the elegant ladies walk- 5,000 stereographs-very few of memoirs, a short commentary giv- ing in the Bois de Houlogne. which have been reproduced as ing the context of each image, and Hidden Depths has been pro- full stereo pairs in the numerous a 32-page book explaining the sig- duced in a limited edition of 2,000 articles and monographs covering nificance of the stereos in Lar- numbered copies. The card set, the work of a man described as a tigue's work. (All text is in viewer and book are £42.99 (about "brilliant amateur intent on cap- English.) $78 US) and the cards plus book turing every glittering instant of a According to the publisher, without the viewer are £34.99 glamorous life" and whose "finest many of these images have previ- (about $64 US). For illustrated photographs are iconic images." ously been seen in stereo only by details about the set and full order- (See "The Third Eye of Jacques- Lartigue and his immediate family. ing information please visit They imaginatively document http:llwww.desi~nforlife.com. PSQ - ...... Bichonnade Flies! This view shows Lartigue's cousin Bichonnade jumping from the steps of his house at rue Cor- tambert in Paris. Taken in 1905 when Lartigue was just eleven years old, it shows the vitali- ty and joy that were to characterize his work throughout a very long life. The image has -, been published many '3 "'7 times before, but only s, very rarely in stereo. ... h ...... ' "%i .=*'!ti- ...... Caby Deslys in Bouclette, Cafe de Paris, 1918. Gaby Deslys was a noted singer and dancer of I the period. She also toured in England and the USA, starring in shows in which A1 101- son and Mae West played secondary roles. The elegant man wait- ing in the wings is Lar- tigue's brother Mau- rice, nicknamed Zissou...... Volume 30, Number 3 .S'lEREOWDRLD .S'lEREOWDRLD Volume 30, Number 3 19 The Kodak Stereo 35 by Ray Moxom he Kodak 35mm Stereo Camera trols-shutter speed, aperture, came on the market towards frame counter and focus are all vis- Tthe end of 1954 and remained ible from the top of the camera. in production until 1959. This The Kodak Stereo is cleverly camera was by no means the first designed to cater to both the expe- stereo camera that Kodak ever rienced and novice photographer. made. Rack in 1901 Kodak released For example, the coupled front ele- the "No 2 Stereo Kodak" and con- ment focusing can be operated tinued to market stereo models of from either lens. The right lens is both Kodak and Brownie cameras calibrated in feet (or in meters for until 1925. the "Spanish" model) and has a The significance of the Kodak depth of field scale. For those not 35mm Stereo was that, unlike pre- skilled in estimating distance, the vious Kodak stereo cameras, this left lens indicates distance by pic- camera was designed for color film ture type. ie "close ups" "groups" and more importantly for Kodak, it and "scenes". was designed for Kodak The built in exposure guide to Kodachrome film. In the 1950s simplify the selection of shutter An early Kodak stereo box camera Kodak even introduced a special 20 speed and aperture is innovative, and a Kodak Hawk-Eye Stereo. stereo exposure prepaid but of little use as the calibrations Vintage stereo camera photos Kodachrome film that included are for the slow speed Kodachrome courtesy of Ralph johnston's Stereo stereo mounting in the purchase film of the 1950s. Advancing the New England Website: price. This film was known as type film cocks the shutter. Intentional http://ohsne.org/stereocameras~ K335. The then type K135 standard double exposure is possible, but 35mrn-rollfilm/35mm-rollfilm-2.html . 20 and 36 exposure films, yielding only by re-cocking the shutter with 15 and 28 stereo pairs respectively, a leaver at the bottom of the cam- When the winding knob is turned, could also be stereo mounted by era, an operation that can not be a tooth in the take up drum will Kodak for an additional cost. performed if the camera is in its engage one of the film perforations My first stereo camera was a case. The camera also needs to be locking it to the drum. The film Kodak Stereo 35. I purchased it sec- removed from its case to rewind rewind knob has a folding handle ond hand in the 1970s. While I the film. to speed up the rewind process. eventually started using an SLR The camera is of reasonably The Kodak Stereo has the old twin rig, acquired a f2.8 Realist, a durable plastic construction and is American ASA bayonet flash con- Relplasca, an RRT-X2 and more very light (630 grams compared tacts. If you intend to use an elec- recently an RRT-Sl, the Kodak with 790 grams for a f3.5 Realist). tronic flash, an ASA to PC adaptor stayed in the family and my wife It has a clear viewfinder and the is essential. Fortunately, many Nancy used it for 15 years before built in spirit level should ensure cameras come with this adaptor. A switching to an Olympus XA twin that we keep our horizons level. metal cover cap for the ASA bayo- rig. Film loading is easy-just drop the net flash connector was provided. The Kodak is probably the easi- cartridge into the film chamber, Shutter speeds are '12s to '/zoo est to use of all the Realist format extend the film over the take up sec. The lenses are f3.5 Kodak stereo cameras. Important con- drum and close the camera back. Anastons-a Cooke type triplet of reasonable quality. In the 1950s Kodak range of 35mm mono cam- The double lens cover in this photo also covers the viewfinder, ensuring that the cover eras, the lower cost Pony cameras will not be accidentally left in place when taking a photograph. - T t..--- pz- pz- 7- I,&- ...... Detail of Kodak flash contacts, level and rewind knob. -7p4 20 Volume 30, Number 3 Sl'EREOrUnRID The large diameter take up drum and the film sprockets. The shutter is cocked by the mechanical action of the film rotating the film sprockets. It might be argued that it is wrong to use the film as part of the The Kodak Stereo that Nancy and I used for many years. While showing signs of use mechanical process, however I am and probably needing a clean lube and adjust, it is still in good working order. On the not aware of any problems relating other hand, the camera used for the other photos in this article is in "as new" to this. Also in the above photo can appearance, but due to lack of use, has a sticky shutter. The old saying "use it or lose be seen a small flat spring that is ...... it" certainly applies to stereo cameras. used to keep the film in horizontal alignment, a feature I have not were also fitted with Anaston lens- model and $198 for the f2.8. noticed in other stereo cameras. es, while the more expensive So what is missing from the ...... Signet 35mm cameras had the Tes- Kodak? Well it does not have a models as do some internal items sar type Kodak Ektar lenses. It is a range finder, something that is of including the sprocket shaft assem- pity that Kodak did not offer a doubtful use on a stereo camera. bly. Kodak Stereo with the higher qual- What is missed most however, is In the mid 1950s Kodak was very ity Kodak Ektar lenses that were fit- that the Kodak does not have an committed to stereo photography ted to the first of the f2.8 Realist accessory shoe. TO overcome this with its stereo camera and special- cameras. The Kodak Anaston lens- you can either use a flash bracket ly packaged ~335film. Kodak also es have one advantage over the or epoxy an to the published a 36 page booklet titled lenses fitted to the f3.5 Realist and top of the camera. Pictzire it in Stereo which sold for 35 some other 1950s stereo cameras- An obviously different Kodak cents. the Anaston lenses do not vignette Stereo 35 camera was the "Span- Many 3-Ders are passionate at small apertures (f16 and f22). ish" model sold on the Mexican about their Kodak Stereo cameras This camera has adaptor rings market. Parts in Spanish included and mention ease of use, image for Series V filters. As the front ele- the exposure plate assembly, the quality and the spirit level in the ments of the lenses rotate when bottom panel and the left-hand viewfinder as just some of the rea- they are focused, the use of polar- cap around the lens. This model sons why they remain loyal to a izing filters is a bit awkward. Like also had metric distance markings. camera that was well designed and most 1950s cameras the shutters There were three versions of lens built to a low cost. The Kodak tend to get "sticky" and require caps. The earliest version had Stereo is one of the easiest cameras cleaning, lubrication and adjust- exposed metal rivets holding a of the '50s era to use. It is a good ment if they have not been used metal spring clip that engages the beginners camera, while experi- for some time. Also lenses may edges of the filter retainers on the enced photographers also appreci- need to be cleaned if the camera lenses. The next version has the ate its simplicity and ease of use. metal clip molded into the lens has not been stored under optimal This article was first pzrblisl~edit1 3D clean and dry conditions. cap and the third all-plastic fric- Window, the blrlletin of the Sydney, A~lrs- A case was available at an extra tion fit version had no metal tralia Stereo Camera Cllrh. Gary Meador cost of U.S. $9.50. All operations spring and does not stay on the from Odessa, Texas provided the infnrma- other than film loadlunload and camera as well as the metal clip tion on model variations atld some other intentional double exposure can be versions. The exposure plate technical details. r'rr'r performed while the camera is in assembly differs from early to later its case. Many of the Kodak Stereo ...... cameras now in use still have the Highly polished pressure plates. Later models had black pressure plates. In all the original case. As the camera body years that Nancy and I used Kodak stereo cameras, we never experienced a scratched is made of bakelite, the protection film. offered by the case is more impor- tant than with metal bodied cam- eras. When the Kodak Stereo was released in 1954 it sold for U.S. $84.50 at a time when the Realist was selling at $159 for the f3.5 Sl'EREOWORCD Volume 30, Number 3 2 1 NFLPushes High Definition Envelope by Ray Zone here's no limit to our techno- "The only way to create that next test a college football game logical imagination," says Steve much 3-D content would be to do was shot at Fresno State College "TSchklair, 3-D director of pho- live events. And live events mean using what Schklair calls the "cur- tography, producer and CEO of that you cannot shoot film and rent flavor" of HD, using 29.97 Cobalt Entertainment. Schklair is you have to shoot digitally because instead of 24p, with 30i (30 frames pushing the envelope on high def- if you're going to transmit you interlaced) and recorded to inition 3-D working with NFL have to go out with a live signal. If onboard HD cam decks. Films to build the next generation we were to shoot digitally, that At that time, Schklair was show- of stereoscopic cameras that are meant we had to reinvent 3-D." ing several digital 3-D demos of specifically designed for shooting Schklair went to work putting sports content that included live action events in real time in together a digital 3-D system. "Dig- wrestling and x-games. "One of the field. In the present instance, ital 3-D television would be a mass the groups of people I showed it's a football field. market," says Schklair. "Sports these demos to were Jon and Peter It's not Schklair's first experience always sell television. Look at the Shapiro, two brothers who have a with stereoscopic production. In sales of big screen TVs. Every Janu- company called Ideal Entertain- 1986 Schklair was producer and ary is when there is a spike in sales ment and had just made the Large director of photography on Senso- because of the Super Bowl. If sports Format film called All Access. rium, a Six Flags Corporation 3-D sell television, then 3-D sports can "The Shapiro brothers were look- film that was shot on 35mm film sell digital television." ing into the applicability of 3-D to with the alternating frame single The most immediate market for a Large Format music film which strip Arrivision 3-D camera (each 3-D content, however, is Large For- was perfect. It may have been even 2-perf frame has an aspect ratio of mat (LF) film. The 15/70 LF film better than football because musi- 2.35 to 1).Directed by Keith uses the IMAX camera and projec- cians don't move as quickly, mak- Melton, Sensorium was a unique tor with 70mm film running hori- ing them much easier to shoot. production that used 16 multiple zontally and each frame is 15 per- tracks for discrete surround sound forations wide, almost 9 times the With one camera shooting up into and extra "4-D" delights such as size of a conventional 35mm film the half-silvered mirror and the other "Scent-a-Vision" and "Bodysonic frame. "Three years ago," says shooting straight through it, the NFL seats" that vibrated. Schklair, "we made our first HD High Definition digital 3-D video rig Schklair's NFL 3-D project has been 3-D test on Large Format film." is "ready for some football. " several years in the making. "I was To make the LF test, Schklair sitting at home one night watch- worked with Paradise FX, a Los ing Monday Night Football, Angeles visual effects facility. After because I am a fan," says Schklair, shooting with two Sony CineAlta "and I was wishing that it was 24p HD camcorders that were brought to me in 3-D with digital mounted at right angles in a hous- television which was the perfect ing constructed by Paradise FX platform to do that. That's where owner Tim Thomas, the digital it all started. recordings were given additional "This was right about the time the resolution by the Efilm company FCC made their mandate for digi- and recorded out on two separate tal television. If you gathered up strips of 15/70mm film. all the content that had ever been Projected on the giant IMAX sil- created in 3-D you could fill up ver screen and viewed through about a week. And then you had polarizing glasses the digital 3-D 51 additional weeks to worry images had surprising resolution about. and sharpness. "We proved that it could work," says Schklair. For the 22 Volume 30, Number 3 STEREO WDRLD Unlike the Reality Camera Sys- tem (RCS) created by James Cameron and Vince Pace for pho- tography of Ghosts of the Abyss which used two HD cameras with a fixed interocular between the lens- es of 2% inches, Schklair's rig fea- tures variable interocular from 6 inches to almost zero with inter- locking convergence that can be adjusted on the fly while cameras are rolling. Variable interocular, however, does require the use of beam split- ters, which add to the weight and volume of the 3-D rig. "I'm a deep believer in beam splitter rigs," says Schklair. "We're presenting a 3-D image at a fixed distance to the audience so we have to control the interocular and the convergence to make it a comfortable viewing The "3ality Systems" ts I Camera rig on the field during the Superbowl pregame. experience." ...... , ...... , ...... One important factor in filming And digital still has issues with "We shot simultaneously with 3-D with variable interocular and motion artifacts so a musician both systems because I wanted to convergence changing on-the-fly standing on the stage is a lot better test the difference between the HD while cameras are rolling is speed. than athletes running around a cam and the digital recordings. "That was the thing we found out field carrying a pigskin, in terms of The footage looked great. with the early tests," says Schklair. pure 3-D. "We then went on and shot the "The rig wasn't fast enough to fol- "One day the Shapiros showed Pro Bowl in Hawaii as another test low the speed of these world class up at a demo screening with a using the first generation Thomson athletes. We were shooting in the friend of theirs, a guy by the name Viper cameras which at the time Pro Bowl and we had a guy run- of John Modell. John's father was were the only cameras giving us ning towards the camera and were Art Modell, a legend in the NFL, a 4:4:4: or full bandwidth. Thomson closing up the interocular but by team owner, first with the Cleve- had just come out with them. I the time we did that he had passed land Browns, then the Raltimore have to say the first generation the camera. So we designed a Ravens. John loved the football cameras didn't work that well for whole new system. Now we can go demo. And because John's an us. But the third generation Viper from six inches to zero interocular owner, he had the clout to secure camera has been much, much bet- in about 1.4 seconds and we have an initial deal with Cobalt, Ideal ter." no problem keeping up with the Entertainment and NFL Films. Schklair cut together a demo of action. It's fast." "So, with NFL Films we shot a the test 3-D footage using the NFL The Shapiro brothers and John first test. We used the Paradise FX Films house in New Jersey. "It was Modell formed a company called rig and put digital cameras on it. one of the best post production Down Set 3-D and with Schklair's And we shot a San Diego game. facilities I've ever set foot in," says company, Cobalt Entertainment, We shot on both HD cam and to a Schklair. "We were running two brought the 3-D films to the NFL. hard drive. It was the first hard HD cam decks in sync and cutting The three companies are all part- drive built for real time HD and it on Discreet Logic's Fire machine. ners in making the NFL 3-D films. was called the "Director's Friend." Then we would output the left and 3-D expert Peter Anderson, ASC has A group out of Germany built it right eye to tape because we had worked with Schklair throughout and it was based on DVS hard no way of syncing the tape decks. the process of building the HD 3-D drives. "We had to set all this up in the rig to give it maximum flexibility "At this point I knew a hard screening room using a silver for live action shooting. It was the drive was critical because it was screen and polarizers where they NFL camera crew that operated the the only system that would record had a number of DPr projectors. HD 3-D rig for filming of the Super dual eight, meaning 4:4/4:4 data. The bottom line was that Steve Bowl earlier this year. Even though we weren't shooting Sabol, who runs NFL Films, and the "We had our share of adventure 4:4:4, the system was engineered powers-that-be that run NFL Films in pulling the Super Bowl 3-D to record that. And they had a were knocked out by the imagery. shoot off," says Schklair. "Now, nifty console and interface for live But they were all pretty convinced hopefully, we will be shooting the action shooting, allowing it to that we would never be able to whole next season. It's a big show. record and review shots on shoot a game carrying that much We're going to build more 3-D location. cable. And they felt that the cam- rigs." em , era system had to be far lighter." SlEREOWDRLD Volume 30, Number 3 23 Evervthina in the U.S. and Canada review by John Dennis olume Two of the monumen- View-Master guides and lists as seven reels or packets issued as part tal four-volume work View- well as on the author's 52 year of NSA conventions, five of which Master Reels and Packets - A experience collecting reels and are still available. v packets. Harry Zur Kleinsmiede Canada and the Disney theme Collector's Guide by Harry Zur Kleinsmiede covers the USA and started collecting in 1952 at the parks have chapters of their own Canada with the same geographic age of five and has become a lead- (of roughly equal size), while organization and attention to ing publisher and promoter of appendices list and illustrate things detail that made Volume One View-Master reels and books like special reels, unnumbered (World Travel) so impressive. (See through his company 3-D Book packets, and the rare one or two reviews by Sheldon Aronowitz and Productions. reel packets. The only photo in the Mary Ann Sell in SW Vol. 28 No. Unlike guides organized by reel book not showing a View-Master 2, page 30.) numbers or dates, these volumes product is one of NSA member As with the first volume, this allow collectors to find reels or Charlie Van Pelt, whose four pack- 383 page book is not a price guide, packets by the location of their et set of Lewis & Clark Trail views is but a true collector's guide that subject matter. In the case of Vol- listed along with the Stereo World draws on all previously published ume Two, the largest chapter lists review of the packets by Mary Ann reels and packets by state, with Sell and a quote from Charlie individual titles easy to scan about the project. through within each state. Dates of As a reference work View-Master issue, reel and packet numbers for Reels and Packets Volume 2 would each variation of titles are listed, be worth having for its listing of along with dates of re-issue. rare or unknown titles alone. View- Nearly every page includes sam- Master collectors should be ple reel faces and/or packet covers warned-besides being very useful, of the primary types of reels listed. this book will reveal a lot of gems As in Volume One, 16 color pages you'll decide are essential to your illustrate packet covers 20 to a collection! The third volume in the page, this time from all over the series will cover "Showtime and U.S. and Canada. The introductory Education" reels and packets, while chapter covers reels and packets the fourth will be a supplement to whose subjects are found in multi- the first three, picking up reels and ple states, RP and DR reels, and information not available for the general U.S. related topics. Two first three books. @n pages in this chapter cover the 24 Volume 30, Number 3 STEREOWORLD A Rose tye on Korea review by John Dennis fected by change and Despite its flat orientation, 1904 its independence -Korea Through Australian Eyes is a challenged by Japan, which valuable and all too rare contribu- would annex Korea just a few years tion to the literature on George rolific Australian Stereographer later. The book is divided into five Rose. With any luck, it may inspire George Rose was one of the few chapters based on noted areas of a comprehensive book covering Pto pay much attention to Korea: "Seoul," "Seoul Surround- the worldwide stereography of Korea, and his work there in 1904 ings," "Chemulpo," "Busan," and George Rose (who produced an has left history a rare collection of llPyeongyang and Jinnampo." estimated 9,000 stereos) illustrated images of that society in a time of Interestingly, the first Rose image in stereo itself. Norman Thorpe's rapid transition. Forty of the in the book is the market scene informative introduction and cap- images Rose took in Korea are that appeared on the cover of SW tions provide fascinating details reproduced as stereo halves in the Vol. 28 No. 6 and as a full view on about both the stereographer and recent book 1904 - Korea Through page 30. Korea at the time. Perhaps of equal Australian Eyes. One of the book's The publishers' decision not to interest to SW readers is the back- publishers is the Australia-Korea include full stereo pairs of the ground Mr. Thorpe provides about Foundation, which sponsored a images will of course frustrate seri- the Keystone Mast Collection's 2002 exhibit of Rose's stereographs ous stereograph collectors, whether George Rose images in his contri- in Seoul and Pusan curated by NSA their interests are in Rose or Korea. bution below. members Ron Blum and Norman This omission is especially exasper- Thorpe. (See SW Vol. 28 No. 6.) ating in light of the fact that the California Museum of Enlarged to seven inches wide, pages facing the enlargements Photography's George Rose the images reveal fascinating have ample room for full pair Negatives details of Korean life at a time reproductions above or below the By Norman Thorpe when that kingdom has only KoreanIEnglish captions-most of The new book of Korean photos, recently opened to international which stand artfully alone in the 1904 - Korea Through Australian trade and technology, with its center of otherwise blank pages. Eyes, is the first book to be pub- mostly rural population still unaf- The images were printed from lished using images from George original Rose stereo negatives in Rose's century-old negatives in the the Keystone Mast Collection of California Museum of Photogra- the UCR California Museum of phy collection. Photography. Print pairs made The fact that a large body of the from the same negatives would Australian photographer's glass have required even less space than negatives are among the museum's reproducing entire George Rose holdings wasn't widely known. stereoviews including mounts. Staff at the museum knew they (One full view of Rose with his had a collection of stereo negatives wife in Australia does appear in the from Australia, but hadn't book's introduction.) (Continued on page 27) STEREOWDRLD Volume 30, Number 3 25 3-D Stereoscopic Weekend by John Waldsmith ver 100 stereoscopic enthusi- from the early 1900's through the glimpse of the unusual rock land- asts gathered for the second 1960s. It was a delightful and scape of the Vermilion Cliffs annual 3-D Stereoscopic sometimes hilarious look at cloth- Wilderness Area in Utah. In addi- weekend, May first and second, ing, fads, home decor and cars, tion to outstanding slides, Lee sponsored jointly by the Ohio especially of the 1948-1960 post- explained the difficulties in pho- Stereo Photographic Society and Realist era. The morning session tographing the picturesque forma- the National Stereoscopic Associa- concluded with an Open Projector tions, the problems getting a per- tion. The event was organized by competition with voting by the mit, and the hike. The afternoon George Themelis, NSA Eastern Mid- attendees. Everybody seemed to session concluded with "Welcome west Regional Director and John enjoy the chance to be a judge. to Eastbourne", a look at the site of Waldsmith. The activities were at The best slide award went to OSPS the upcoming ISU Congress and the Holiday Inn FairlawnIAkron member Jay Horowitz. "Welcome to Portland", a glimpse on the west side of Akron, Ohio. Following the lunch break, Jim of what awaited those who attend- The two day event started on Kunkel headed off the afternoon ed the NSA convention. Finally, H. Saturday morning with stereo pro- session with "Spring & Summer Lee Pratt presented the "PSA Stereo grams. George Themelis presented Flowers". His 2X2X2 presentation Sequence Exhibition" and invited "Welcome to Cleveland", a pro- featured an outstanding group of those in attendance to participate gram featuring scenes of Cleveland macrostereos taken with a single in the 2005 exhibition. photographed by OSPS members SLR camera, lOOmm macro lens Throughout the day, during plus vintage views from John and and a slide bar. This was followed breaks in the programs, attendees Janet Waldsmith's collection. The by Jay Horowitz's presentation could look at a variety of exhibits program gave some ideas for places "From Anaglyphs to Virtual Reali- ranging from frames of vintage to visit and photograph. This was ty" showing the use of stereo stereo views to demonstrations of followed by Al Sieg's award win- imaging at NASA's Glenn Research digital stereo. After the evening ning program "Provence", a fade Center in Cleveland. Jay led a tour dinner break, John Waldsmith pre- dissolve presentation with images for a few members who stayed sented an auction of 415 stereo- from Provence, France accompa- over on Monday through the NASA scopic items. The cataloged public nied by Provencal music. John facility. Under the direction of sale started with a large grouping LaRocque followed with "Passing", George Themelis, the programs of Tru-Vue films. Highlights a monochromatic presentation of a stayed right on schedule. Ron Fross included film #231 "Keep 'Em Fly- Toronto cemetery with an original was next with his "What do I ing" that brought $9.50. (There soundtrack by Brian Di Giuseppc. Photograph", an illustrated stereo was no buyer's premium charged): Matt Tatham, also of Toronto, pre- biography in stereo slide format. #516 "Mount Wilson" sold for sented "From Above", a program Ron is a regular contributor to the $7.50: #I201 "Golden Gate Expo- of unusual images all taken with a OSPS and PSA slide competitions 1" at $12.50 and a Tru-Vue viewer bird's-eye perspective looking and he had selected a wide variety also was bid to $12.50. This was down. This was followed by Joe of slides for his program. This was followed by a large grouping of Hohmann's "The Way We Were", followed by H. Lee Pratt and his View-Master reels including a featuring everyday people shots "The Waves at Coyote Buttes", a number of like-new gold centered reels in gold foil envelopes. There Stereo enthusiasts enjoyed a full day of 3-D projection at the NSA Eastern Midwest was spirited bidding from absentee Regional 30 Stereoscopic Weekend, May lst, 2004. Photo by )oe Hamblin bidders and from the auction floor. Reels #68 "Hawaiian Flowers" & #79 "Natural Bridge" sold for $12.50 each. Reels #I29 "Yellow- stone National Park" and #220 "Homes of Hollywood Stars" brought $20.00 each. This was followed by a large grouping of early hand-lettered buff reels. Spirited bidding saw the reels #56 and 57 "Golden Gate International Expo" sell at $45.00 each, while #I71 "McKee Jungle Gardens" had active bidding to $20.00. The View-Master section 26 Volume 30, Number 3 lrrmRZ0WY)RLn finished with standard white reels sold at $10.00: a lot of 5 Germany ing off the auction was a grouping including a grouping of "SP" prefix and another lot of 3 Holland sold of stereo equipment and miscella- reels and special issue reels fol- for $17.50 each. Topping the bids neous 3-D items. Highlight was a lowed by 3-reel packets. Highlights of stereo views was a nice view by TDC 116 Stereo Vivid Projector for include the "VM & Tru-Vue Collec- Jack Hitlers from the Powell Survey $205.00. tor's Reel" for $17.50: and packet of an Indian warrior and wife that Sunday was the Photographic A074 "Montreal Expo 67" also for sold for $165.00. This was shortly Show featuring dealers at thirty- $17.50. A lot of 2 "Carlsbad Cav- followed by a view of the Jewish four tables filled with a wide vari- ern" packets reached $17.50 and Market in Warsaw, Poland that ety of photographic items. The A830 "Car & Carriage Caravan" reached $17.50. There was active show naturally was heavily repre- sold for $25.00. A View-Master bidding for a lot of seven early sented by stereoscopic items and wood Nega File box brought views of Niagara by Edward Antho- dealers reported brisk sales to an $35.00. ny that stopped at $50.00. Another enthusiastic group of customers Highlights of the vintage stereo nice lot was a group of nineteen including the general public. views section include Pond #659 of Panama Canal including construc- Themelis and Waldsmith report the Mammoth Trees of California tion by Keystone that seemed a they will be working on the third for $22.50: a lot of 6 Kilburn views bargain at $35.00. Top view in the annual event which will be at a of Children at $15.00: a view of railroads was an Anthony view, location to be announced on the Fort Putnam, SC at the close of the "Used Up", of an 1850s locomotive weekend of April 30 and May 1, Civil War from a negative by Rrady in disrepair at the Springfield, MA 2005. A few copies of the auction brought $70.00: a remounted railroad shops, c. 1870. It brought catalog with prices realized are Anthony view of Lincoln's funeral $50.00. A lot of thirty-eight World available for $5.00 postpaid from in New York City reached $65.00: a War I views by Realistic Travels John Waldsmith. PO Rox 83. view of William Jennings Rryan had a final bid of $100.00. Finish- Sharon Center. OH 44274. r'r6 A Rose Eve on Korea Kontinuedfivm ,,,, identified them as being by Rose, To investigate further, we then even further, on some of the nega- Australia's most prolific stereo pho- went to a vintage handwritten tives we even found the Rose name tographer and publisher. Rose ledger that apparently contains a included with the caption. These operated the Rose Stereograph Co., list of all the negatives in the checks seemed to confirm that this based in Melbourne. museum's Australian collection. entire body of negatives was pub- When working with the Korean The ledger was likely prepared by lished by Rose. photos, I easily identified the Kore- Keystone to list the views after it It thus appears that the museum an negatives as having been pro- acquired them, probably in the has a very large and significant col- duced by Rose because the images late 1940s. lection of Rose's stereo glass nega- matched some Rose stereographs From the ledger we selected at tives. The ledger lists more than in my collection. Rut the question random a number of views. Then 3,600 images. That would com- remained whether the other Aus- Steve Thomas pulled those glass prise more than a third of his esti- tralian glass negatives also had negatives from the collection. mated lifetime production. Long- been published by Rose. Examining them, we again found time Rose researcher and collector At the time of the 2002 NSA con- evidence that linked each of the Ron Blum, of Oaklands Park, Aus- vention in Riverside, I made some views to Rose. We found they had tralia, believes Rose produced spot checks with Steven C. been made using Rose's signature about 9,000 stereo images during Thomas, the museum's curator of manufacturing process of putting his lifetime. collections, to try to answer that the caption on the negative, and According to the ledger, the question. One reason the museum not on just one side of the stereo 3,600 images were captured in at hadn't identified the Australian view, but on both the left and least 35 countries. They include: negatives with Rose was that it right sides. Australia, Algeria, Belgium, Rritish held only the negatives and con- Most publishers did something New Guinea, Canada, Ceylon, tact prints of them. It didn't have very different. They didn't include China, Egypt, England, France, Fiji, any mounted stereo views with the caption on the production Germany, India, Italy, Ireland, Rose's identifying logo. negative at all, but rather printed it Japan, Korea, Monte Carlo, Moroc- Aside from my Korean images, on the paperboard mount after the co, New Caledonia, New Guinea, the only other Rose stereo cards I view was manufactured. Rose's New Zealand, Norway, North had were nine views of Japan. process was much more efficient. Wales, Palestine, Port Said, Scot- When I checked them against con- By putting the caption on the neg- land, Solomon Islands, Spain, tact prints from the Australian ative, it printed out as part of the Switzerland, Tunisia, Russia, Straits stereo negatives, I found matches photograph, and he eliminated the Settlements, Sumatra, and the USA, for all of them in the museum col- step of printing it on the mount. including Hawaii. Thus the collec- lection-more evidence of the con- This also was strong evidence tion is an important resource for nection to Rose. that the negatives had been pub- photo researchers. me lished by Rose. But cinching it SIEREDWDRLD Volume 30, Number 3 27 News from the Stereoscopic Society of America JHE SOCIENRay Zone The Wayne Davis Stereo miles east of the coast city. He said made regarding folio regularity Archive little about his occupation, except and the use of online tracking for that it was "classified" work in folio location. In a recent issue of Stereo World naval warfare for the U.S. Govern- (#827) (Vol. 29, No. 5), editor John Den- ment. John Baker nis announced the reopening of "His death stunned me," said Made SSA Lifetime Member the "Unknowns" page in the mag- Burke, "He had appeared to be in At the close of the 2004 SSA azine, and invited stereoview col- the best of health. I later found out Annual Meeting, Bill Walton lectors to send in their prize that he had collapsed, unknown to (#715) nominated former SSA Trea- "Unknowns." anyone, in the back yard of his surer John Baker for Lifetime Mem- The request sparked a chuckle at Spring Valley home, of a heart ber status. The nomination was the home of SSA member Quentin attack. He was only 61. seconded and was carried by a Burke (#818) who had been landed "We were in the same SSA folio unanimous vote from the floor with some 1700 "Unknowns." circuit, and I always enjoyed seeing with a quorum of members pre- These viewcards were the bulk of and commenting on his views and sent. the life work of Wayne Davis, San reading what he had written on John got into stereography while Diego stereographer (SSA #835) mine. He was particularly interest- working for a company in Blue who died in 1991 leaving this lega- ed in railroad views, the Sierras, Ash, Ohio that manufactured cy of viewcards ranging over some and scenes of San Diego. Those polarizing material for 3-D movie 40-plus years, almost all of them were the days when SSA had but projectors and glasses. He uses a without any information on the one print circuit, with 35 mem- variety of stereo cameras and view- back as to what was being pho- bers." ers and likes to collect antique tographed. The Burkes brought the Archive views of places that he visits to Now work is under way to try to Portland for NSA 2004, where it make "then and now" views to and identify the subjects of the was displayed at the SSA table and send around to the Alpha, Caprine views, so that they can be archived open to other NSA members for and Speedy folios of which he is a at the Oliver Wendell Holmes help in identifying the scenes in member. Library. Quentin and his wife Ellen the cards. It is hoped that after the had met Wayne at the Riverside SSA Lifetime Member display in Portland and revision of Richard Markley (#381) NSA meeting in 1986 and he had the data base, the Archive can be been a regular customer for Q-VU sent to the Holmes Library in cus- Dr. Richard Markley, a Lifetime mounts since that time. As he tom-made replica Keystone type Member of the SSA who, at the age lived in San Diego, and had family book boxes. of 91, holds the lowest SSA number in Arizona, he occasionally peeled Some duplicates have been among living members was a high- off Interstate 8 to pick up a pack- weeded out of the collection, and ly visible attendee at the Portland age of Q-VUs and to talk "stereo" at the Holmes custodians have NSA 2004 Convention and was pre- the Rurke's small weekly newspa- approved their sale to help fund sent at both the SSA Supper and per office in Holtville some 125 the work of documenting the NSA Banquet, where he stood up to Archive. give a short address. "I just keep e Stereoscopic Society of America is a taking and making the pictures," rgroup of currently active stereo photogra- SSA Annual Meeting said Markley. Dr. Markley first phers who circulate their work bv means of The yearly annual meeting of started experimenting with stere- postal folios. Both print and transparency for- the SSA took place at Portland NSA ography as early as 1925 and is mats are used, and several groups ore oper- ating folio circuits to met the needs in each 2004 on Thursday July 8, just currently a member of the Alpha format. When a folio arrives, a member views before the SSA Supper. SSA Treasur- folio. and makes comments on each of the entries er Les Gehman (#i016) submitted a Caprine Folio Report of the other participants. His or her own report showing a total projected view, which has traveled the circuit and has membership for 2004 of 155 indi- "I have updated the folio pages been examined and commented upon by the on the SSA website," reports viduals. The SSA Treasury is quite other members, is removed and replaced with Caprine Folio secretary Thom a new entry. The folio then continues its end- sound and Les expects to update less travels around the circuit. Many long dis- the membership application and Gillam. "Check it out: tance friendships hove formed among the mail it out to all members not yet http://caprine.ssa3d.org/ " participants in this manner over the years. paid for 2004. Working with Dave "It was fun setting it up, and it is Stereo photographers who may be interest- pretty easy to keep it up to date," ed in Society membership should contact the Kesner (#1024), Les and your Gen- Membership Secretary, Paul Talbot, at 6203 eral Secretary (#984) will be updat- says Thom. "Included are a track- ing page and individual pages for Avery Island Ave., Austin, TX 7071 ing the membership database to (512) 257-3056 include accurate rosters of all each folio, listing current views. folios. A general discussion was There is a link to the 2003 voting 28 Volume 30, Number 3 SlEKEOWORLD results as well as a (pending) link to the route list. That link is pend- ing approval from the members of the folio since it contains addresses and phone numbers. I might make a version for the internet that doesn't contain that informa- tion-maybe just email addresses, so we can all easily communicate with each other if necessary. Let me know what you think. If there is any other information you Spring Valley California SSA member Wayne Davis with his stereo camera...... , ...... would like to see there please feel 1 free to drop me a line at: can be reached at: Gehman at the following address: ThomGillam<~~netcarrier.com. [email protected] . Les Gehman, 3736 Rochdale Dr., "Other folios keeping their pages How to Join the SSA Fort Collins, CO 80525 (970) 282- up are Gamma and Alpha (I bor- 9899, les@c'nehman.org. 9s rowed Gamma pages to create the To join the SSA one must first, of Caprine-many thanks to David course, be a member of the NSA. Kesner!). The SSA website can be a For placement in a stereocard, valuable tool for the folios, and a transparency or digital folio of fun place to check out once in a their choice the new SSA member while-it is very interesting to must send $10 to Treasurer Les check out the voting results from the other folios. Thanks go out to Paul Talbot for making this resource available. "On another note, Harry Richards has chosen to leave the folio. I am sure I speak for every- one when I thank Harry for all the wonderful views he has shared Please start my one-year subscri tion to with us, and that the folio will be Stereo World magazine and enrolP me as a the less for his leaving." member of the National Stereoscopic- Association. - Omega 2003 Voting Results - -- -- Omega folio Secretary Peter I U.S. membership mailed third class ($32). I Jacobsohn has reported on the U.S. membership mailed first class for faster delivery ($44). 2003 results for top votes. Omega I I is a slide transparency folio with I All international memberships ($44). I members working in the Stereo- Send a sample copy (US. 16.00. all other $7.50). Realist format. I I The votes are as follows: Please make checks payable to the Natio~nal Stereow pic A~sociati 1 "Rreezing By" Foreign members please remit in U.S. dollar1i with a Can;adian Postal Money by Ron I:ross order, an International Money Order, or a fo reign bank d raft on a U.S hank. 2 "Lightning Across Dunham Lake" by Donald I'arks 3 (Tie) "Surf at Ecola State Park" by Lee Pratt I Name "3-D Geometry" I by Dennis Green Address New Folio Secretary I I for Beta Folio I City State Zip I Joel Glenn (#846) has taken over the position of Reta Folio secretary National Stereo c Association from Dean Jacobowitz (#947). Beta Folio circulates stereo transparen- PO Box 86708, Portland, OR 97286 cies in Stereo-Realist format. Joel I The Only National Organization Deroted Exclusively To Stereo Photography, Stereoviews, and 3-D lma~infiTechniqaes. I ~REOWORLD Volume 30, Number 3 29 by Ray Zone dwin S. Porter (1870-1941) is work at his Famous Players Film primarily known as the director Company in 1913. In his 1953 FJwho filmed and edited The autobiography The Public is Never Great Train Robbery (1903) which Wrong, Zukor wrote about his years Edwin 5. Porter, 3-D filmmaker. with its use of innovative editing working with Porter. "Porter, was, I .. . . , ...... helped establish cinema as a story- have always felt," wrote Zukor, Porter was experimenting with telling art. Porter made many films "more of an artistic mechanic than them nearly forty years ago. He and is instrumental in motion pic- a dramatic artist. He liked to deal used two cameras, just as two or ture history. Employed by Thomas with machines better than with more are used now, [I9531 and Edison, Porter manned the Vitas- people. In a way it was his threw pictures on the screen by cope projector at Koster and Bial's mechanical imagination which means-of two projectors. He had in New York on the night of April had caused him to improvise the made a lorgnette with red glass for 23, 1896 when the very first story technique in The Great Train one eye and green for the other. movies were projected on a screen Robbery." Seen with the naked eye, the pic- in the United States. On June 10,1915 Famous Players tures were a hopeless swirl. The What is not generally known is released three anaglyphic films lorgnette gave them three dimen- that Porter, working with William shot by Porter which played at the sions." E. Waddell, also made stereoscopic Astor Theater in New York. R.M. The three anaglyphic one-reelers motion pictures. These 3-D movies Hayes in his book 3-0 Movies states consisted of two travelogues, Nia- may have been the first to have that these films were released as gara Falls and Rzrral America and a been projected on the screen for "three one-reelers in single strip third reel was a sequence from a the public in the United States. anaglyphic duo-color." Zukor, in popular play of the time, Jim the Adolph Zukor, one of the founders writing about Porter's 3-D film- Penman. Famous Players released of Paramount Pictures and a movie making, recollects differently. "It Jim the Penman as a flat black- pioneer who inaugurated feature- may come as a surprise, with all and-white feature and it is very length films in the early years of the current excitement about likely that only in its New York the motion picture, hired Porter to three-dimensional films, that playdates was it projected with the anaglyph sequence. Edwin 5. Porter operated the Vitascope projector at Koster and Bial's in New York, Color motion uicture urocesses April 23, 1896 for the first projection of movies on a screen in the United States. at the time largeiy consisted of hand dyed film or rotating color wheels used with black-and-white panchromatic film. Several color processes at the time did use sepa- rate lenses on the camera. In Motion Pictrrre Making and Exhibi- tion, John B. Rathbun wrote, "Since the ordinary two color motion pictures are often taken with a double lens camera it is sometimes possible to obtain stereoscopic effects with colored glasses as one lens only takes greens and the other, reds. This is most prominent with the use of alternate projection." Direct color photography was in its infancy, however, and it would be six years 30 Volume 30, Number 3 Srr:REOTCloRLD before Technicolor was to perfect its cemented positive two-color process. So it was very likely that the anaglyph one-reelers were pro- jected through red/green filters using two interlocked projectors, as Zukor suggests. Porter certainly would have been capable of machining interlock devices for both stereoscopic cameras and pro- jectors. Zukor's entertaining autobiogra- phy was written just as the 3-D boom of 1953 was beginning. It was a "particular moment" in film history when "funeral orations were being delivered over the film industry" and Paramount was "secretly experimenting with three-dimensional pictures, wide screens, and other items calculated to prove that the reports of our death were grossly exaggerated." Adolph Zukor closed his book by stating that "three-dimensional pictures were the next big thing in the industry... The other executives agreed with me and we went out on the set and halted the filming of Sangaree, a costume picture with Fernando Lamas and Arlene Adolph Zukor examines Paramont's dual-camera 3-0 rig during th~filming of Sanga- ree in 1953 as Fernando Lamas looks on. Dahl. Then we not an old stereo- camera with which we had been 3 Adolph Zukor with Dale Kramer. Tllp Prrh- experimenting fifteen years ago up Notes: lic Is Never Wror~,q,120-21. from the basement and shot the 1 Adolph Zukor with Dale Kramer. Tile Prrh- 4 John R. Rathbun. Motiorr Pictrrrc Mnki~r~q picture in 3-D with Technicolor." I~cls~ever Wror1,y (New York: G.P. Putnam, A I at?(/Exliibitiri,q (New York: Charles Thomp- Edwin S. Porter would have been 19")' 12'. son, 1914), 230. intrigued by the progress his early 2 R.M. Hayes. 3-0 Movies, A History and Fil- S Adolph Zukor with Dale Kramer. T11e Prrh- mo'yrapliy of Stereoscopic Cinema (North lic Is Never Wrori,q, 3. experiments in stereoscopic cine- Carolina: McFarland ~r Comoanv. 1989). ma had made. 6 Ibid., 298. r'rr'r First Feature-Length IMAX 3D Arrives in November t this years Large Format Film mined that if it was 90 minutes or 3D using both the proprietary Conference (LICA) Imax Cor- shorter, current projection systems IMAX 3D conversion process and Aporation and Warner Brothers could handle the additional film IMAX DMR (Digitally Re-mastering) verified that the "unnamed holi- length. technology. day 'DMR' film" (the IMAX process Imax Corporation announced The holiday themed film, based for enlarging theatrical films into a on May sixth that it had reached on the classic Caldecott award- large format film) would be the agreement with Warner Bros. Pic- winning children's book written by animated film from Director tures, through which the Studio Chris Van Allsburg, is directed by Robert Zemeckis The Polar Express. will release the full-length feature Robert Zemeckis and stars Tom The news of a "feature-length" 3- to conventional theaters, and in Hanks. Using state-of-the-art CGI D IMAX film immediately made the IMAX 3D format, exclusively to and stop-motion photography to several IMAX projectionists ner- IMAX theaters, on November 19, create a unique blend of realism vous, since previously the longest 2004, in the U.S. and many inter- and fantasy, it tells of a doubting large format 3-D film had only national territories. The film will young boy who takes an been 60 minutes long. It was deter- be digitally converted into IMAX (Contintred on pap 33) ~OWORLLlVolume 30, Number 3 3 1 Can You Identify the Subjects of These Views? rHE UNKNOWNSNeal Bullington his issue's unknown view was Tsubmitted by Del Phillips. It is an unmarked gray card with "Albert Einstein" written in pencil Carl's Clean & Clear Archival Sleeves on the back. The man seen in pro- Polypropolene Acid Free file does look like Einstein. The image is dark, but it appears they are sitting on a farm fence with a Cdv (2 314 x 4 318) 10 $8 1000 $70 gate at left that has coats draped Snapshot (3 114 x 4 318) 100 $8 1000 $70 over it. Can anyone confirm the Postcard (3 314 x 5 314) 100 $9 1000 $80 identity of these two men? r'rm 4 x 5 100 $9 1000 $80 Stereo (3 314 x 7) l00$10 1000 $90 Cabinet (4 318 x 7) 100 $11 1000 $100 5x7 50 $8 200 $30 #10 Cover (4 318 x 9 518) 50 $10 200 $35 Boudoir (5 112 x 8 112) 25 $8 200 $45 8 x 10 25 $9 200 $45 8 1.2 x 11 20 $9 200 $50 11 x 14 10 $9 100 $55 16 x 20 [sealed] 10 $22 100 $140 Total Shipping $3.75 + $1 extra for each $50 over $50 oing crazy guessing the who, what or California residents pay sales tax of 7.38% Cwhere of unidentified views in your col- Grand Total lection? Get help from the entire NSA mem- bership by sending views to The Unknowns, 5880 London Dr., Traverse City, MI 49684 with return postage. Even views with printed Carl Mautz titles from major publishers can sometimes 15472ShannonWay fail to identify some aspect of the subject. Nevada City, CA 95959 (Unusual subjects or interesting street scenes 530-478-1610 Fax 530-478-0466 ore more likely to be printed here than gener- ic houses or pastures.) Send information on Order sleeves or books online at www.carlmautz.com subjects you recognize to the some address. -- ~p~- - - 32 Volum~30, Number 3 SlEREOWDRLD Feature-Length-- IMAX 3D A Dual Format (Continued from pap, 31) extraordinary train ride to the North Pole and embarks on a jour- 3-D Calendar for 2005 ney of self- discovery. tereo World contributor Hart- "By releasing The Polar Express Smut Wettmann has pro- in IMAX 3D with the most power- duced a 3-D calendar that will ful 3-D images in the world, we keep classic stereoviews in can offer movie fans something your scheduling throughout they have never experienced 2005. "Old Berlin in before," said Dan Fellman, Presi- 3-D" features 19th century dent of Domestic Distribution at stereoviews by J.F. Stiehm Warner Bros. Pictures. "We believe (see SW Vol. 29 No. 3, page this spectacular holiday film will 14). Each month includes a satisfy consumers' rapidly growing large anaglyphic enlarge- appetite for both a premium and ment of a Berlin view above 3-D cinematic experience. " a reproduction of the full original stereograph. If you 7 RlP hang this on a wall to use as a daily calendar, do note that the weeks begin (quite logically) with Monday! On the back of each page are German captions describing the images, one behind the anaglyph and one behiid the full view reproduction so that either image can be I I)j D('~~~77f)07-200s7 saved separately when /lo I.j, .q(, So I L' the month has passed. .!i (1 - .'I '{ With the exception I-. I:{ 'Y lo ,, 10 L'() '-4 I, of some ghosting in 20 ,,- zI L'. I- Ih' - 2s :,( L'J ,,? the high contrast 71 -I) regions, the redlcyan anaglyphs are well executed. (This The December, would have been an ideal project 2005 page shows Stiehm for use of the European red and No. 237, "Central Skating- "With the success of Hollywood luminescent green inks.) The full Rink". (See SW Vol. 29 No. movies digitally re-mastered into 3, page 7 7.) IMAX's format and the enduring views are perfectly reproduced in ...... their original tones and color popularity of IMAX 3D around the mounts. sample images and ordering infor- world, the next natural progression The calendars, with all text in mation, see m.hartmutwettmann in revolutionizing the way people German, are 8 Euros each. For rne.de/kalc r'r see event blockbuster films is in IMAX 3D," said Greg Foster, IMAX's President of Filmed Entertainment. "IMAX has the world's best per- STEREO PHOTO TOOLS forming 3-D films. The most recent IMAX 3D film released by Warner SUDEBARS for Bros. and IMAX, NASCAR 30, has SLRD~ac~ediumForma-nticular broken records and is the fastest Heavy Duty up to 38" Long grossing IMAX documentary ever. TWIN CAMERA MOUNTS The release of The Polar Express to the IMAX theater network is a Horizontal-Vertical-Todn giant step for IMAX, and we are so PANORAMIC PHMOGRAPHY PANO-HEAD II excited to work with industry JASPER ENGINEERING innovators like Tom Hanks, Robert Zemeckis, Castle Rock and Warner 1240 A Pear Ave. Mtn. View CA 94043 Bros., who see the added value in WWW.STEREOSCOPY.COM/ JASPER the ]MAX 3D medium and the Email Jasper31 @aol.co-Phone 650-967-1 578 spectacular experience it provides." cia Volume 30, Number 3 Sl'I?REOWORLD !i7EREOwDRLD Volume 30, Number 3 33 r 1 2005 3-D CALENDAR "Old Berllri 111 3-D" features Q-VU DIE-CUT FOLDOVER MOUNTS simpllfy ARE YOU SURE you st111 lieetl your vlntaqe Ger- 19th century stereoviews by J.F. Stiehrn (see SW mounting your print stereo views. Sample kit $6. many stereocards? I buy or swap for French, Vol. 29 No. 3, page 14). Each month includes a Beginner's kits with camera, Holmes viewer, Austrlan or English cards Please contact Klaus large anaglyphic enlargement of a Berlin view views, sample kit, mounts, film, batteries, Kemper, Kommersche~dterstrasse 146, D- above a reproduction of the full original stereo- $79.99 up. Q-VU, Box 55, Holtville, CA 92250- 52385 NldeggenIGermany e-mall graph. Calendars are 8 Euros each, text in Ger- 0055. ddd kemoer@t-onllne de - - man. For sample images and ordering informa- tion, see www.hartmutwettmann.amxhome.de/ COLLECT, TRADE, BUY & SELL 19th Century kalenderL . Topics include Making Anaglyphs, 2D To 3D Images (cased, stereo, Cdv, cablnet & large Conversion, Making Stereo Cards, etc. More paper) Bill Lee, 8658 Galdlator Way, Sandy, UT 3-D BOOKS, VIEWERS, and paraphernalia to suit coming. $25 each. Details: htto://home.comcast 84094 b~llleetle@~unocorn Speclaltles West- every stereoscopic whim and fancy, all at terrific .net/-workshoos or send SASE for list to Den- ern, Locomotives, Photographers, Indlans, Mln- prices! For a free list, write, call or fax Cygnus nis Green, 550 E. Webster, Ferndale, MI 48220. ~ng,J Carbutt, Expedltlons, Sh~ps, Utah and Graphlc, PO Box 32461, Phoenix, AZ 85064- occupational STEREO VIEWS FOR SALE on our website at: www.daves-stereos.com email: wood@ CORTE-SCOPE VIEWS or sets, any subject or ARCHITECTURE and deslan classlcs In the Vlew- DikeonIlne.net or contact us bv writinq to Dave condition. No viewers unless with views. John Master@ format. worksVby Frank Lloyd Wright, or Cyndi Wood, PO Box 838, ~ilford,PA 18337, Waldsmith, 302 Granger Rd., Medina, OH Frank Gehry, Charles and Ray Eames, and 0th- Phone: (570) 296-6176. Also waned: views by L. 44256. ers. Send SASE for list: View Productions POB Hensel of NY and PA. 11835, Knoxville TN 37939 or visit E.F. EVERITT stereoviews of Mankato MN and any www.vieworoductions.com . STEREO WORLD 130 BACK ISSUES to be sold as stereos of Elvis Presley wanted. I'll pay for pho- - one lot. Vol. 3 #s 5 & 6; Vol. 4 complete; Vol. 5 tocopies and mailing. Steve Braun, 116 Sapphire BOOK, The Siege at Port Arthur; hardback with 3- none; Vol. 6, #s 2, 5 & 6; Vol. 7 #s 1, 2, 4, 5. 6; Ct, Mankato MN 56001, D viewer. $15 Econ Air. (Cash preferred). Ron Vol. 8 #4; Vol's 9 through 28 complete except for sbraun/@mail.isd77.k12.mn.us . Blum, 2 Hussey Ave., Oaklands Park SA 5046, No. 5 in Vol. 24. Asking $300.00 or best offer. ------Australia. Buyer to pay shipping cost. Jim King email: ERIE CANAL, especially the Lockport locks, Lock- [email protected] . port, NY. Call Dave MacDonald, (716) 812-9120 CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD Photographic His- - -- or email [email protected] 206 tory Museum. Stereographs of the first STEREOVIEW PRICE GUIDE. Only $12.00!! Great Greentree Rd., Tonawanda, NY 14150. - transcontinental railroad are now on display at: for people buying from auctions and for collec- htto://CPRR.orq tors who want to know the latest realized auction I BUY ARIZONA PHOTOGRAPHS! Stereoviews, ------values. Only numbered views over $50 are list- cabinet cards, mounted photographs, RP post KODAK KODASLIDE Stereo Viewer. Ex. cond. with ed. Doc Boehme, 1236 Oakcrest Ave W, cards, albums and photographs taken before original box & owners manual dated 1954. Roseville, MN 551 13, [email protected] . 1920. Also interested in Xeroxes of Arizona $80.00 + $5.00 S&H. Kent Bedford, 1025 49th stereographs and photos for research. Will pay St NW, Canton, OH 44709. TOSHIBA VIDEO pkg, Eyes 3D, Realeyes 3D and postage and copy costs. Jeremy Rowe, 2120 S. Crystal Eyes 3~;a[ complete pkgs with VHS & Las Palmas Cir., Mesa, AZ 85202. NEW REVISED EDITION of John Waldsmith's DVD movies. Included are wired and wireless "Stereo Views, An illustrated History and Price infrared glasses. Nishika, Nimslo (2), and I BUY PENNSYLVANIA stereoviews by Purviance, Guide" is available signed by the author, $24.95 ImageTech 3D cameras. Kodak Ouaflex iv cam- Gutekunst, and Henderson. Fred Lerch, 20 Star softbound, add $2.95 postage and handling. era. Many books and magazines. $3500.00 OBO. Lane, Lewistown, PA 17044, PHIFAX (717) 248- (Foreign customers add an additional $1.25.) 4454, [email protected] . Call Tom Rando @ (561) 723-7337, -- Please note there is no hardbound of this edi- [email protected] . All offers considered. tion. Mastercard or Visa accepted. John Wald- JAPANICHINA, 1860170 stereos. I collect, and pay smlth, PO Box 83, Sharon Center, OH 44274 top prices for above. Email: Webs~te.www.YourAuct~onPaae.corn/ [email protected] OR write: Terry Waldsmith. Bennett, PO Box 1044, Purley, Surrey, CR8 3ZY, - ALASKA & KLONDIKE stereos needed, especially England. Muybridge; Maynard; Brodeck; Hunt; Wlnter & Brown; Continent Stereoscopic. Also buying old LOUIS HELLER of Yreka and Fort Jones, Califor- Alaska photographs, books, postcards, nia. Anything! Also, any early California or west- ephemera, etc. Wood, PO Box 22165, Juneau AK ern views wanted. Carl Mautz, s one of the benefits of membership, NSA 99802 (907) 789-8450, email: [email protected], (530) 478-1610. [email protected] A members are offered free use of classified . MUYBRIDGE VIEWS - Top prices paid. Also odvertising. Members may use 100 words per ALL LOUIS ALMAN, Louis Alman and Company, Michigan and Mining - the 3Ms. Many views year, divided into three ads with a maximum L. Alman: Stereoviews, CDVs, Cabinet Cards, available for trade. Leonard Walle, 47530 Edin- of 35 words per ad. Additional words or addi- Photographs, etc., plus all paper from Lake borough Lane, Novi, MI 48374. tional ods moy be inserted at the rate of 20e - Mahopac, NY. Robert Oberlander, Sr., 3505 East- per word. Please include payments with ads. West Highway, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5957, PHOTOGRAPHIC LANTERN SLIDES. Collector We cannot provide billings. Ads will be placed and dealer in search of photographic lantern (202) 895-5702, [email protected]. in the issue being assembled at the time of -- slides and related ephemera. Also buy slides their arrival unless a specific later issue is ANTIQUE SAFE COLLECTOR wants views of old used in movie houses. Call (703) 534-8220, fax requested. safes, all formats. Please contact Mark, (818) (703) 534-0285. or e-mail marketflea8aol.com . Send all ads, wil!h payment, to: 367-4187 collect or 13364 Borden Ave., Sylmar Tom Rall, 1101 N Kentucky St., Arlington VA STEREO WORLD Classifieds, CA 91342. 22205. 5610 SE 71st, PC~rtland, OR 97206. (A rate sheet for display ads is available from the same address. Please send SASE.) 34 Volume 30, Number 3 ~RE0WY)RLD ARCHlVALVES: clear 2.5-mil Polvpt~pvlena SINGLE VIEWS, or cornplete sets of "Longfellow's CDV (3 Y8' X 4 3w) per 100 $8 case of 1000: $70 Wayslde Inn" done by D. C. Osborn, Art~st,Ass- CDV POLYESTER (2-mil) per 100: $13 caseof 1000: $120 abet, Mass., Lawrence M. Rochette, 169 Wood- POSTCARD (3 314' X 5 34') per 100: $9 caseof 1000: $80 land Drive, Marlborough, MA 01752. 4' x 5' per 100: $9 case of 1000: $80 -- - -- STEREO 1 *6 3N COVER (3 314' x 7') per 100: $10 case of 1000: $90 STEREO REALIST 1525 Accessory Lens Kit for STEREO POLYESTER (Imil) per 100: $22 caseof1000: $210 Macro Stereo Camera; Realist 6-drawer stereo CABINET / CONTINENTAL (4 318' X 7) per 100: $1 1 case of 1000: $100 slide cabinet in Exc.+ or better condition (must a10 COVER (4 318' x 9 518') per 100: $22 case of 500: $ 100 contain Realist logo); Baja &drawer stereo slide 5' x 7' per 50: $8 caseof 200: $?a cabinet with plastic drawers marked "Versafile". BOUDOIR (5 112' X 8 1@) per 25. $7 caseof 500: $90 B'x 10' per 25: $9 case of 200: $45 Mark Willke, 200 SW 89th Ave., Portland, OR 10' x 14' MUSEUM BOX SIZE (NEW!) per 10: $10 case of 100: $60 97225. (503) 797-3458 days. ll'x 14' per 10: $9 case of 100: $50 THE DETROIT STEREOGRAPHIC Society invites 16' x 20' per 10: $22 caseot 100: $140 you to attend our monthly meetings at the Livo- Russell Norton, PO EX 1070. New Haven. CT 06504-1070 nia Senior Center, on the second Wednesdays, US SHIPPING (48 States). $4 per order. lnstttul~onalb~lltng (2002) September through June. Visit our website Conneclm orders add 6% lax on enlire total IncluOlng shtpplng htt~:l/home~comcast.net~-dssweblor call Den- nis Green at (313) 755-1389. - 30 Products, Services & Imaging UNADILLA, NY. Buy or information of stereoviews ' RBT or the photogrpaher R. Wheeler of Unadilla, NY. Please contact Les Youngs, 4740 Robertson Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608. WHITE MOUNTAINS: Early photographic views QU and stereoviews of new Hampshire White Moun- Cameras C W20 tain and northern NH regions, 1850s-1890s Prolectors unt - wanted for my collection. Town views, main "lewers ,..-;:, ' ~...... streets, bridges, homes, occupational, coaches, Mounts T...T,,, ,..., -a - for reduced , railroads, etc. E-mail images to height mask~pg Images k . ' -- [email protected], or send photo- . - - & Morel ,.,-.., .;-... --- copies to David Sundman, President, Littleton -7.. , ' , ,. ,J 7 MDM15 D Coin Company, 1309 Mt. Eustis Rd., Littleton, mount NH 03561 -3735. see our uDdated wei~sitt~ 15 19th and Early 20th Wanted Century Stereoviews R.E. Wood Stereoviews For Sale Imprinted "R.E. Wood Landscape Photographer Over 10,000 Santa Cruz Cal'a" all illustrated, graded Sr priced,(including glass views), work by Bedford, Also England, Sedgfield etc. Anything from Bodie, California Especially strong on UK and European views. I Top Prices Paid I Only online at: Gregory H. Bock www.worldofstereoviews.com 2550 Harrison Circle, Fullerton, Ca. 92835 714-256-4150 [email protected] ~37EOWoR.LD Volume 30, Number 3 35 All New, Currently "Your One Stop Stereo Produced Equipment Photography Shop" -. I 3D Print and Computer Monitor Viewers 3D Cameras, bars and Attachments 3D Slide Viewers Vlewrn.tg~c Kc..lll~t Pobscope Jasper Slide Ran and Twin Rar 2~2x2 Screenscope - Photo 3D Slide Rar Achromatic I 3D Lens-in-a-cap Turns nrlv SLR Lighted I I Lorgnettes Holmes Stereoscopes tnto R 30 Cczmrr! (2Z-A. 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(Paper Catalogues available.) You are welcome to register for my stereoview auctions. There is no charge. I also have a separate registration for my View-Master (Etc.) Auctions, which have more-modern stereo and 3-D formats. I am presently selling off the Willie Aarts Collection with some of the Rarest of the Rare in View-Master reels and viewers. I SPECIALIZE IN CONSIGNMENTS. Consignments welcome, from a single view to giant collections. t Left: Helene Leutner . ',A (German Actress) 4 Right: The Young Velocipedist - 7- C- C- t Left: Edward Stokes, who shot Jim Fisk over 0' - &- a woman. 4 Rlght: View from the wood car, ,-+.-. iip7 behind the locomotive I' . h.:i!% 91&y,!.,, p in full motion. .- t Left: Tissue Genre View. 4Right: General U.S. Grant r PARIS I1 - I ;QUEFN EI~~AP~THI/I&Z 1 u~711~e NoI~IP JP6 , fttlP PV r 1, Nust 1 ,- >,I\I?% (j\fil,* ri' ! r :: 1 I.. I.. >. ,4 ,4 41-b. ' -, 7 - I 1 idr! 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