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/ /' \i 1 Movie Titler Adapted for View Copies by Richard Orr

hen I decided to copy a Wgroup of my old stereo cards onto Realist format for projection, I thought that the sliding-bar method was the better. (I had con- sidered a stationary camera and sliding cards.) Rather than build a sliding bar device, I put my Bolex movie titler to use. It is a well machined tool with sleek tubes some 83cm long designed by a Swiss engineer back in the fifties. Although made with Bolex H cameras in mind, it also has a provi- sion - a second camera cradle - for positioning any kind of movie The author's Bolex movie titler, adapted to copy stereoviews with a 35mm camera which slides camera for titling and animation to face the right and left images in the device's alternate camera cradle. work. The long sliding bars were made to allow the movie cameras I used one-inch lumber and larger bar are adequate to act as to move with ease forward or back eighth-inch and quarter-inch hard- stops to control the sideways to fill whatever size field is being board, Elmer's glue and small flat- movement of the camera because shot. head wood screws. The part which there is a lot of room on a rectan- A camera mounted sideways on actually holds the stereo cards is gular 35mm frame to locate a near- the alternate cradle makes a good made of one-inch wood cut to ly-square stereo view. sliding bar arrangement for stereo match the typical curve of a stereo I prefer to shoot the left picture closeups, or for what I had in card. A cardboard spacer was glued first so that when the film is later mind. I wanted to mount my in between, leaving a slot for the cut into pairs for mounting, left is Voightlander Bessamatic and move card to slide in. The two sides of at the left, and I can freeview if I it sideways to shoot one of the the holder were screwed onto desire. Two closeup lenses were stereo pictures on one 35mm eighth-inch hardboard far enough required, totaling Plus 5, for the frame and the other picture on a apart to allow some sideways lens-to-subject distance of about second frame. adjustment of the card if neces- seven inches. I use Reel 3-D Enter- What I needed to build, then, sary. The bottom was screwed on, prises' mounting gauge so that all was the jig to hold the stereo view- and this part was attached to the of my Realist slides may be used cards. vertical quarter-inch hardboard for projection. The only alteration I envisioned the need for hold- with bolts and wingnuts. A vertical I have made to Reel 3-D's gauge is ing the curved cards accurately slot in the back allows the card a strip of .028" brass permanently with allowance for raising or low- holder to have vertical adjustment. affixed to the top so that card- ering the cards as well as adjust- The whole device is attached to board mounts may be firmly but- ments for camera-to-card distance. the titler's second long bar (all but ted up against it for positive align- And I wanted this project to be hidden, in the extreme fore- ment. like my last one - one that used ground) by hardboard strips which I spent the better part of a day materials I already had on hand are slotted to fit over the bar and cutting, fitting and constructing without any trips to the lumber- also are horizontally slotted, as vis- my device. I see no real need of yard or hardware store. I was not ible, for camera-to-card distance painting it, but I did put some flat disappointed. adjustment. Pieces of tape on the black behind the view cards' tops. m STEREO, Table of Conten~ Volume 18, Number 3 July/August 1991 Copyright 01991 by the National tereoscopic In This Issue Association Stereo Photography in Salt Lake City ...... 4 by Bill Lee and lo Schaffer NSA I 2f Dire Andy Gr rscom Jumbo! ...... 20 David Hutchison by Richard C. Ryder Dieter Lorenz Announcing the First Stereo World Susan F'insky "Assignment 3-D" Stereography Competition ...... 34 T.K. Treiadwell Paul VVing Extended Display for Holmes Prototype Viewer ...... Inside Back Cover NSA Uvicers Gordon D. Hoffman, President John Waldsmit h, Vice President, Activities Regular Features ~hnWeiler , Secretary bin Wheelc?r, Treasurc Editor's View Comments and Observations, by John Dennis ...... 2 Stereo World Staff Letters Reader's Comments and Questions ...... 3 John Dennis, Editor Mark Willke, Art Director View-Master Information on the Reel World, by WolfRang & Mary Ann Sell ...... 17 The Society News from the Stereoscopic Society of America, by Norman B. Patterson . 27 Natic ~nalSte A ..-.am: ..... P43JUCil-.. -.. Newviews Current Information on Stereo Today, by David Starkman & lohn Dennis ... 28 (Memberships, renewals, address changes, classified ads, display ads) Buy, Sell, or Trade It Here P.O.Box 14801 Classified ...... 36 Columbus, OH 43214 Calendar A Listing of Coming Events ...... 38 Stereo \Norld Editorial Off ice (Leners to the editor, articli ?S, calendar listings) 5610SE 7' ' Front Cover: The View-Master column in this issue is I-D Movie Rill -.."She devoted to the memory of artist Florence 350 E. Ternpl Thomas, who died in June after a long LaPuente. C career in sculpture which included 25 9s" Editc years of work on View-Masterstory reels. uhha As a young artist in the 1930s, she 8 ."8 8 b"""" ison St., Boston. MA 021 worked on WPA projects including this Alice in Wonderland relief sculpture, NewViews" Editor which ever since has hung in the chil- David Starkrnan s .v. -x 2368, Culver City. CA 9 dren's room of the library in Portland, Oregon. The figures provide a good pre- "The Unknowns" Editc view of those she would later create for Dave Klein ~nisvilleRd.. Mt. Airy, MD millions of children to enjoy in their View- Master viewers. "vlew-Master" Editors Wolfgang & Mary Ann Sell 3752 Broadv~ewDr., Cincinnati. OH 45208

Oli1ver Wend ell Holme!S Stem World (ISSN 0191-4030) is published bimonthl by the National Stereoscopic Association Inc. P.O. Box 14801 Stereos;co ic Research L1ibrary Columbus. OH 43214. All rights reserved Material in tKis ublicat~onmay not be reproduced without brillen permiss~oA Eastern ColEge, St. Davids. PA 1I9087 of the NSA. Inc. Pr~ntedIn USA. A subscription to Stereo Rorldis Included wlth NSA membersh~p.Annual membership dues: $22 third class US. $32 first class U.S.. $34 Canada and forelgn surface, $48 tnternat~onalalrmall. All memberships are based on the publlshtng year of Stereo World, wh~chbegins in March and ends w~ththe JanuaryIFebruary Issue of the next year. All new memberships rece~vedwill commence with the MarchIAprtl Issue of the current calendar wereoscoplc soclery ot America year When applying for membership, please advlse us 11you do not des~rethe back Issues of the current volume Jack E. Cavender, Cones nding Secretary 1677 Dorsey Ave., Suite C, gst Po~nt.GA 30344 Member, International Stereoscopic Union New NSA Folders sion tend to concentrate on the Virtual Reality by Howard Rhein- Hot Off the Press interactive, do-it-yourself reality gold (Simon & Schuster, Summit The new NSA membership fold- made possible through sophisticat- Books, 1991) does pay some atten- ers are at last available. Normally ed computer programs and these tion to the stereo vision aspect of this wouldn't be such hot news, sight-and-sound helmets. Often, the subject, and even mentions but there was more of a gap than after mentioning the neat stereo- the contribution of Eric Howlett, usual this time between running phonic sound, the fact that the developer of the ill-fated LEEP out of the old ones and getting a very wide angle images are in fact wide angle stereo camera. Howlett new bunch printed showing cur- 3-D is disposed of in a single line. worked with NASA on wide angle rent membership rates. Our excuse The basic devices have been viewer lenses, like those used in is that after several years of the around for years in the form of the viewers for his camera, for Vir- same basic design, a new brochure remote sensing systems designed tual Reality devices. Will the stere- has been created with some fine for NASA so that people could oscope, in the form of this new tuning to the text and (most manipulate stereo video cameras device, become the ultimate elec- noticeable) a new design by Stereo with a turn of the head while tronic drug of the masses? Or will World Art Director Mark Willke. watching the images through a it contribute to some new plane of A number of members who reg- Liquid crystal screen stereoscope human evolution and communica- ularly help spread NSA folders strapped to their head. Some now tion? Read the book - and try one around at likely stereo gathering predict that in the form of con- of the helmets if you get the places had run out; and NOW is sumer electronics systems designed chance. the time for them to send for a for entertainment, such Virtual More Thanks Reality devices will surpass every- stack of the new ones! Those who Since the list of donors in the just keep a few in their camera case thing from Nintendo to Monday night football in eventual popular- MayIJune issue was compiled, or glove compartment or saddle- more generous people have made bag should also send for the new ity. Our relationship with reality (and maybe each other) is predict- special donations to the National folders, replace the old ones, and Stereoscopic Association, and remember to hand one to anybody ed to change - and a 3-D image will be at the heart of it all! deserving mention are: LeRoy G. who even hints at some interest in Barco, Gary J. Hinze, Paul King, anything related to stereo images. Whether you are worried or just curious about this, there is a new and Dave and Robin Wheeler. The Public Image book that can fill you in on nearly T.K. Treadwell also reports that The variety of 3-D images and all the current thinking about the matching donations were made by techniques being presented to the matter, both technical and social. Becton Dickinson & Co. and public has steadily grown more Atlantic Richfield Co. m sophisticated, if limited in distribution. The items in this issue on PHSCologramsTM,STARE-E-Os, and the stereography in the current Minolta Mirror all illustrate this well. While many systems men- 3-D Highlights tioned in the media will probably never be mass produced, like the yet-another lenticular 3-D video system from NHK on page 46 of he decorative and technical has written and lectured extensive- the October '91 Popular Science, Taspects of early 3-D cameras ly on Stereoscopic photography. there is one 3-D imaging device and viewers will be covered in a His talk is titled "Illusions of already growing in popular aware- talk by NSA member Fred Spira at Depth: 3-D Photography From its ness and even experience. the second annual Photograph Beginnings to the Turn of the Cen- "Virtual Reality" systems, Collectors' Forum. Sponsored by tury" and will be followed by involving helmet mounted LCD Swann Galleries and the American hands-on demonstrations of stereo screens and interactive con- Photographic Historical Society, it unusual stereo items. trols over the images generated on will be held 3:00 p.m. November Admission to the forum is free, them, have become top subjects 24 at the Gallery, 104 East 25th but reservations are required. For for futurists and high tech experi- Street, New York City. more information, contact Daile menters everywhere. Articles in Mr. Spira, a leading photograph- Kaplan or Denise Binday at 212- both the technical and popular ica collector, is founder and past- 254-4710. m press as well as segments on televi- president of Spiratone, Inc. and Maria's Baskets I will attempt to compile a com- ular musical, Palmer Cox's Brownies, I have some information to plete list if Tru-Vue collectors will which traveled across the USA, answer the question asked by Peter send me a list of all advertising Canada and the UK. J. Thompson on the Niagara wire and special reels in their collec- One of the products I found at walker, Maria Spelterini. (Letters, tions. The complete list would the Strong Museum in Rochester is MayIJune '91 .) Ms Spelterini then be published in Stereo World, a stereoscopic view card made in crossed the Niagara Gorge a num- together, perhaps, with views from 1903 by the International View ber of times during a week-long some of the reels. Co. The Brownies were drawn into engagement the first week of July, I have the following in my col- the photograph and it appeared to 1876 as part of the U. S. Centenni- lection: be one card in a story or series. al celebration. Wearing peach bas- Academy of the Visitation 1 & 2 Could [readers] help me in locat- Arbuckle Coffee ing the complete set? I would only kets was only one of the things Beech-Nut Gum that she did during her trips. On Consolidated Edison's Double Bargain need, at this point, good photo- one occasion she crossed with her Eclipse Lawnmower No. 2 copies of them. arms and legs shackled in chains. ESSO - The Challenge Wayne Morgan Grunow Refrigerator 75 Markham St. Unit 2 On another occasion she crossed Hollywood Beach Hotel with her head inside a paper bag. Hotel Test Toronto, Ont. M6J 2G4 On yet another occasion she Little Bit 0' Heaven Canada crossed one way walking forwards, Jahn & Olier Nehi and made the return trip walking Popsicle Sales View for 1952 Spotlight on Longfellow backwards. And on yet another Rock Island Bridge and Iron Works I would like to correct any mis- trip, she skipped and danced her Tech Test taken impressions that the photo- way across the gorge on the 1000 Times Picayune graph of Henry Wadsworth Tru-Vue Factory Tour foot long, 2 114 inch diameter White Company Longfellow and his rather young wire. Wyoming Hereford Ranch 1949 looking "wife" (item 60) in the Stereo World readers may be Wyoming Hereford Ranch 1950 Annual Spotlight Auction (San interested in two publications Stephen Langenthal Antonio, June 21, 1991) may have which deal with the Niagara stun- 135 East 54th St. left with any viewers. The photo- ters. I wrote an article on stereo New York, NY 10022 graph taken about 1875, when and the stunters in the Sept./Oct. Longfellow was in his late sixties, 1986 issue of Photographic Canadi- A View of Forever shows a very dignified man with a anal which is available for $4.00 As a March 1991 member of the top hat and full beard with a from the Photographic Historical NSA, I would like to express my younger woman in front of Craigie Society of Canada, Box 115, Sta- appreciation of seeing my first House, his home in Cambridge, tion "S", Toronto Ont. M5M 4L6, issue of Stereo World. And it is an Massachusetts. Canada. extra pleasure to read that the Several facts illustrate that the Much of my information came MarchIApril issue is the third color "wife" cannot have been Mrs. from Roll Out the Barrel: The Story of issue in the history of the NSA. Longfellow. Longfellow was mar- Niagara's Daredevils by Francis J. The long delay in its production ried twice. In 1831, he married ~etrie.The book should still be was worth the wait. Mary Storer Potter who died in available from the Boston Mills As a technician involved with November, 1835. He was married Press, 98 Main St., Erin, Ontario aerospace work, I really enjoyed again in 1843, to Fanny Appleton, NOB 1T0, Canada. the hyperstereos of atmospherics. the daughter of a wealthy Bostoni- Robert G. Wilson It will seem like forever until the an. Toronto, Ont. next issue of Stereo World arrives. In July, 1861, Mrs. Longfellow Ron Paul Smith accidentally set her dress on fire Tru-Vue Sharon, MA while using a candle. Henry heard Advertising Films? her screams and came running to I hope that other Tru-Vue collec- find Mrs. Longfellow engulfed in In Search of Brownies flames. He was unable to save her tors are as curious as I am to know We are researching the life and how many Tru-Vue advertising life and she died on July 9, 1861. work of Palmer Cox, author/illus- Henry never remarried and he and other special reels were issued. trator of the famous Brownie series As far as I know, those reels were lived in Craigie House until his of children's books. Cox became own death in 1882. Because of never listed in any Tru-Vue catalog famous and wealthy with his list. burns on his face, received while books, a wide range of products vainly attempting to extinguish based on his characters, and a pop- (Continued on page 40)

STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 3 Stereoby Bill Lee and Jo Schaffer PhotographJ

alt Lake City is among the most later would become Great Salt Lake Sphotographed cities in the City, and might have been the first world. The streets and the various person to photograph the valley. religious/public buildings have It is known that Fremont took been captured in detail and in daguerreotype equipment on this panorama. Although it is possible expedition, and made attempts to that pictures were taken of the val- use it. Judging from reports, how- ley and the city site earlier, the ever, there is some question as to first photographs still in existence whether he was still trying when appear to be daguerreotypes by the expedition reached as far as Marsena Cannon. There are the Salt Lake Valley. According to records of earlier attempts to pho- both Fremont and other members tograph the area, yet it appears of his party, he had great difficulty unlikely that any were successful. with the process. He blamed the John C. Fremont led major expedi- elements. Therefore, it is highly tions through the area starting in likely that he had abandoned his both 1843 and 1853. In 1845, he efforts by 1845. We will probably camped in the spot that two years never know. Whether successful

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-- I %st Tampla St- Wmt Side, WfLake City. daguerreotypes by Fremont ever C.W. Carter, "East Temple Street, West Side, Salt Lake City." This overview of Main Street existed is one of the many myster- (East Temple) includes the Tabernacle at rear. ies of history. Fremont did correct the error on as the center of the business dis- his 1853 expedition. He brought trict. with him a photographer named December 10 of that year, the S.N. Carvalho. But here again, first advertisement for daguerreo- there were problems. Carvalho's type likenesses taken in Great Salt equipment became too cumber- City appeared in the Deseret News. some and had to be abandoned Marsena Cannon has the distinct

Salt Lake Ci@z:f::of the Western (A work in progress)

somewhere in the wilderness of honor of being the first photogra- western Colorado or eastern Utah; pher to produce Salt Lake City most likely before he got anywhere images that remain as part of the near the Salt Lake Valley. Again, historical record. Cannon is not however, the proof has vanished known to have taken a stereoview, in the black hole of history. but he did sell them in his gallery At any rate, as a result of Fre- at one point. mont's reports of his trip in 1843, The first known stereo of Salt and the reports of other similar Lake was marketed on the London explorers, Brigham Young picked Stereoscopic Company label, prob- the Salt Lake Valley to settle. Dur- ably in 1859 or 1860. The view ing their second year of occupan- illustrated here lists James L. Warn- cy, the Mormons had already pro- er as the "agent", but gives no gressed to the point of starting indication as to whether he or businesses and building shops. someone else actually took the Sometime in the beginning of the photograph. It may have been following year, 1850, East Temple William England, a photographer (now Main Street) began to evolve who worked for the company in

STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 5 the United States at that time. C.W. Carter, "East Temple Street, East Side, Salt Lake City." Salt Lake House on Main However, most of England's work Street. that remains was done in the eastern U.S. and it seems unlikely that While it is certain that a number remaining stereoviews of the city. he traveled to Salt Lake City at this of other photographers set UP Charles Roscoe Savage arrived in early date. It is also entirely possi- shop in or passed through Salt the Salt Lake Valley in 1860, and ble that the London Stereoscopic Lake city in the 1850s, cannon almost immediately went to work Company purchased the negative, remained relatively uncontested as for Marsena Cannon. Charles or even copied someone else's the ranking photographer in the William Carter came with a wagon photograph. In this case it could period from 1850-1860. The end of train of relatives in November, have been taken by Cannon, the decade, however, saw the 1864. At some time in the 60s, Charles Savage, or a traveling pho- arrival of the two men who would Carter worked for Savage. When a tographer. soon dominate the photo scene group of wealthy residents estab- and are responsible for 90% of the lished a business complex on East Temple, he received the backing of the Walker Brothers to set up C.W. Carter, "EAST TEMPLE ST." Pictured are wagons of the type used by the pioneers. Carter's View Emporium. Savage Note Carter's photo display at lower right.

EAST 1'EMPLE ST, The first known stereoview of Salt Lake City, published by the London Stereoscopic Com- bers of photographs depicting the pany, abolrt 1859-60. city and its inhabitants. However, by the end of the 60s, both leave and Cannon opened a new gallery success was painted photographic us with sufficient evidence that in 1861, in the first house north of miniatures. they intend to document any new the Salt Lake house over a store on Beginnings for both Carter and developments in the growth of the east side of Main Street Savage were slow, but by the late Salt Lake City and the surrounding between First and Second South. 1860s both had established them- countryside. They m~adetrips to Their gallery continued to be selves as dominant forces on the photograph the mining efforts, the advertised in the Deseret News, but photographic scene. As Savage's railroad, and other events of the by the following year Cannon was first work was produced under westward movement. Their inter- away on church business. Savage Cannon's auspices and most of est in the city itself left a great had a new partner, an artist, Carter's early business was more legacy for historians of Salt Lake George Ottinger, who was the son than likely portraiture, it is diffi- City. of a friend of Savage's from the cult to determine exactly when As of this time, countless other east. Their talents complimented either began to publish large num- photographers had made an effort each other and they joined in a profitable business. Their greatest C.R. Savage. Main Street showing Carter's Studio at far right.

STEREO WORLD JulylAupst 1991 to include at least a few pho- C.R. Savage. Overview of Temple Square showing Savage's Art Bazaar at the far left. tographs of the city in their stock stereOviews. these were Weittle of Colorado, C.L. Pond of party, photographing many parts photographers based in cities New York, A.J. Russell (the official of Utah as well as the city. Lake On photographer for the Union Pacific Some time in this era, T.C. survey expeditions, photographing Railroad, 1868-70), and an Roche was the western photogra- for the etc. unknown photographer employed pher for the firm of E & HT Antho- produced images a quality by E. and H.T. Anthony and Com- ny. It is likely that he took some of that Savage and Carter pany. Jackson passed through Salt the images of Utah published on were William Henry Jackson of Lake City a number of times while the Anthony mount. However, the Omaha and Denver, J.J. Reilly he worked with the Hayden Survey Anthonys were known for acquir- New York and California, Charles ing the negatives of a variety of photographers and publishing them under their label, so it is cer- C.W Carter, "EAST TEMPLE STREET, WEST SIDE." Edward Martin's Gallery at right.

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8 STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 C.W Carter. The Walker House Hotel on the horse car line in central Salt Lake City. When the city was established, agriculture was its only support; tainly possible that other Young. The plan was originated by therefore each family needed space unnamed photographers were Joseph Smith, the Mormon for subsistence farming and the responsible for some of the Antho- prophet, who had a revelation property was allocated accordingly. ny's Salt Lake City views. about the way in which a biblical Each plot was expected to be "a While each of these photogra- city was arranged. As a result, the miniature farm". Thus only eight phers left a few photographs of the city is divided into blocks, or plots, farms were allotted to a block, city, Savage and Carter provided and then evenly measured wards. with one and a quarter acres of the major documentation of the The blocks are forty rods square, land apiece. city's history from the time of each block containing ten acres. Each of the leaders of the Mor- their arrival. There are seven blocks to a mile, mon church chose his plot, and Because the city was founded in including cross streets. then lots were drawn for the 1847, it was already well devel- remaining property by the lesser oped when Carter and Savage arrived. It had been laid out in a very precise fashion by Brigham C.W Carter, "President Brigham Young's Residence." One end of the long "Lion House" is seen at the left, with the "Beehive House" and its famous cupola at the right.

STEREO WORLD JulylAupst 1991 citizens. Important individuals C.R. Savage. The Gardo House (Amelia's Palace), built by Rri,pham Young outside his were given the most central loca- main complex. tions. Many of the best locations were sold later to businesses as the After having laid out the city of the finest in Salt Lake City, center of the city became more and established the property which was completed in 1854. It is commercial. The Walker House boundaries, Brigham Young made called "The Beehive House" (hotel) is an example of these busi- his home in the square nearest the because of the beehive shaped nesses. Some of the important temple, constructing several adobe cupola atop it. This house consist- houses remained, in close proximi- buildings there. As his family grew, ed of many rooms and a number ty to the temple. he built a splendid residence, one of outbuildings. Over the years the Young estate bore many changes and renova- C.R. Savage, "Eagle Gate, and School House of Pres. Young." A working dray shown about to pass under the imposing arch, where tolls were collected to enter City Creek tions, and was an excellent subject Canyon. for photographic documentation.

10 STEREO WORLD JulyIAugustI991 The Mormon Tabernacle under construction. (Photographer unidentified.) known as Amelia's Palace, was a most attractive home constructed Salt Lake City's many resident and plaster covered building extending to provide for large social gather- itinerant photographers were more than a hundred feet back ings, and intended to be the home equal to the task. The estate from the street with a dozen of a favorite wife, Amelia. Howev- grounds were host to a personal dormer gables on each side of the er, it was not completed until after schoolhouse, the Lion House as low roof. his death in 1877. well as the Beehive House, and To provide for his many wives One of the striking features of multiple outbuildings. It was sur- and children, Brigham Young built Brigham Young's property was the rounded at times by walls with other residences outside his main eagle gate entrance, an unusually gates, or hedges of shrubbery, complex. Gardo House, also shaped arch straddling State Street. employing numerous service per- sonnel in their maintenance' The I C.R. Savage. The Mormon Temple under construction with the finished Tabernacle in the Lion House is a narrow, two-story background. It consisted of four masonry pillars C.R. Savage, "QuarryingRock for the Mormon Temple." A scene in Little Cottonwood supporting a large eagle above the Canyon, about 20 miles from Salt Lake City. street, and marked the entrance to City Creek Canyon. Here citizens a loaded cart drawn by two strong enclosed on three sides by a ten to paid a toll to enter the canyon for horses on its way through the gate. twelve foot wall of red sandstone supplies of wood, coal or stone. While Brigham Young's property on which were placed layers of Each photographer who pictured was between North and South adobe. It was constructed between the residences included in his Temple streets, east of East Temple 1852 and 1855. On each face of com~ositionthe eagle suspended Street, near the city center, it was the wall there were thirty adobe Over the entry gate. Savage shows Temple Square that was the very pilasters protected by sandstone center of the city. The square was copings. It ran a full city block in each direction with four wooden C.R. Savage, "First National Bank, Finest in the U.S." The bank, furniture company, and gates later replaced by iron grill jewelers before the fire. work. Temple Square was bounded

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-- C.W. Carter. The bank building in ruins, with its wooden roof burned off and top floors munity worship. It also served as a gutted. place in which to hold various mass meetings for purposes other by four "Temple" streets, designat- in prominent locations, too. The than religious affairs. ed for the four directions. Moving city was built around the Temple The grand plan was to build an out from there, streets were labeled which was planned from the out- elaborate Permanent Structure, a First East, Second East, etc., as they set to be the very center with all dome-shaped tabernacle on the spread out. There was a First else radiating out from it. Since the southwest side of Temple Square. South, Second East and a First Temple was to be a carefully exe- Construction began in 1863. The North, Second East, etc. This sys- cuted monument, its construction dome was supported by an elabo- tem made the determination of was not begun at once. rate wooden lattice. The frame- distance from the city center sim- Instead, shortly after their work of the truss was similar to ple arithmetic. arrival, the Mormons erected a that used in building suspension Although individual residences temporary tabernacle. It was the bridges during the 1860s. The roof consumed the major part of the first building constructed for com- rests on forty-fourcut sandstone land at the center of the city, the Mormon religious buildings were C.W. Carter. The First National Bank building rebuilt as the Masonic Hall after the fire.

STEREO WORLD JulylAupst 1991 13 EAST TEMPLE ST., WEST SID

pillars at the perimeter. No nails or C.W Carter, "EAST TEMPLE ST., WEST SIDE." Early Co-op shops on Main Street with other iron were used in its con- their Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution signs. struction, which was completed in 1867. It is the work of William H. perspective of the growing edifice. the home of the Mormon Taberna- Folsom and Henry Grow, who was Upon completion, the tabernacle cle Choir. originally a bridge builder. was outfitted with a fabulous pipe By the 1850s, besides a number Savage and Anthony both pub- organ. The interior of the new of residences, there were several lished Photographs of the taberna- tabernacle was frequently pho- stores on Main Street. Eventually cle at different stages of construe- tographed. This second tabernacle, this section became the commer- tion. Views include the wooden built within ten years to replace cial area, with its central location. interior structure of the half fin- the first [temporary] structure, still Here stood large stores; the Salt ished dome, which is a remarkable stands in its original shape and is Lake House, a hotel a bath house, a bakery, the newspaper, and several taverns. Since the taverns clus- C. W Carter, "WHOLESALE CO-OPERATIVE STORE, EAST TEMPLE STREET." Ute Indi- tered together, the derogatory ans in front of the building in which ZCMI merchants were first consolidated in 1875. nickname, "Whiskey Street" was Both Carter and Savage are known for their views of Native Americans, but few were tak- sometimes applied to the west side en in such urban settings as this.

14 STEREO WORLD JulyIAugust I991 - WWOLtsnrt bu-urtnallVE STORE, EAST TEMPLE ST.

C.W. Carter, "WHOLESALE CO-OPERATIVE STORE, EAST TEMPLE ST." Goods and of the bank. Notice also in this sec- prices are visible through the front window in this close view of the original ZCMI store ond photo by Carter, that the Salt with its ornate eagle and beehive symbol. Lake Furniture Company had given way to Siege1 Bros. Clothiers of Main, between First and Second were twenty feet high. The cap- with a fancy new triple awning. South. stone was put in place April 6, Carter is responsible for the final Thus when Carter and Savage 1892 and the dedication cere- photo showing the reconstruction arrived, they found a number of monies were held on April 6, 1893. of the former bank building, now religious and commercial buildings The Temple measures 186 by 118 the Masonic Hall. Notice his care- as well as homes in the downtown feet and the tallest spire is 210 feet ful composition to duplicate his area of the thriving city of at least high. Stereo views were the post earlier photo documenting the fire 15,000 people. Their photographs I cards of the day, prepared for com- scene. elucidate the further development mercial sale, depicting the various Many businesses were depicted of the city, from the building of buildings of the city. Every mer- in stereo views, but the most out- the theater and the second taber- chant wished to have a picture of standing was the ZCMI building, nacle to the lengthy construction his establishment. Quantity constructed by the Mormons to of the Temple. seemed to outweigh artistic quality house merchants who were mem- The building of the Temple was if the images were technically suc- bers of the faith. Various elements an event of considerable concern cessful. However, some photogra- of the ZCMI (Zion's Cooperative to the city and interest to photog- phers concerned themselves with Mercantile Institution) dot the raphers, and it was photographed unusual elements and careful com- center of the business district by regularly over the forty years that position. Carter and Savage were 1869. passed during its construction. In among these photographers. Even From its origins in 1868 the 1847 Brigham Young and the in their "mundane" subjects a cooperative was a group of Mor- elders had decided exactly where touch of whimsy or pure artistry is mon merchants banded together the Temple would be. The site was often visible. to try to gain a share of the busi- consecrated on February 3, 1853 For example, study the photos ness which the early gentile (non- and the cornerstone laid April 6 of of buildings on East Temple Street. Mormon) entrepreneurs had gar- that year. This exciting series documents a nered soon after the city began. The Temple was built of granite major disaster. In Savage's initial The organization also attempted to quarried in Little Cottonwood photograph we see the imposing organize stores in the outlying Canyon, twenty miles away, a fair First National Bank building on areas to which there had been lit- distance in those days. The foun- East Temple, surrounded by frame tle commercial service. Each indi- dation was of gray granite, sixteen structures dating from an earlier vidual shop sported a sign indicat- feet deep, and said to contain era. Prosperity is exuded by this ing its membership in the church 7,478 tons of rock. Work pro- imposing edifice. The photograph and the original ZCMI. These signs gressed slowly until 1873 when the shows minute detail of the signs, are visible in many of Cater and railroad from Little Cottonwood railings, and decorations on the Savage's photos of Main Street and Canyon was completed and the bank and even on the carriage in the rest of the business district. stone could be transported to the front. Membership was obvious when city by rail. This sped up the work In 1875, fire gutted the jewelry a sign containing an all-seeing eye considerably. In 1877 the walls store and ruined the upper floors and the words "Holiness to the

STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 15 Lord" was mounted in a promi- C.W. Carter, "SALT LAKE CITY FROM ... LOOKING SOUTH-EAST" An overview of the nent location. The wide scope of city with the Wasatch Mountains in the distance. The Beehive House and the fill length the organization was evident in of the Lion House are visible at top center. the variety of shops exhibiting the sign: a clock shop, the bakery, and composed the photo through the The History Company, 1889. (V. 26 the Eagle Emporium - a depart- ground glass, figured the exposure, of his works) ment store which was the center of exposed the plate for the proper Cameron, Marguerite. This is the the ZCMI. In early pictures, the time and then removed it to a dark Place. Caldwell, Idaho, The Caxton "Old Constitution Building", the container. Next, he carefully Printers Ltd. rev ed., 1939. first merchant store erected in employed the necessary chemicals Daughters of the Utah Pioneers. Utah, has a sign on it. to develop the negative, and after Tales of A Triumphant People. The small merchants remained it had dried, made a print from it. McCormick, John S. The Historic as individual proprietors until Besides the necessary technical Buildings of Downtown Salt Lake 1875 when ZCMI was consolidated competence, Carter and Savage City. into one entity similar to a mod- show their artistic skills including Peterson, Charles S. Utah, A His- ern department store. At this time, a wonderful sense of drama. Take tory. NY W.W. Norton & CO., 1984. the first building pictured in the the example of Carter's overview Taft, Robert. Photography and the middle of East Temple (more famil- of the city looking south-east. The American Scene. NY Dover, 1975. iarly known as Main) between activity in the foreground sweeps Wadsworth, Nelson B. Through South Temple and First South back to the grandeur of the moun- Camera Eyes. Brigham Young Uni- Streets was built. This edifice tains with the whole city laid out versity Press, 1975. m stood, unaltered, until 1880 when in between, in a vast panorama. it was doubled in size. Here is clarity and contrast, from Besides taking many photos of in front of your nose to infinity, the city, Carter and Savage also reminiscent of such later greats as went out into the countryside to Ansel Adams and Minor White. depict all of the aspects of life in The photographs included in their time. Some outstanding this pictorial indicate that Salt examples of these still exist, espe- Lake was well photographed by cially those from nearby mines. experts at their craft. he photos taken by Carter and Savage indicate that they had Sources exceptional technical skill. They Alexander, Thomas and James mastered a well-defined depth of Allen. Mormons and Gentiles - A field. It is obvious that they made History of Salt Lake City. excellent use of light. The clarity Alter, J. Cecil. Through the Heart and full range of tones are evi- of the Scenic West. Salt Lake City, dence of print quality. Shepard Book Co., 1927. At this time, to produce quality Bancroft, Hubert Howe. History stereos, a photographer had to use of Utah, 1540-1886. San Francisco his equipment with great skill. He

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- -- - Remembering Florence ~hom-as

n June 10, 1991, Florence 0Thomas passed away at the age of 85. An outstanding artist, Miss Thomas began developing her sculpting talents while working in her father's ornamental plaster-casting and cast-stone firm. After high school she spent four years as an architectural sculpture apprentice and studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She was awarded the Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship and went on to study in Europe for two more years. Miss Thomas designed and sculpted the original models for the newel posts at Timberline Lodge on Oregon's Mt. Hood. Wood carvers on that 1930s WPA project then used her models to create the finished animal figures we can see and touch today. The carving of the large panther hang- ing above the main lodge's main doors bears the signature F. Thomas. Although Florence Thomas was a Miss Thomas busy setting up a scene inside of Merlin's house for the 1963 Sword in the talented Artist in many mediums, Stone packet. O 1991 View-Master Ideal Group Inc. A subsidiary of Tyco Toys Inc. View-Master enthusiasts will always remember her best for the wonderful clay figure characters she created for so many outstanding fairy tale reels. In 1949, she described the process she followed in creating her clay figures. First she sketched the figures to be used and the backgrounds on cardboard, then she went to work on the figures themselves. Adult human figures were about six inches tall. After the figures had been dried for a while they were painted with oil colors and nail volish. The same stvle figures were One of our favorite scenes from the first reel Miss Thomas did for View-Master - The Ugly Duck- bsed in all seven sc&nes,but differ- ling. O 1991 View-Master Ideal Group Inc. A subsidiary of Tyco Toys Inc. ent figures were made for each

STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 17 scene because they appear in different postures. For settings and props all sorts of materials were used - moss, paper, asbestos, soil, stones, hair, etc. She obtained a realistic lake with a piece of plexiglass and ripples of transparent household cement. Once launched on a story, Miss Thomas figured production on a basis of seven working days for each scene. Sometimes it took less. The scenes for the story The Three Little Pigs took only three and a half days each. She found pigs easier to sculpt than humans. The third Little Picq begins his house of bricks in a scene from The Three Little pigs. Miss Florence Thomas worked at Thomas, who found pigs easier to sculpt than humans, here combined story-book visual sim- View-Master from 1946 to 1971. plicity with considerable depth. O 1991 View-Master Ideal Group Inc. A subsidiary of Tyco The following is a chronological Toys Inc. listing of her work during that time. 1946 The Ugly Duckling 1947 Little Black Sambo The Three Little Pigs The Christmas Story 1948 The Easter Story 1949 The Little Red Hen Mother Goose Rhymes 1950 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Rein- deer Jack and the Beanstalk 1951 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp The Magic Carpet Hansel and Gretel The Night Before Christmas 1952 Alice in Wonderland Sleeping Beauty A Scene from Little Red Riding Hood. The figures and sets created by Florence Thomas represented a rehrrn to a quality of stereoscopic miniature staging not seen since the days of the best 1953 Cinderella French tinted tissues about 85 years earlier. O 1991 View-Master Ideal Group Inc. A subsidiary The Pied Piper of Hamelin of Tyco Toys Inc. Thumbelina 1954 Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 1955 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Rumplestiltskin 1956 A Christmas Carol 1957 The Wizard of Oz The Steadfast Tin Soldier The Little Mermaid The Emperor's New Clothes 1958 Aesop's Fables 1959 Mother Goose Rhymes (another edition) 1960 The Shoemaker and the Elves 1961 ABC Circus 1962 1-2-3 Farm 1963 The Sword in the Stone 1965 Noah's Ark Florence Thomas with a set from Snow White. Titled "Fairy Tales Come to Life", the scene was 1967 Bible Heroes used in two promotional Sawyer's Plant Tour reels in the 1950s. It appeared again on the View- 1968 Puss in Boots Master Commemorative reel in the packet produced for the Portland NSA Convention in 1989. O 1991 View-Master Ideal Group Inc. A subsidiary of Tyco Toys Inc. 1970 Moses and the Plagues of Egypt 1971 Moses and the Ten Command- ments

18 STEREO WORLD JulyIAugust 1991 - It is sad to know that most of the wonderful work done by Miss Thomas has been destroyed over the years. However, a part of her work still remains today. There is a set of several wolves that she created during her tenure with View- master on display in the Creative Department. Florence Thomas may be gone, but her memory will live on by continuing to enchant View-Mas- ter enthusiasts across the globe with the delightful sculptures she so lovingly created. For this we thank her. (Special thanks to John Lawler and David Hitchcock for their hel~ in gathering information for this Carved wood bear cub newel post based on one of the designs by Florence Thomas for the article.) world famous Timberline Lodge ski resort on Mt. Hood, Oregon. (Stereo by Wolfgang Sell.) V-M Folio? Some people have expressed interest in a circulating folio dedicated to current amateur View- Master reels. Anyone interested in actively participating is invited to contact Mary Ann Sell, 3752 Broadway Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45208. If there is enough interest, we will confer with the Stereoscop- ic Society of America about estab- lishing such a folio. Send only your name and ideas at this time - no reels please. Another View-Master Club! A new organization devoted to collectors of View-Master images and equipment and users of View- Master cameras has appeared in Perhaps safer here than in the forest, this owl designed by Miss Thomas sits atop a Timberline Lodge newel post, touched and admired by thousands of visitors over the years. (Stereo by Germany. The View-Master Club of Wolfgang Sell.) Germany is based in Nuremberg and publishes a German language newsletter, 3D-Aktiv (3-D Active). Membership information is available by writing to View-Master Club Deutschland, c/o Werner Stahle, Rahm 27, W-8500 Niirn- berg 20. an

Florence Thomas created this relief sculpture of images from Alice in wonderland as part of another WPA art project in the early 1930s for the Mullnomah County Library in Port- land. It still hangs in the children's room of the Central Branch, where those who take the time can find many of their favorite characters from the story, despite the rather stem looking Alice in the center. (Stereo by john Dennis.)

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by Richard (2. Ryder

nquestionably, the most well- Johann Schmidt and eventually of zoo stereographs. Haes recount- u known individual animal ste- shipped to the famed Jardin des ed his impreisions in an address reographed at the London Zoo in Plantes zoo in Paris, where he before the North London Photo- the mid-nineteenth century by arrived in October of 1863. Shortly graphic Assn. on February 7, 1866: either Frank Haes or Frederick York thereafter, the Jardin des Plantes Soon after his arrival, and was the African elephant Jumbo. found itself in the market for a improvement in condition, I attend- Indeed, with the possible excep- new rhinoceros. Meanwhile, across ed to photograph him. He is an tion of Smokey Bear, no other sin- the channel, the London Zoo was amusing fellow, and I saw him tease gle zoo animal in history has anxious to add to its herd of ele- the old hippopotamus in grand enjoyed anything approaching the phants (all Indian) and, as luck style. He kept striking Obasch (sic) with his trunk on his mouth, and of tremendous popular adulation would have it, had just obtained course, enraged him terribly. The accorded to this renowned pachy- three young rhinos. A trade was hippopotamus rushed at the rails derm throughout his long years at quickly consummated. Jumbo open-mouthed,trying to catch Jum- the London Zoo and subsequent would go to England. bo's trunk, in which he was frustrat- brief career with Barnum. He wasn't Jumbo just yet, of ed by the adroitness of the animal; Contrary to popular belief, course. That name would be and when the elephant was satisfied Jumbo is not the largest elephant coined on his arrival in London with irritating him, watching his on record. Two bull elephants shot and evidently derives from the opportunity, he turned round, and in Angola since the end of the Sec- "mumbo-jumbo" village priests of with his hind foot flung a lot of ond World War stood well over a West Africa. gravel into the hippopotamus's foot taller than Jumbo. One of Crated travel is hard on wild open jaws. these, the so-called Fenkovi ele- animals but the zoo officials in It seems that playfulness in an phant, is now displayed in the London were nonetheless dis- inescapable part of a baby ele- rotunda of the Smithsonian's mayed to discover that their new phant's personality. What Obaysch Museum of Natural History in charge was both malnourished and thought is of course another mat- Washington, D.C. But in terms of gravely ill. It took several weeks of ter. It is recorded, however, that captive elephants, few have even painstaking care to nurse Jumbo Obaysch once escaped and could approached Jumbo's estimated 11' back to vibrant health, an initially only be lured back into his enclo- 3" stature. shared task that soon was entrust- sure by tricking him into charging Today, his name has become ed to Matthew Scott, one of the a keeper for whom the hippo had synonymous with all that is of junior keepers. Between Scott and a particular loathing. That keeper monumental proportions, from the elephant there developed a was Matthew Scott, and it may be "jumbo" jets to oversized olives. bond of mutual trust and affection that it was the faint aroma of ele- This wasn't always the case. When that would last until the latter's phant rather than the keeper's per- Jumbo arrived at the London Zoo death. sonality that Obaysch found so in 1865, he stood only about five As the first African elephant objectionable. feet tall and was one sick little ele- exhibited in England in modern Haes' stereograph of the young phant! times, Jumbo was bound to attract Jumbo appears as No. 32 of his sec- Born in the wilds of Abyssinia a great deal of public attention. ond series, but is somewhat lack- and captured there by Arabs, the Among his earliest admirers was ing in proper decorum as the tiny infant Jumbo had been acquired Frank Haes, who was then in the elephant seems to have just by Bavarian animal collector process of taking his second series deposited a rather large pile of excrement!

STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 21 . t ----- . .- ---. - - --. - .-. .- - But if Jumbo was not always the "The Young African Elephant (Elephas Africanus)" No. 32, Second Series, Ry Frank most elegant of photographic sub- Haes, 1865. The infant Jumbo, stereographed shortly after his arrival at the London ZOO jects, the British people couldn't from the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. Haes leff a detailed account of his zoo stereography have cared less. Over the years, as in lectures delivered before the London Photographic Society in January 1865 and the North London Photographic Association in February 1866. The view is extremely rare, Jumbo increased in size' too he with only a poor copy available for publication. grew in popularity. He learned to carry a kind of open saddle (or "howdahv)and almost any day he buns and other treats, a practice London ZOOaround 1869-70, it could be seen plodding slowly that would turn any modern zoo was only natural that he should along the gravel paths of Regent's director gray overnight- In sho*~ include Jumbo, and it is not sur- Park, with Scott and half a dozen Jumbo was thoroughly spoiled. prising that the elephant appears or more children perched on his When Frederick York produced in at least nine different images; back. Youngsters were encouraged his mammoth series of approxi- Nos. 56, 113, 181, 183, 186, and to approach him fearlessly with mately 200 stereographs of the two versions each of Nos. 55 and 182. If Jumbo does not create quite the impression one might expect, "Aflcan Elephant, Elephas Africanus" No. 55 by frederick York. York's series of approx- it should be remembered that he imately 200 "Animals in the Gardens of the Zoolo~icalSociety of London" is the largest was not yet full-grown, lacking known grouping of 19th century ZOO stereographs. Note the presence of keeper Matthew perhaps 2-3 feet of his eventual Scott in nearly all of the views.

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22 STEREO WORLD JulylAu~ust1991 "African Elephant, Elephas Africanus" Another version of York's No. 55. One often Nevertheless, Barnum, who was encounters two or more variations of a single number in the York series. The first nothing if not persistent, promptly approximately 100 cards of the series are believed to have been produced in late 1868 or cabled an offer and the deed was early 1869, at a time when Jumbo was thought to be about eight years old. done. But Jumbo wasn't in America stature. It is also perhaps rather lence, damaging the elephant yet. And if some folks had their odd that Jumbo's name does not house on more than one occasion. way, he never would be. The pub- appear in the caption of even one It was also feared that he would lic outcry occasioned by the sale of these stereographs, but neither fall victim to "musth," a periodic went well beyond anything any Haes nor York was in the habit of glandular inflammation that ren- sane man could reasonably have identifying individual animals, ders adult male elephants extreme- anticipated. While the London and the elephant wasn't yet the ly irritable. If Jumbo should be newspapers thundered daily institution he was to become. stricken during one of his daily against the transaction, an injunc- Present with Jumbo in each of jaunts, the possibilities were just tion was filed in chancery court, the York views is the inevitable too frightful to contemplate. and even the Queen and Prince of Scott. Another interesting feature Another concern was Scott: since Wales ultimately became involved. is the female African elephant he was the only one who could Ridiculous sums were offered to Alice. Acquired by the zoo shortly effectively control the big ele- buy Barnum off. Yet through it all, after Jumbo, she was to figure phant, his health too was at a pre- the old impresario remained calm, prominently in the story later on. mium - and the keeper was known thriving on the publicity. She is shown with Jumbo in views to be fond of the bottle. If Barnum was something of an 182 and 183, and is featured by While the authorities were irresistible force, Jumbo was about herself in York's No. 180. searching for a graceful way out of to become the proverbial immov- In addition to the York mounts their predicament, fate, in the able object. After an initial attempt themselves, several of these views, form of Phineas Taylor Barnum, to load the elephant into a mas- particularly Nos. 56 and 182, may was about to intervene. It had sive, wheeled wooden crate had be encountered as copies, with the been many years since Barnum gone awry on February 11,1882, it former sometimes labeled erro- had dazzled the world with the was decided to walk him the six neously as an "Indian Elephant," a likes of Jenny Lind and Tom miles to the St. Katherine's Docks bit of supreme irony for the crea- Thumb, and the irrepressible on the Thames and load him in ture that was rapidly becoming the showman had fallen on hard what was hoped would be more largest and most famous zoo ani- times. Even his recent merger with conductive surroundings. But the mal in the world. James Bailey's "London Circus" following morning, when Jumbo By the late 1870s, Jumbo had had not fully restored the success reached the zoo's outer gate, he become, in the words of Harper's he craved. For that he would need balked and, despite impassioned Weekly, something of a "national something truly enormous to draw coaxing, finally lay down and pet." But if the zoo authorities the crowds. refused to budge. The whole thing were pleased with their elephant's When Barnum's London agent seems to have been choreographed enhanced reputation, it was a plea- broached the subject of purchasing by Scott, who had come to look sure tempered with some concern. Jumbo to the secretary of the Zoo- upon the giant pachyderm as As Jumbo approached maturity, he logical Society, he appears to have something of a personal posses- showed increasing signs of vio- met with some initial resistance. sion.

STEREO WORLD JulyIAugust 1991 23 . 42.1 The press loved it. What more "African Elephant (kneeling), Elephas Africanus" No. 56 by F. York. Indicative of Scott's proof could anyone need that uncanny ability to manipulate the elephant - and a preview of his performance at the Jumbo was a true British patriot, time of the sale to Barnum in 1882. Copy views of this image are sometimes mislabeled indignantly resisting exploitation as "Indian Elephant," a supremely ironic touch. at the hands of a mere foreigner? Furthermore, the trumpeting of reason for Scott's rapport with on September 15, 1885. Jumbo the other elephants convinced the Jumbo: apparently the two were and Tom Thumb, the tiny "clown" reporters that Jumbo was being old drinking buddies! Barnum elephant who appeared with him dragged away from the tender vowed to put a stop to the practice in the show's finale, were being led companionship of his mate - a but this was one argument he was back to their cars by Scott. The cir- role in which Alice was now fanci- not destined to win. Scott would cus train was parked on a siding fully cast. In fact, the two ele- handle the elephant his way or not next to the main through-track phants had never even shared the at all. while the tents had been set up in same enclosure. Nevertheless, Barnum had an open field below a steep Barnum was ecstatic - more free scored another smashing triumph. embankment on the opposite side publicity! But he wasn't the only Jumbo was wheeled up Broadway of the track. one reaping a bonanza. Following amid cheering crowds and appro- Scott was leading his charges announcement of the sale, atten- priate fanfare. The "Greatest Show down the track when he heard a dance at the zoo had skyrocketed on Earth" opened its 1882 season not too distant whistle. Realizing as hordes of Britons came for one to sold-out performances in Madi- that he would be unable to reach last look at their beloved elephant. son Square Garden. Even before the end of the circus train in time, Scott too was profiting handsome- the circus left for its annual swing and unable to coerce the panicky ly, from the tips and gifts of gener- through the northeastern United elephants down the embankment, ous well-wishers. States and Canada, Barnum had he managed to turn them around But it couldn't last. Eventually recouped his entire outlay on Jum- in a desperate bid to reach a break zoo director Bartlett saw through bo, transportation costs and all. in the circus train where the cars Scott's charade, the huge wheeled For three years, Jumbo toured had been uncoupled. crate put in another appearance, with the circus, riding in his own The engineer of the approaching and finally, on March 25th, the ornate "palace Car" - a specially freight, sighting the elephants, steamship Assyrian Monarch sailed designed boxcar with huge double whistled for the brakes, threw the for New York with its precious car- doors and a depressed center for locomotive into reverse, and go tucked securely away in a spe- easy access. Scott lived in a small jumped clear. The clown elephant, cially reinforced hold. compartment at the head of the unable to keep up with his com- Reassured by the continued pres- car and, according to Barnum, panions, was struck from the rear ence of Scott (now in Barnum's often at night th;elephant would and pitched down the embank- employ), Jumbo took the crossing thrust his trunk through the con- ment, to emerge with a broken leg well. When the Assyrian Monarch necting doorway and playfully tug but otherwise little the worse for dropped anchor in New York har- the covers from his sleeping wear. bor on Easter Sunday, Barnum friend. By now Scott had reached the quickly scurried aboard to check Then Tragedy struck. The circus opening and was trying to guide on his prize. A teetotaler himself, had just finished its evening per- Jumbo through it. But an elephant Barnum was aghast to learn one formance in St. Thomas, Ontario, with a full head of steam has about

24 STEREO WORLD July/Augurt 1991 "Afncun Elepl~ntrt(tnnlr), ElepltaT /lfricanlrs" No- 181 by I.: Ynrk. Slrch "~lephantrirlrs" aggressively and unprovokedly p~~tlycontrihrrted fo ]i~mhotxrowin,q popl~larityamong Londoners. Probably tnken charged an inoffensive train. aholrt two or three y~ursafter the cnrli~rYurk views. Almost as unbelievable, but nonetheless true, the railroad in the turning radius of a cruise ship, under the car to comfort his dying question was the Grand Trunk! and Jumbo overshot the opening friend. In later years, Barnurn liked to by two car lengths before he could If the actual circumstances of pretend that the idea of having bring his huge bulk to a halt. The Jumbo's death were bizarre renowned scientist Henry Ward train slammed into him from enraugh,the stories that began to come out to preserve Jumbo's behind, throwing him to his circulate soon after were down- remains was a brilliant improvisa- knees. The locomotive, its progress right ridicuIous: Barnum asserting tion, but in truth tentative effectively checked, toppled from that jumbo had deliberately sacri- arrangements had been made the rails. ficed himself to save the clown ele- almost as soon as the showman Rut Jumbo had been shoved phant, while the railroad, which acquired the elephant. When partway under the circus train, was being sued by Ratnum, indig- Ward and his assistants arrived on crushing his skull on the undercar- nantly claimed that Jumbo had the scene two days later, Jumbo riage of a boxcar. He was still con- scious when a craw'ed "Whit Monday at the Zoo - The Elephants" No. 183 by E York. Itrmbo sfands at lpft by the "mountin,psteps" with the female Alice (latex billed as Il~mbo!~"widow") to the ripht. was already a bit gamy. The hide "Jumbo," an artotype cabinet card by E. Bierstadt of New York. Despite the caption, and skeleton (weighing nearly two this photograph was not taken in America but along the path adjacent to the ele- tons in all) were stripped of flesh phant house at the London Zoo in early 1882, about the time of the sale to Barnum. and taken to Rochester for clean- (Compare the fence in the background with that visible at the bottom of York's No. ing and mounting. Barnum would 181.) Almost no photographs oflurnbo's American career are known to exist. have two "Jumbos" for the 1886 season. He is said to have haunted the But, whether or not stereographs Just how he planned to use Tufts campus for years, lingering of Jumbo's days with Barnum them was soon evident. While Bar- by the immense figure and talking remain to be found, we can at least num hastily acquired Alice, Jum- to it. Eventually he returned to be thankful that Haes and York bo's alleged "widow," from the England, a penniless and pathetic were able to document a portion London Zoo, the other elephants figure, as much a victim of that of the amazing career of this were being trained to wave black- tragic night in St. Thomas as his unique animal, in Barnum's words, bordered sheets across their eyes. huge companion had been. a true "colossus of his kind." When the circus opened, the skele- Photographs of Jumbo's Ameri- The author wishes to thank John ton and mounted hide were can career are extremely rare - per- C. Edwards of London, England for wheeled out, followed by the "wid- haps deliberately so. Judging from his generous assistance in the devel- ow and her grieving companions." Barnum's advertising, Jumbo owed opment of this article. This macabre performance went only about half of his legendary on for two years, until Alice died stature to Mother Nature and the [Another interesting examination of in a fire at the circus winter quar- other half to what could politely Jumbo's life appeared on page 22 of ters in Bridgeport, Connecticut. be termed creative showmanship. the the march, 1991 issue of Natural In a flamboyant gesture, Barnum And just as a true measurement History, the magazine of the American (which Barnum refused to allow) Museum of Natural History. donated Jumbo's skeleton to the -Ed.] American Museum of Natural His- would underline the incredible tory in New York and the mounted exaggeration of posters showing hide to Tufts University - then Jumbo carrying forty or more peo- promptly borrowed them back for ple on his back or standing stolidly a couple of European tours. The while a pair of horses drew a four- skeleton remains at the American wheeled carriage beneath his huge Museum to this day. Sadly, the frame, so too photographs would mounted hide was destroyed in a indicate that the advertising was fire in 1975. just a bit overblown. Matthew Scott never recovered Nevertheless, it is surprising that from the loss of his huge alter ego. more local photographers didn't manage to capture Jumbo on film.

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-- - - Rich Stereo Feast Awaits That is a very nice thought but it objects used can be nearly any Ready Lenses just isn't so. A large body of com- items that have some interest in mon knowledge is presumed in their own right and, as often as hen a Stereoscopic Society not, the more of them the merrier. folio arrives, one can antici- such situations, without which the W meaning or impact of the picture A busy picture in stereo can keep pate an evening of entertainment on the viewer will likely be lost. one studying it for a long time. looking at stereo views taken by The greatest work of literature The same technique on a single Society members whose homes are would mean less than junk mail if object such as a flower or some- scattered around the country and handed to me written in Sanskrit. thing of similar size is equally whose travels circle the globe. It The fault is mine, of course, but effective if the subject is well cho- can be a wonderful travelogue as that is the reality. Full notes should sen and properly positioned. we go through the pictures one by be expected with each stereo view Exaggerations of the stereo effect one and add comments to the submitted and we should not have have been and can be used to good folio envelopes. But then comes to ask, "But, where is it?" when advantage to produce feelings the moment of truth. looking at a breathtaking land- ranging from humor to awe. This Before sending the folio down- scaDe. sort of thing can be done at home. stream to the next member on the There is alGays something to pho- route list, a new entry must be Stereograph tograph, even without venturing added ...one of our own stereo What You Know Best into the back yard where another views that can respectfully take its I love to see family or personal world awaits the patient stereogra- place among the impressive views pictures. I do not mean the chop- pher. we have just studied. Often, this is ped off heads and fuzzy focus of Experiments with light painting no easy task. Where does one find the novice snapshooter. An experi- have been appearing in the Society stereo subjects worth taking and enced photographer let loose folios in recent times. The camera worthy of showing to others? among her family and familiar sur- shutter is opened in the dark with Pictures Are Everywhere roundings will produce interesting the camera on a tripod. Various We only have to study the range results, including vote-worthy light sources, point or light bar or of subject matter represented in ones if entered in competition. To whatever, are manipulated to paint the Society folios to see that there pass these off as "family records" a picture on the film. The possibili- are virtually no limits to the may miss the point entirely. ties are endless and some very sources of worthy pictures. Some Work and hobbies are a rich interesting and unusual results photographers are cute and some source for stereographers looking have been shown, encouraging are bizarre. Some show grand for subject matter to try their cam- other Society members to try their scenery and others subjects of his- eras on. Such stereographs from own experiments. torical significance. But the one the past have become prized collector items to later generations Artwork thing that becomes obvious is that Stereographing artwork so that there is something worth pho- because they record the real world. I am a bit pessimistic that today's justice is done to the subject is tographing in nearly every time another challenge worthy of the and place. The skill of the photog- color materials will survive the assault of time as well as the old serious photographer. I find that rapher in uncovering these, of stereo photography does an espe- course, plays no small role in the albumen prints of the last century, but that is another storv. cially good job on sculpture, and process. But saying, "there is noth- even paintings look better (and ing to photograph" is seldom if Using the Stereo Effect. more real) than in a flat picture, ever true. And stereo photography Some of the most memorable although the subject is flat. For makes many subjects much more stereographs I have seen have been sculpture in the round, at least effective than they could ever be close-ups or tabletops taken at three views should be made from in flat photography. home under controlled conditions. varying vantage points. Take your Good Notes Needed Using a very small aperture for stereo camera to the museum, and In presenting a stereograph, great depth of field along with a the museum comes home with there should be adequate informa- time exposure, a collection of you. There are indeed good pic- tion so that the viewer can fully objects can be used to produce an tures to be had everywhere. appreciate what he or she is seeing. intriguing stereograph that inspires extended study by all who Supplies I have heard many times state- Audrey Kruse has taken over as ments by some photographers that get to see it. The use of the stereo effect in such cases is fundamen- Supplies Secretary for the Society a picture should stand on its own from Judy Proffitt, who is busy merits and need no explanation. tal, but everything in the picture must be in needle sharp focus. The (continued on page 35)

STEREO WORLD JulylAupst 1991 27 It's Pronounced "Sk61-o-gram" I he next time you see a large Tand impressive autostereoscop- ic transparency advertising a product or displaying a computer generated scientific image, don't assume that it's just a particularly well made lenticular display. You could be looking at a PHSColo- gramTM,a three-dimensional image display system based on a concept older than that of lenticular lens screens, and technically a type of parallax panoramagram. If a close look at the surface of the back-lighted display reveals a fine screen-of vertical black lines, "Papilloma Virus, Third Edition" by Donna Cox, Stephan Meyers, and Ellen Sandor of (Art)". you are seeing the "barrier strip" A pair of the original images comprising a phscologram showing a sexually transmitted dis- side of a phscologram. These lines ease virus which can lead to cervical cancer. The background is a mammogram showing a are generated on film by the same cancer at the lower right. This was part of a special tribute exhibit to photographer Robert computerized scanner system Maplethorpe involving phscolograms of nudes and sexually transmitted viruses shown at the which "slices" the (usually 13) dif- SIGGRAPH '90 art show. ferent views of an image into vertical strips 1/400 of an inch wide and interleaves them for later reproduction on large sheets of color transparency film. When the final image film and the grill of barrier strips are mounted in regis- ter on two sides of a sheet of plastic, a 3-D image can be seen from a relatively wide area in front of the display thanks to the multiple angles of view provided by the 13 images divided into thousands of strips. Similar techniques are used for large lenticular prints, but the use of barrier strips eliminates any dis- tortions or interference caused by looking through a sheet of lens material. There is nothing but clear plastic between your eyes and the image sections positioned between the barrier strips, which select with perfect angular precision (and no ghosting or fuzzy The basic concept of a "parallax stereogram", as illustrated in the 1926 STEREOSCOPIC edges) the view intended for each PHOTOGRAPHY by Arthur W. Judge. The numbers 1,2,3,4,5, etc. are the alternating eye. thin strips of left and right image sections, while G is a sheet ofglass with the bam'er Phscologram images can easily strips on it. El and Er are the positions of the left and right eyes, each seeing only the appropriate series of image strips. The more complex parallax "panoramagrams" like phs- seem to float well into the room or colo~ramsemploy a greater number of images from more angles sliced into strips behind far back into the display with little the bam'er grill. of the jumpiness or poor definition resulting when very deep 3-D

28 STEREO WORLD July/August1991 , effects are attempted with lenticular screens. High or low contrast, dark or bright image elements can look real enough for even the most jaded 3-D enthusiast to try touch- ing them. With the more dramatic phscolograms, like the computer generated model of a brightly col- ored AIDS virus, the truly astound- ing effect has prompted several readers to ask where these things have been, why more haven't been seen, and what Stereo World can explain about them. The first phscolograms were created in 1983 when sculptor and neon artist Ellen Sandor founded the (Art)" Laboratory at the Illi- nois Institute of Technology in Chicago. (Art)", or "Art to the Nth A young visitor tries to grab part of a phscolo~qramimage in the tra~elin~qexhibit of 3-L) imqq- power" is described as a collabora- ing techniques from the Boston Museum of Science in its 1991 stop at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland. Phscolograms can seem to move as you walk past, and the tive group dedicated to the fusion effect can be enhanced by controlled subject movements between the multiple exposures mak- of artistic expression and scientific ing up the final image. visualization. Multiple exposures through a room-sized camera produced the early phscolograms pho- sculptural arrays or as single dis- Other phscolograms concentrate tographically. By 1987,the group plays, involve a genuine scientific on a single subject, as with studies of artists, computer technicians, image combined in some stereo of pressure distribution over com- mathematicians, and scientists had relationship with a second image puter models of air and space craft incorporated computer generated or theme which may be scientific in wind tunnels. MRI Brain III images and invented the Stealth or something very different. The shows several layers of a Magnetic Negative PHSCologramTM,a pro- effect is to generate more meaning Resonance Image of a woman with cess in which images go directly (and more questions) than either a brain tumor, including the skin from a computer to a scanner, image would alone - the sort of surface, brain tissue, and the eliminating the use of any camera juxtaposition artists have been tumor. at all for many phscolograms. The doing since cave painting days. Phscolograms made up of multi- computer slices and interleaves the The difference is that phscolo- ple photographs rather than com- 13 images, storing them on tape. grams present, in dramatic 3-Dl puter screen or video images have This is fed into a scanner which images which often otherwise exist not been abandoned. A new 9- produces four color separation only as collections of data from camera array using synchronized films the size of the final display medical scanners, electron micro- Hasselblads has been used to create (up to 3112 x 5 feet, so far). These scopes, computer design aerospace an exhibit for the Chicago Muse- are then contact printed onto tests, or computer imaged mathe- um of Science and Industry involv- Cibachrome print film for mount- matical concepts. Combined with ing images of children of different ing behind the barrier strips and images of people and objects, both races showing a variety of emo- plastic panel. dangerous and otherwise, from the tions. Other photographic images The term PHSCologram was "real" world, these unique stere- will be sliced and interleaved into derived from the first letters of ograms extend scientific images phscolograms made for advertis- "photography", "holography", beyond their high tech framework ing. Some of the hoped for appli- "sculpture", and "computer graph- in-moreways than the purely visu- cations are menu signs for fast ics". It attempts to convey the al. food restaurants, vending highly collaborative and cross-dis- AIDS Virus, Third Edition is a machines, in-store displays, pin- ciplinary group effort involved in 1987 phscologram with a comput- ball machines, airport displays, producing these unique 3-D works. er visualization of an AIDS virus trade show exhibits, and bill- The phscolograms themselves floating in front of a CATSCAN of boards. have been featured in several sci- a person named Messiah, who died (Art)" publishes a quarterly ence museum shows, galleries, and of AIDS. This compelling image newsletter called (Nays)n covering touring exhibits, and have been has been reproduced (flat) in sever- their current work and exhibits. favorites at SIGGRAPH, the state- al publications. Contact (Art)" Laboratory, 319 of-the-art (or more) international Chemical Terror, 1991, floats a Wishnick Hall, 3255 S. Dearborn, computer graphics conference 3-D image of a poison gas mole- Chicago, IL 60616. where 3-D has come to be an cule in front of a historic black and expected element. Most of them, white photo of a death-camp cre- whether in groups as parts of large mation oven.

STEREO WORLD JulyIAugust I991 29 Stereo World Triggers Dot Avalanche When the folks at Pentica Sys- two weeks, over 210 people had many active collectors and produc- tems Inc. (a firm specializing in fused the correct answer. By this ers of stereographs in the NSA. Sin- "debugging" and error tracing August, the total from U.S. and gle frame random dot stereos, equipment for computerized elec- British publications was over unlike leftlright pairs, can only be tronic circuitry) saw Dan Dyck- 3,000! fused through freeviewing tech- man's single frame random dot Realizing that something special niques. This adds to their appeal stereos in the MayIJune '90 Stereo was happening, Pentica got per- both among those who have been World, they were inspired. Within mission to reprint the original arti- freeviewing for years and those a few months, they had run a full cle as part of the prize package, who's first successful attempt at it page ad featuring the random dot which they decided to send every turned one of those flat rectangles image shown here in two industry new freeviewer responding to the into a window full of surprises. (A publications with a combined cir- ad. Best of all, the first few hun- lorgnette viewer or the adjustable- culation of 150,000. dred people were also sent a sam- mirror "nu vu" stereoscope will The text of the ad explains that ple copy of Stereo World, which has fuse single frame images, but the their equipment detects patterns resulted in noticeable added lack of reference points or boarders as elusive as the number hidden in growth in NSA membership. makes their use as much a task as the dots. Some hints for freeview- The high percentage of people learning to freeview in the first ing are included, and readers are responding to the ad would be place.) invited to send in the number impressive in any case, but these Now, through a related compa- revealed in 3-D for a chance at a people had to know or learn free- , ny called N.E. Thing Enterprises, "special prize." The response viewing first - a challenge they , the type of 3-D images which quickly grew from surprising to seem to have accepted eagerly, and 1 stirred the enthusiastic response to overwhelming. Within the first a vision skill which still eludes the original Pentica ad are being

Pentica Loves Puzzles! marketed as a new product line of The posters are $15 each or $35 N.E. Thing has also come up their own. One of the advantages a set, postpaid, from N.E. Thing with a NAME which may catch on of single frame random dot stereos Enterprises, PO Box 1827, Cam- for all such images designed for over paired images is the fact that bridge, MA 02139. Besides helping freeviewing. Their term for a single there is no limit at all to the size of spread interest in 3-D in general, image (or more accurately a single the image. Since it depends on N.E. Thing is generating an unex- Fame) random dot stereogram is a integrated leftlright elements pected commercial market for the "STARE-E-0." appearing at separations set for most interactive, organic, and per- OMNI Dots easy freeviewing fusion, more sonally satisfying type of viewing - image can be added to either side the subtle control of some tiny eye The November, '91 issue of of the initial "pair" for as far as the muscles called freeviewing. Once OMNI magazine is scheduled to page or sheet allows. The image their customers learn the tech- include one of NSA member Dan must of course be made up of nique, they will be ready to fuse Dyckman's single frame random fusible patterns,which leaves out and enjoy stereo images in a wider dot stereos on the "Games" page. photographs unless very small range of pair formats. The dots roll on... ones are paired up as part of a pat- tern themselves. Unlike anaglyphs, there is no ghosting or pale image or color limitation. Once you've fused any part of the image, you've got the whole thing. Added Dimension N.E. Thing has used these features to maximum advantage in a iust uublished line of Dosters and a Adds A Brewster i99i calendar. The come with some basic instructions in This is at least design number tribute to illumination differences. freeviewing and a practice image, four in James Curtin's quest for the But the new design does provide but the real teaching effort is most marketable system of folding something of a breakthrough in embedded in poster #1, Training stereo viewers for printed pairs. low cost folding stereoscopes. Even Wheels. The 24 x 30 inch poster The latest version from his Added the most inept user with no con- has six different visual aids to free- Dimension Company uses the cept of how to view a stereo pair viewing plus a large multicolored same ultra flat plastic lenses as the will succeed, since no positioning field of repeating shapes and pat- mailer viewer seen in Stereo World of lenses or proper folding of a terns which create their own curv- JulyIAug. '89, page 21. But when wobbly image flap or card is ing volume of space when any unfolded, this new viewer becomes required. As Sir David Brewster adjacent pair is fused. Only one a more stable box, with a space proved so many years ago, nearly area is composed of actual random between the septum and the back anyone can slide a view into the dots, but the principle and the where the small format (13.5 x 6 end of a box and see stereo. viewing techniques are the same. cm) views can slide in from either The Added Dimension also mar- Poster #2, The Third Eye, incor- side. kets folding viewers for single porates the guiding fusion spots The full septum, which extends image, book, or catalog applica- into the random dot field where nearly to the surface of the view, tions from Box 15325, Clearwater, they become an eerie part of the holds the view upright but also FL 34629. fused image. Poster #3, The World's can create a shadow on one image Hardest Maze, looks like a woven depending on the lighting condi- riot of color until the "start here" tions. The "roof" effect of the left arrows are fused. Then it becomes side of the viewer can also con- a 3-0 riot of color and planes with a tiny path twisting and diving through them, over and under itself, like a visual Chinese puzzle. The feeling is one of being lost in a universe of enlarged video pixels after their experience in a paper shredder. Only the stereo effect reveals the path, which consists of the same multi-color rectangles as the background and seems to con- stantly double back on itself. Fol- lowing it to the goal is a true 3-D challenge, but just seeing how fast you can race your eyes around on it without falling off or losing fusion is fun too.

STEREO WORLD July/Aupst 1991 31 Call Ghostingbuster Minolta

A recent issue of the comic book The Real Ghostbusters includes a in Depth ten page anaglyphic 3-D section converted by Bob Staake of Apart- NSA member David Rurder has ment 3-D. The story, in which the scored another first in the effort to famous team tries to evict a demon expose the mainstream photo- from a rollercoaster, is the first of graphic world to some of the finest the series in 3-Dl and may prompt stereo images being produced Apartment 3-D to do more comic today. Minolta Mirror is one of book work according to Staake. those elegant international pho- Very rarely is anaglyphic materi- tography annuals published by al done in the same comic with major camera companies to exhib- regular four-color illustration. To it work done with their cameras by save on costs, the publisher (NOW leading photographers. Comics) had the anaglyphic sec- On a 14 page spread in the 1991 tion printed using the cyan and issue are 17 color anaglyphs of magenta from the four-color pro- Burder's most notable stereo- cess inks used in the rest of the graphs, including aerial hypers, a comic. Since these colors are so far fisheye view, Scanning Electron from those of the filters in regular Microscope stereos, a macro action anaglyphic glasses, severe ghosting stereo, and his now widely circu- could have wiped out the Ghost- lated stereos of the fox in the flow- busters. Total disaster was avoided ers, the ducklings, and Susan Pin- by screening both colors, reducing Bob Staake's 3-D conversion of sky being kissed by a Swiss cow. their intensity and contrast to the the art seems to have been done The glasses supplied with the issue point where ghosting in the blue is with a good combination of preci- interfere as little as possible with no worse than average. Unfortu- sion, restraint, and dramatic multi- the image colors, while ghosting is nately, the magenta ink allows ple-plane effect. It certainly bothersome in only three or four some rarely seen ghosting in the deserved its own inks so we could views. red as well, and the combined enjoy it. The brief text outlines his wide screened colors produce a more The comic, including glasses, is experience in professional 3-D pale final image than most current available from NOW Comics, 60 photography, including work for 3-D comics. Revere Drive, #200,Northbrook, IL View-Master, and his use of paired 60062 for $2.95 plus 604 postage. Minoltas on a bar followed by the splicing of two Minolta 500s into a "Twinolta" for standard stereography assignments. The article's title page is a macro stereo of hover- flies inside a blossom taken with a Burder-designed dual aperture lens Apartment rig which allows separations of 2.5 to 10mm. Diagrams illustrate how 3-D Catalog mirrors guide the images from the After many requests, the 3-D single Minolta (naturally) lens past graphic design firm Apartment 3-D a septum to 120 roll film. is offering a selection of their ana- The 1991 issue of Minolta Mirror glyphic posters, 3-D glasses and is available for $6.95 from Minolta 3-D video tapes to the public. A 12 Corp., 101 Williams Drive, Ram- sey, NJ 07446, and from some page catalog illustrates 3-D mer- chandise ranging in price from Minolta dealers, until December $1.50 for 3-D dinosaur cards to 31. their $16.00 3-D video demo tape. The items are unavailable from any other source, and include a number of wild and humorous promotional and cartoon posters. For a catalog, send $1.00 to This column depends on readers fos infor- Apartment 3-Dl 1009 S. Berry Rd. mation. (We don't know everything!) Send ~e~t.SW9, St. Louis, MO 63122. information or questions to David Starkman, PO. Box 2368, Culver City, CA 90231.

32 STEREO WORLD JulyIAugust 1991 THIS IS THE MOST 1 3-D Foto World 1 COMPLETE AND Competition AVAILABLEBEST BOOK ON STEREO In celebration of its tenth I In its ten year existence, the firm anniversary as a mail order source has become-a true stereoscopy of stereo publications and equip- warehouse, serving over 10,000 ment, 3-D FOTO WORLD has people around the world by mail, announced a world wide competi- particularly in the German speak- tion for "the best artistic stereo- ing areas of Europe. Along with photograph." The winner will cameras, viewers and mounting receive a unique 3-D trophy donat- materialstone speciality has been ed by Arthur G. Haisch of 3-D books about stereo related matters FOTO WORLD. Detailed informa- and books illustrated with some tion on the competition, condi- format of stereo images. Even tions for participation, and entry items sold out in other parts of the forms are available by mail with world can often be found through self-addressed envelope and a the 3-D FOTO WORLD catalog, postal reply coupon. Contact 3-D available from the above FOTO WORLD, Fach, CH-4020 address. m Basel, Switzerland. FAX 0041-61- 312-49-23.

3-D Museum Third Printing ! Celebrates Hardbound, 300 pages Hundreds of illustrations, Official Opening many in 3-D! wo days before the opening of alike. The mayor of the ancient Tthis year's NSA convention in town of carefully maintained and San Antonio, another opening of restored buildings gave the official Only $49.95 postpaid significance to stereoscopy was opening speech for the museum's underway in Germany. June 19th invited guests, followed by a spe- Order direct fro111 was the official opening of the cial theatrical performance and publisller! Send order "Museum 3.DimensionNin party. In its new quarters, and in a and personal check to: Dinkelsbuhl, about 50km south- town which is itself a tourist desti- west of Nuremberg. Organized as a nation, Museum 3.Dimension private establishment a few years should become an important site ago by Gerd Stief, the museum had for the preservation and public been functioning in the city tower exhibition of both historic and adjacent to its new home. A num- current equipment and material ber of NSA and ISU members from involved in 3-D imaging. A more around the world visited Museum detailed report on this unique 3.Dimension following the 7th ISU museum will appear in a future Congress in Germany in June, issue. The address is Museum 1989. 3.Dimension1 Nordinger TorIStadt- Renovated for the museum by muhle, D-8804 Dinkelsbuhll 3-D Book Productioils the city of Dinkelsbuhl, the old Romantische Strasse, Germany. m 1'0 Box 19 stadmuhle (city mill) now houses 9530 AA Borger the exhibits of stereoscopy, holography, optical illusions, "impossi- The Netherlands ble figures" and other items with Telephone 05998-87245 more room for guests and artifacts Telefax 05998-87228

STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 33 Announcing the I 'Assignment 3-DN Stel

any readers have requested Mthat we include more examples of the best work of today's active stereographers in the pages of Stereo World. The general feeling among these members is that a lot of good stereography deserves publication for its own sake, whether or not it illustrates an article or demonstrates a particular device or technique. The "Stereo World Color Gallery" in the Mar./Apr. 1988 issue scratched only one corner of one layer of the surface of a tremendous body of material waiting to be seen. It also proved to us just how difficult choosine" from The sort of overlooketl "urban di~tail"which can be found right under our feet. A Portland among a flood of these gems can ("City of Hoses") water main access cover with its tra@c-worn features restored by a wider be. In order to avoid being deluged than normal stereo separation. This example of the general idea is by John Dennis, one of the by stereos of every description, few who will be ineligible for participation in the actual ASSIGNMENT 3-0 contests. Camera: including the inevitable striking Super Richopex. Light: direct sun. Distance: 5 feet. Separation: about 6". Exposure: 1/100th, f/16. Film: VP 120. The view circulated in a Stereoscopic Society Print Folio in 1981. scenics and irresistible children, we have decided on an "assignment" format, which will run through the following three issues. As space allows (and depending on the response) judges will select for publication in each issue the two or three best views submitted by press time. A new assignment category and its final closing date will be announced by the second issue of each category's 3-issue run. Our hope is that this will be a fair and challenging way to present recent stereographs by people from a wide range of backgrounds and interests using a variety of formats and techniques. Rather than tag images as first, second or third place winners, the idea will be to These futuristic lookin'q parking structures at the state of Washington's Sea-Tac Airport provide present as many good stereographs some interestinggeometric shapes and patterns in this example view by Mark Willke, another as possible from among those sub- of the few stereographers who will be ineligible for participation in the actual ASSIGNMENT mitted. 3-0 contests. Camera: TDC Colorist II. Light: overcast sun. Film: Kodachrome 64. Date: Octo- Prizes are limited to the world- ber 24, 1986. wide fame and glory resulting from the publication of your work. Anyone and any image in any print or slide format is eligible. rst Stereo World bography# Competition

(Keep in mind that images will be constitutes permission for its one- Send all entries directly to: reproduced in black and white.) use reproduction in Stereo World. ASSIGNMENT 3-D, 5610 SE 71st, Judging will be by Stereo World staff All other rights are retained by the Portland, OR 97206. IXY members and other volunteers as photographer. needed depending on volume of response. Include all relevant caption material and technical data as well Fix * Assi rner as your name and address. Each entrant may submit up to 6 images per assignment, whether sent in bar t? etail one package or several. cntrles ~n the Ass ignmer Detail" category Any stereographer - amateur, . - -1-rfi .r professional or otherwise - is eligi- need not be LIUJC-~DS.but must reveal with ugood stereo ble. Stereos which have won imp;~ct som e specif :t of an urban Ienviror kment ais Stereoscopic Society or PSA compe- OPPC )sed to a broad overvicew, as i~n a scerlic skyliIne shoit or -*:,.I -*:,.I &:A- A" ..:"A -C &I..- li*...l h,,,, ," titions are equally eligible, but an ae11a1-.:" v~tlw. The yuyulauull ur JILC ul illr uruall area please try to send views made is unimport ant, an(d the treatment may be positive, nega- within the past eight years. All views will be returned within 6 to tive, or neuitral. Clc >singdate for submissions of "Urban .-- 2- 1 A 12 weeks, but Stereo World and the Deta""11 SLt!It-'---:us 1s ~viarch15, 1992. Winning views in this NSA assume no responsibility for first category will begin to be published ;ts soon as a go1 od the safety of photographs. Please selec,tion is received. (Feel free to suggest categoiries for include return postage with future.- assignments- - -. ' entries. Submission of an image The Societv (Continrred from pcigi, 27) 4 enough as 0-Print Circuit Secre- tary. All requests for folio envelopes and other supplies should be directed to Audrey Kruse, 6421 Logan Ave. South, Minneapolis, MN 55423. Anything else will entail some delay. We thank Audrey for taking over this task and also thank Judy for serving so well the past several years. These are the people who make the society work. Society Membership Stereo photographers wishing to explore the possibility of joining the Stereoscopic Society should write to Jack E. Cavender, Corre- sponding Secretary, 1677 Dorsey Ave., Suite C, East Point, GA

STEREO WORLD July/Aupst 1991 35 A COMPLETE ALBUM, "Kr~egim Westen" PROJECT-OR-VIEW, $160; Nord Stereo COLORADO TRAIN stereo views, cabinet, (see SW April '90) with viewer and 100 Projector, $170; Bush Viewer, $80; Tower and large paper. Specialties: locomotives, views for sale or trade. John Norman, Stereo Camera, $95; Stereo Glaflex, $90; also stage coaches, freight wagons, street Belfortstr. 19, 7800 Freiburg, Germany. Stereo Realist Manual, $35; Nimslo, $55. scenes, towns, occupat~onaland expedi- All Ex. or better. Call Mark Adler, (612) tions. Top prices paid for glass negatives. DR. RAINFORTH'S SKIN DISEASE 132 572-8169. David S. Digerness, 4953 Perry St., Den- color views and mint stereoscope in origi- ver, CO 8021 2-2630. nal box. See Mar./Apr. SW page 39, cards REUSABLE SLIDES: 100 aluminum masks dated 1910, card list 1914, $125 + UPS, and cardboard frames: $10, 200 glass CORTE-SCOPE sets and singles, especial- John G. Sugg, 637 Boyd, Pontiac, MI covers, 100 aluminum masks: $30, wood ly would like to hear from collectors with 48342. trays for 100 slides: $15. Compco slide sets not listed in my book. John Wald- binder with instructions, box: $15, 1952 smith, PO Box 191, Sycamore, OH JOHN WALDSMITH'S "Stereo Views, An Realist ad: $5. Art Farner, #I01 1961 Cen- 44882.SAVANNAH, GEORGIA Civil War Illustrated History and Price Guide" avail- ter, Salem, Or 97301. Soldier's Retirement Home. L. Hensel able signed from the author, $22.95 soft- views of Pike County, PA and NY, Alaska, bound or $34.95 hardbound. add $2.95 SAWYER'S VIEW-MASTER projectors: Klondike, Yukon views. Want to buy any postage and handling. Mastercard and brown & red "Standard", Mint-, $12; black old Alaska books, souvenirs, collectibles. VISA accepted. John Waldsmith, PO Box & gray "Junior", Mint-, $12; ivory & bur- Wood, Box 22165, 191, Sycamore, OH 44882. gundy "Junior", Mint- in original box, $20; Brumberger stereo viewer, Exc.+, $30; FLORIDA STEREOS of historical value, KEYSTONE 600 card World Tour set with same, Exc., $25; Stereo overlunder format especially Tallahassee, Tampa and viewer, 56 slides missing, 205 duplicate 35mm theatrical trailer (preview) for Gainesville. Price and describe or send on slides, Excellent to Good condition, call "Metalstorm", Exc.+, $25; Realist ST-41 approval, highest prices paid for pre-1890 (518) 793-4287 or write Dunbar, 20 John f3.5 camera, Exc., $100; new cardboard views. No St.Augustine. Hendriksen, PO St.. South Glens Falls. NY 12803. Realist-format slide folders for use over Box 21153, Kennedy~. Space Center, FL KEYSTONE oak 6-drawer cabinet in exc. aluminum masks, 50 for $3.75, 100 for $7; 32815. condition with 596 cards of 600 set. Cards Kodak PK-20 slide processing mailers, can be used for 24-exp. rolls, $3 each. HELP with exhibition project. Purchase or worn but all VG, $585; Egypt U&U set, copy stereos of Indian prisoners at Fort 981100 cards, cards with wear but all Ertan automatic numbering machine, great for numbering slides, Mint-, $20. Please Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Need St. images strong, box damaged, $100; India Augustine scenes. Purchase or trade for U&U set complete with one Keystone add UPS. Mark Willke, 200 SW 89th Ave., Portland, OR 97225. (503) 297-7653. our duplicates of same. Native American view, cards slightly worn, box worn but Painting Reference Library, Box 32434, whole, $135. Shipping for all above extra. "STEREO VIEWS: an Illustrated History Okla. City, OK 73123. Bernard Fishman, 6 Upland Rd., Balti- and Price Guide", 1991, 271 pages, 100s more, MD 21 210, (301) 467-8635. photos, softbound, $25 postpaid. Russell I AM A CONTINUAL BUYER of Block Norton, Box 1070, New Haven, CT 06504. Island, Rhode Island 1. Stereos, 2. Cabi- MILLS coin-operated drop-card stereo nets, 3. Real photo post cards. Ship for viewer with oak cabinet. Excellent operat- SUBSCRIBE to the Antique Souvenir Col- prompt payment: Peter Benin, 96 Bald Hill ing condition. $1200 plus packing and lectors News - the nationwide marketplace Rd., Wilton, CT. 06897. shipping. Send $2 for color photo. Jeff for antique souvenirs of all kinds! Stereo Kraus, 1 Lauren Drive, Gardiner, NY views, photos, pictorial "view" china, more. I BUY ARIZONA PHOTOGRAPHS! Stereo 12525, (914) 255-7913. Call for details. Send 2 stamps for sample issue. PO Box views, cabinet cards, mounted pho- 562, Great Barrington, MA 01230. tographs. RP post cards, albums and pho- MONTY PYTHON live in 3-D. From front of tographs taken before 1920. Also interest- stage at the Hollywood Bowl. 9 Realist for- ed in xeroxes of Arizona stereographs and mat slides, $1 5. postpaid. Mike Eddy, 3672 photos for research. Will pay postage and Green Ave., Los Alamitos, CA 90720. AUSTRALIAN VIEWS and 1950s 3-D copy costs. Jeremy Rowe, 2331 E. Del Rio NEW TOSHIBA 3-D VHS-C Camcorder. comics wanted for U.S. views (or cash), no Dr., Tempe, AZ 85282. Lightweight; easy to use. System includes Kilburn, Keystone, U&U please. All letters I HAVE NO. 5, a Bird's Eye View of Omaha, LCD shutter glasses and allows viewing of answered. Warren Smythe, 258 Cumber- Neb., in Heyn's stereo views. Who can 3-0 TV videos too. Now only $1995. 3-D land Rd., Auburn, NSW 2144, Australia. send me xeroxes of the others in the Illusions, Box 25231, Los Angeles, CA series? Richard Orr, 6506 Western Ave.. 90025, (213) 207-1658. Omaha, Neb. 68132. NlSHlKA N8000 35mm 3-D camera with KEYSTONE VIEW COMPANY, World War I case, both new in box, $75 plus $5 CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD stereographs (also Union Pacific): Alfred A. Hart, - 18640 French Gunners adjusting large postage. Norb Schneider. 7245 W. Palo C.E. Watkins, A.J. Reilly, Anthony, Durgan cannon mounted on railway track, France, Verde Ave., Peoria, AZ 85345, (602) 486- series 36-48-100-200-300 if possible. 3721. & others. Dr. James Winter, 15145 Mulhol- land Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90077, (818) World War I - 18000 Zeppelin Flying over NORD 3-D Projector with glasses and 784-0619, Fax (818) 784-1039. a German town, series 36-48-100-200-300 instructions. Exc. condition, $200. 18 3-D if possible. Have other World War I views - slide steel storage cases, capacity 75 COLLECT, TRADE, BUY & SELL: 19th willing to sell, trade, etc. Send Xerox & slides per case, $10 each, plus UPS. Lou Century images (Cased, stereo, Cdv, Cab- price or on approval. Charlotte Marifke, Feldman, (708) 965-6424, 7418 W. Davis inet & large paper). Bill Lee, 8658 S. Glad- 6820 South Juniper Drive, Oak Creek, WI St.. Morton Grove, IL 60053. iator Way, Sandy, UT 84094. Specialties: 531 54. Western, Locomotives, photographers, Indians. Mining, J. Carbutt, Expeditions, Ships, Utah & Occupational.

36 STEREO WORLD JulyIAugust 1991 KILBURN #5229 The Merry Ital~ans,Cen- tenn~al. Kevstone #I1659 "Readma the 3-D TV IS HERE! War ~ews"and any stereos or othetpho- 1 tos of ~hi;ese in US Chinatowns, Ellis / Island. Anael Island. Steeraae Dassen- GET HIGH DEFINITION QUALITY I gers. sheepan, PO BOX520251: ~iami,FL 33152. KODASLIDE II Stereo viewer in excellent condition. John Jamison, 3817 Northwest- ern, Houston, TX 77005, (713) 432-1790. MODEL 2001 MUYBRIDGE VIEWS. Top prices paid. Also Michigan and Mining - the 3 Ms. HOME 3-D THEATRETM Many views available for trade. Leonard Walle, 49525 W. Seven Mile, Northville, MI 48167. (313) 348-9145. NEW YORK CITY STEREOS: 1860-1940. TO CAPTURE THE MAGIC OF 3-D ON Street scenes, buildings, docksides, har- YOUR HOMETV, you will need a 3-D TV bor, etc. Also Brooklyn and Green-Wood StereoVisorTM,and a Model 2001 Cemetery. Top prices paid. Send photo- StereoDriverTM.Plug the StereoVisor, copies and prices to: Jeff Richman, 52 power supply and the video out from Harriet Lane, Huntington, NY 11 743. your VCR into the StereoDriver. Put your 3-D videotape in the VCR, turn SHAKER PHOTOS. All formats. Please down the lights and enjoy fantastic 3-D! send Xerox copy with price to: Richard Each StereoDriver can be used with four Brooker, 36 Fair Street, 8-12. Cold Spring, or more pairs of StereoVisors by using stereo NY 10516. mini plug splitters. STILL LOOKING for Stereo Realist brand slide storage cases, chests, and files in STEREODRIVEP Exc. or better condition. Also looking for SCIENCE FICTION certain BAJA stereo slide cases and Cat Women of the Moon (1953) (G) chests. Mark Willke, 200 SW 89th Ave., The Zoo (1966) (PG) Stereo extension cord @ $14.95 Portland, OR 97225. (503) 297-7653. Hideous Mutant (1976)(PG) Stereo Mini Plug Splitter @ $3.95 US MINT, Coins & Paper money stereos WESTERN 30 for the 2 Ist Centvry (40 pages) @ $5 wanted! Views of coining, printing opera- Oudaw Territory (1953)(G) Professional Products Brochure (Info. on tions, Mint exteriors, interiors from ADVENTURE Stereo Comem Swikher, Stereo Camem Philadelphia, San Francisco, New lens, Stereo Video Projection, Wireless Rising Sun (1973)(PG) Orleans, Denver. Dahlonega (Georgia), StereoVisor) FREE ADULTS Charlotte, Carson City, Treasury Dept. 3-D TV T-shirt (Co/orfv/3-0 N logo w/ (Washington, DC) are wanted. Especially First Kisses (1972)(R) collage of classic 3-Dmovies posten) seeking long U&U series (#12120-12219) Hawaiian Fantasy (1976)(R) Specify Sizes (Men's only), S, M, I,or circa 1904 showing Philadelphia mint Political Pleasures (1975)(R) Xl). $20.00 operations. Send any views for my The Stewardesses (1969)(R) VHS Tapes @ $49.95 approval priced, or send Xerox copy with Criminals (1973)(R) BETA @ $59.95 condition and price. Same day reply. David Sundman, president, Littleton Coin Co., Sexcalibur (1982)(XXX) 8MM @ $59.95 253 Union St., Littleton, NH 03561, (603) Chambermaids (1972)(R) Super VHS Stereo @ $69.95 444-5386. MISCELLANEOUS SUBTOTAL The World of 3D (1989)(G) $49.95 Soles Tax (7%in CA only) WEST VIRGINIA stereo views by Ander- son, Bishop Brothers, William Chase, G. 3D Teaser Vol. 1 (PG) $29.95 (Clips Postage ($6 / 3D Theatre; $1 0 / 3D Kirk, E. McGarry and others, including from 3D movies) Theatre for 2, $2 per tape or accessory scenics. Send photocopies to: Tom Prall, Bill and Coo (1947)(G) - the all-bird item). Rt. 3, Box 146, Apt. 6, Buckhannon, WV classic "Solidized" $29.95 COD - cash or money orders. 26201. Som Space (1954) (G) Animated, ALLOW 6 WEEKS FOR PERSONAL CHECKS TO CLEAR 10 minutes, $1 9.95 -TOTAL AMT. ENCLOSED 3-D Computer Graphics (1990) 20 min. video games-super-computers!$1 9.95 U"foh"atelyt we are currently unable to accept credit card purchases. TRAILERS As part of their membership, NSA members 2D Trailers for 3D Movies - 22 rare Name (print) are offered free use of classified advertising. trailers (50 minutes) (PG) $39.95 Members may use 100 words per year, divid- "Solidired 2D Trailers for 3D Movies Street ed into three ads with a maximum of 35 (50 minutes) (FG) $39.95 City State- Zip words per ad. Additional words and addi- NEW TITLES AVAILABLE SOON! tional ads may be inserted at the rate of 200 per word. Please include payments with ads. We cannot provide billings. Deadline is the first day of the month preceding publication date. Send ads to the National Stereoscopic (1 StereoDriver, 1 Stereovisor, 1 Movie) PRICES AND AVAllABlllM SUBJF(1TO CHANGE WTiHOUT NOTICE Association, P.O. Box 14801, Collrmbus, Home 3-D Theatre for 2 @ $269.95 OH 43214, or call (419) 927,2930. A rate (1 StereoDriver, 2 StereoVisors, 2 Movies) 3-D TV CORPORATION sheet for display ads is available uwn BOX13059 San Rafael, CA 949133059 request. (Please send SASl Stereovisor @ $49.95 StereoDriver @ $1 49.95 415/479/3516 FAX: 415/479/3316

STEREO W0RI.D July/Aupst 1991 37 October 20 (Ont.) October 27 (MD) November 3 (AZ) Photographic Historical Society of Baltimore MD Show & Sale, Chesa- Fall 91,Tucson Arizona Camera Canada Annual Fall Photographica peake Antiquarian Photographic Show, Shrine Temple, 450 S. Tucson Fair, Luna Ballroom, 30 Gordon Society, Quality Inn, 1015 York Rd., Blvd., Tucson, AZ. Contact Photo- Mackay Drive, Toronto, Towson, MD. Contact A.P. Ben graphic Collectors of Tucson, Box 0ntario.Contact Larry Boccioletti, Miller, 1335 Valley Brook Rd., Balti- 18646,Tucson, AZ 8573 1. Call 602- 1248 Jane St., Toronto, Ont. M6M more, MD 21229 or Jack Dewell, 721-0478. 4x8 Canada. Call 416-243-1439. 3815 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott November 9 (CA) October 26 (OR) City, MD 21043. Call 301-461-1852. Culver City Camera Show & Sale, Oregon's Focal Point Camera Show, October 27 0 Vetrans Memorial Auditorium, Cul- Polk County Fair Grounds, Rickreall, C.A.M.E.R.A. Semi-annula ver City, CA. Contact Anton at Bar- OR (Hwy 99W) Contact Mike Low- Show/Swap/Sale, Hudson Valley gain Camera Shows, Box 5352, Santa ery, Focal Point Photography, 211 E. Community College, North Green- monica, CA 90409. Call 213-396- Ellendale, Dallas, OR 97338. Call bush, NY. Contact Bill Blackman. 14 9463. 503-623-6300 days, 623-9076 eves. air view Rd., Loudonville, NY 12211. November 10 (IL) October 26 (CA) Call 5 18-462-1880. Chicago Fantastic Camera Show, Oxnard Camera Show and Sale, October 27 (14 Westin Hotel O'Hare, Rosemont, IL. Community Center Complex, 800 The New Des Moines Camera Show, Contact Fantastic Photo Flea Market, Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA. Contact Park Inn International Motel, 1050 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Anton at Bargain Camera Show, Box 6th Ave., Des Moines, IA. Call 515- Woods, MI 48236. Call 313-884-2242 5352, Santa Monica, CA 90409. Call 289-2427. or 815-886-0101. 231-396-9463. November 2 (vA) November 10 (AZ) October 26-27 (Tx) Washington, D.C. Photorama USA Phoenix Camera Shows, Best West- 4th San Antonio Camera Show,7 Camera Show & Sale, Best Western ern Sir Fransis, 4321 N. Central Ave., Oaks Hotel, 1400 Austin Hwy, San Rosslyn Westpark Hotel, Arlington, Phoenix, AZ. Contact Dale at 602- Antonio, TX. Contact Donald Puck- VA. Contact Photorama USA, 20219 266-3301. ett, 1106 Graham Ave. #206, Dallas, Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI November 10 (CAI TX 75215. Call 214-824-1581. 48236. Call 313-884-2242. Buena Park Camera Swap Meet, October 27 (NY) November 2 (MO) Seauoia Club. 7530 Orannethor~e New York City Camera Show & Sale, Kansas City Camera Show & she, ' I A&., Buean park, CA. ~ai714-586- New York State Armory, 125 West Ramada Inn Southeast, 6101 E. 87th 8183 or 786-6644. 14th St., New York, NY. Contact New St., Kansas City, MO. Contact Pho- November 10 (MI) York City Camera Show, 25 Leary torama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Metro Detroit Camera Show, Mil- Ave., Bloomingdale, NJ 07403. Call Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call Hall, 23401 Mound Rd., 201-838-4301. 313-884-2242. Warren, MI. Contact Sam Vinegar, October 27 (AL) November 3 (CA). . 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe 7th Annual Huntsville Ala. Photo Pasadena Camera Show & Sale, Woods, MI 48236. Call 313-884- Flea market, Von Braun Civic Center, Pasadena Elks Lodge. 400 W. Col- 1 2242. Huntsville, AL. Contact Malcolm orado Blvd., ~asadGna,CA. Contact ~~~~~b~~ 10 (NJ) Tarkington, Southerlands photo, at Bargain Camera Second Sunday Camera Show, Corn- 2357 Whitesburg Dr., Huntsville, AL 5352, Santa Monica, CA 90409. Call munity Fire Hall #1, parish Drive, 35801. Call 205-539-9627. 213-396-9463. Wayne, NJ. Contact Second Sunday October 27 (IN) November 3 (MI) Camera Show. 25 Learv Ave.. Bloom- Indianapolis Photorama USA, Indi- St. Louis Camera Show & Sale, ~oli-' ingdale, NJ 07403. ~ai201-838- anapolis Armory, 3912 W. Minneso- day Inn Westport, 1-270 & Page 4301. ta, Indianapolis, IN Contact Photora- Blvd., St LOU&,MO. Contact rho- November 10 (Que.) ma USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse torama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., 7th Photographic Flea market, Holi- Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 313- Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call day Inn, Montreal Pointe Claire, 884-2242. 313-884-2242. 6700 Route Transcanadienne, Pointe October 27 (MI) November 3 (PA) Claire, Quebec. Contact Robert Tuc- The Original Michigan Photographic Delaware Valley Photographic and ci, 1062 Chemin des Vieux Moulins, Historical Society 20th Annual Pho- Collectors Association, Winter Show, LIAcadie, Quebec JOJ 1H0, Canada. tographica Trade Fair, Novi Commu- George Washington Motor Lodge, Call 514-346-9614. nity Center, Novi, MI. Contact King of Prussia, PA. Contact November 10 (PA) MIPHS, Box 2278, Birmingham, MI D.V.P.C.A., Box 74, Delanco, NJ the Pittsburgh, PA Photofair and 48012. 08075. Sale, Holiday Inn, 4859 McNight Rd., North Hills, PA. Call Tri-State Fairs, 201-533-1991.

38 STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 November 16 (MI) December 1 (GA) January 4-5 (CAI Grand Rapids Camera & Computer Atlanta Camera Show & Sale, Atlanta 7th Glendale Camera Show & Sale, Show & Sale, Disabled American Mariott Northwest, 200 Interstate Glendale Civic Auditorium, Glen- Vetrans Hall, 4809 Eastern Ave. SE, Parkway, Atlanta, GA. Contact Pho- dale, CA. Contact Photorama USA, Kentwood, MI. Contact Photorama torama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., 22019 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call Woods, MI 48236. Call 313-884- pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 313- 3 13-884-2242. 2243. 884-2242. December 1 (MI) January 8 (OR) November 17 (IL) Ann Arbor Camera Show & Sale, Oregon's Focal Point Camera Shows, Chicagoland's Camera and Photo Sheraton Inn Hotel, 3200 Boardwalk, Oregon State Fairgrounds, Salem, Show, Holiday Inn, Rolling Mead- Ann Arbor, MI. Contact Photorama OR. Contact Mike Lowery, 211 E. ows, IL. Contact Photo Show, Box USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse Ellendale, Dallas, OR 97338. Call 72695, Roselle, IL 60172. Ca11708- Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 313- 503-623-6300 days, or 623-9076 894-2406. 884-2242. eves. November 17 (MI) December 7 (PA) January 11 (FL) Detroit Super Used Camera Show & Philadelphia Camera Show & Sale, 4th Sarasota Camera Show & Sale, Model Shoot, Northfield Hilton, Holiday Inn Northeast, 3499 Street Holiday Inn Airport, 7150 N. Tamia- Troy, MI. Contact Photorama USA, Rd., Bensalem, PA. Contact Photora- mi Trail, Sarasota, FL. Contact Pho- 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe ma USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse torama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Woods, MI 48236. Call 313-884- Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 313- Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 2242. 884-2243 313-884-2243. November 17 (FL) December 8 (AZ) January 12 (FL) Kendall Camera Club of Miami 10th Phoenix Camera Shows. (See Nov. 4th Tampa Camera Show & Sale, Annual Photo Flea Market, North 10.) Days Inn, 2520 N. 50th St., Tampa, Miami Armory, 13250 NE 8th Ave., December 8 (CAI FL. Contact Photorama USA, 20219 North Miami, FL. Contact KCC, Box Buena Park Camera Swap Meet. (See Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 56-0042, Miami, FL 33256. Call 305- Nov. 10.) 48236. Call 313-884-2243. 565-1565. December 8 (NJ) January 18 (FL) November 2 1 PA) Second Sunday Camera Show. (See 4th Jacksonville Camera Show & Washington D.C. Photorama USA Nov. 10.) Sale, Holiday Inn, 9150 Baymeadow Camera Show & Sale. (See Nov. 2.) Rd., Jacksonville, FL. Contact Pho- December 8 (vA) torama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., November 23-24 (CA) Barone Camera Swap Meet, Holiday Western Photographic Collectors Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call Inn, 1489 Jeff Davis Hwy., Arlington, 3 13-884-2243. Association Fall Show, Pasadena Cen- VA. Contact Camera Swap Meet, ter, 300 E. Green St., Pasadena, CA. Barone & Co., Box 18043, Oxon Hill, January 19 (FL) Contact WPCA, Box 4294, Whittier, MD 20745. Call 703-768-2231. 2nd Daytona Camera Show & Sale, CA 90607. Call 213-693-8421. Voyager Hotel, 2424 N. Atlantic Ave., November 23-24 (OH) December 8 (CAI Daytona Beach, FL. Contact Photora- Hayward, CA Camera Show & Sale, ma USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse 16th Cleveland Photorama USA, Centennial Hall, 22292 Foothill Cleveland Days Inn, 4600 Northfield Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 313- Blvd., Hayward, CA. Contact Carney 884-2243. Rd., North Randal, OH. Contact Pho- & Co., 231 Market Place Ste. 379, torama USA, 20219 Grosse Pointe San Ramon, CA 94583. Call 415-828- January 25 (FL) Woods, MI 48236. Call 313-884- 1797. 3rd Gainsville Camera Show & Sale, 2242. University Center Hotel, 1535 SW November 24 (CAI December 8 (MI) Archer Rd., Gainsville, FL. Contact Metro Detroit Camera Show. (See Photorama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Sacramento Camera Show, Holiday Nov. 10.) Inn, 5321 Date Ave., Sacramento, Grosse Point Woods, MI 48236. Call CA. Contact Carney & Co., 231 Mar- December1 5 (CA) 313-884-2243 or 407-352-1400. ket Place #379, San Ramon, CA Pasadena Camera Show & Sale. (See January 26 (FL) 94583. Call 415-828-1797. Nov. 3.) 4th Orlando Camera Show & Sale, November 24 (NY) December 15 (IL) Howard Johnson Hotel, 304 W. Colo- The second annual Photograph Col- Chicago Fantastic Camera Show. (See nial Dr., Orlando, FL. Contact Pho- lectors' Forum will include a talk by Nov. 10.) torama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Fred Spira on the history of stereo Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call January 4,1992 (FL) 313-884-2243 or 407-352-1400, m equipment. Reservation required. West Palm Beach Camera Show & Swann Galleries, 104 East 25th St., Sale, Holiday Inn Airport, 1301 New York, NY. Call Daile Kaplan or Belvedere Rd.,West Palm Beach, FL. Denise Binday, 212-254-4710. Contact Photorama USA, 20219 Nov. 30 -Dec. 1 (OH) Mack Ave., Grosse pointe Woods, MI Ohio Camera Swap, 68 Shadybrook 48236. Call 313-884-2243. I Armory, Cincinnati, OH. Contact Bill January 4-5 (MI) I Bond, 8910 Cherry St., Blue Ash, OH 24th Detroit Photorama USA, South 45242. Call 513-891-5226. field Civic Center, Southfield, MI. Contact Photorama USA, 20219 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI 48236. Call 313-884-2243.

STEREO WOR1.D JulylAupst 1991 39 NSA Letters (Continued rorn page 3) Book Service the fire, shaving became almost The early stereoviews were repli- impossible and the poet, who up cated because photographers used Adds 3 till this point had always been the same vantage points for their hree books are newly available clean shaven, now wore a full work. Tthrough the NSA Book Service beard for the rest of his life. I am correct in suggesting that as a benefit for members. As for the young lady in the Anthony did "seize the chance to Stereo Views, an Illustrated History photograph, she is most likely his profit from distribution of large and Price Guide by NSA member daughter Edith who was a great numbers of views without attribut- John Waldsmith, softbound, comfort to the aging poet. ing authorship." Linking himself $22.00. Reviewed in Stereo World Arthur Farrell with Babbitt in 1860, Anthony Vol. 18 No. 1, page 13. Huntington Station, NY went on to mass production in Focus East by Nissan N. Perez, 1862. These views (1862) were hardbound, $22.00. Reviewed in Niagara generally not of superior quality Stereo World Vol. 15 No. 6, inside I should like to address the when compared to the work of front cover. many points made in Larry Got- Bierstadt, Barker and Curtis. Stereoscopic Drawing by Arthur theim's letter questioning "Nia- I am continuing my research Girling, 100 pages Qrdbound, gara". [Vol. 18 No. 11 I chose to and always welcome the opportu- $19.00. Reviewed in Stereo World write about Bierstadt, Barker and nity for lively debate. Vol. 17 No. 5, page 19. Curtis because they were the lead- Mark DiLaura Prices include book-rate postage ing Niagara Falls stereo photogra- Cambridge, MA m in the U.S. and Canada. Overseas phers. In American photographic members please remit in U.S. competition, they were the only funds and add $2 per book for sur- photographers to win awards for face postage, $4 per book for air their Niagara Falls work from the postage. Order from NSA BOOK 1860s through the 1880s. I found SERVICE, 4201 Nagle Road, Bryan, early stereo photographers depict- TX 77801. tm ed their scenes as faithfully as could be done, often in awkward, straightforward fashion. It wasn't until about 1865 that photographers had the ability to be more Explore the World creative due to greater advance- of 3-D Photography Then & Now, in ments in photographic technology. Look for more details about this in upcoming issues of Ameri- can Stereo. Mr. Gottheim was correct in his identification of Blondin in the stereoview illustrated as Figure 8 in my article in SW Vol. 17 No. 4. Still only P.O. Box The card I was using was misla- National 14801 beled. $22 NSA Stereqscopic Columbus The London Stereoscopic Com- a year from: Assoc~at~on OH 43214 pany may well have published 27 stereographs of Niagara Falls. Mr. Gottheim takes my statement out of context; the London Stereoscop- PRECISION FOLDING STEREO VIEWER For all standard ic Co. published a series of twelve- Reallst 3D stereo slides. views in 1860. See The Art Journal Glass or cardboard page 3L. mounted. Folds flat, Mr. Gottheim also questions wetghs only 1 oz. why the Langenheim views were Prepaid minimum order replicated if they were of poor $10.00. Add $1 .OO for quality. Again Mr. Gottheim has shipp~ngand handling. taken this out of context. My FREE CATALOG AVAILABLE point was that the Langenheim TO ORDER CALL TOLL FREE endeavor was not successful 800-223-6694 because the views could not be MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED focused and the quality of printing MINIMUM ORDER 520 00 paper was not very high in 1854. TAYLOR MERCHANT CORP. 212 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001

40 STEREO WORLD JulylAugust 1991 Extended Disdav for WANTED: Holmes ~roiot);pe Viewer Milwaukee The 132 year old prototype part of popular culture is in the stereoscope crafted by Oliver Wen- NHHS year-long exhibit on 150 dell Holmes himself is currently on years of photography in that state. display at the New Hampshire His- A joint project of the NSA, the torical Society, 30 Park Street, Con- New Hampshire Historical Society, Stereoviews cord, NH. Its stay there had at first the Photographic Historical Soci- only been scheduled through May ety of New England and Phillips Glass Slides 17 of this year, but now has been Academy restored and stabilized extended to December 31, 1991. the delicate artifact to make possi- Real Photo PC's The special display of the simple ble its first public showing in device which, more than any oth- many years. oo er single thing, made stereoviews

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HASSLE-FREE 3-D WITH THE TECO-NIMSLO CAMERA AND 3-VIEWER Use the lightweight auto-exposure camera to make: 36 Slide pairs Close-ups at 3 distances Seen shortly before restoration work replaced part of the cardboard hood, the original Holmes Lenticular Prints stereoscope surprises many with its small size - about three-fourths the size of later production Use the Universal viewer to display: model viewers. Stereo by lim Sheldon, Photo Curator, Addison Gallery, Phillips Academy. Realist rollfilrn Nimslo/Nishika rolls Mounted slide pairs PRICES: New camera ...... $145 Your Nimslo modified ...... $63 Close-up attachments ARCHIVAL SLEEVES: clear 2.5 mll Polv~ro~vlene 6",12", 30" dist's (ea) ...... $29 CDV 3%' x 4'18 per 100: $7 case of 1000: $60 Illuminated cutter ...... $18 CDV boLvEsr;k (*-mil) per 100: $10 case of 1000: $90 POSTCARD (3Ya' X 5'143 per 100: $8 case of 1000: $70 Eveready case...... $1 2 4'~s' per 100: $8 case of 1000: $70 Teco 3-Viewer $87 STEREO $ %'x % per 100: $9 case of 1000: $80 ...... STEREO OLYES R per 100: 2-mil $12 or 3-mil $16 CABINR (4 >Idx 73 per 100: $10 case of 1000: $90 Add $3 shipping per order. S"x7" per 50: $7 case of 200: $25 Calif. residents add 73/40/o sales tax. BOUDOIR (5%' x B'h3 per 25: $6 case of 500: $80 8" x 10" per 25: $8 case of 200: $40 MFD. BY: 11" x 14" per 10: $8 case of 100: $45 16" x 20" (unsealed flap) per 10: $20 case of 100: $99 TECHNICAL ENTERPRISES 1401 Bonnie Doone Russell Norton, PO Ex 1070, Now kvon, Ct 06504-1070 US SHIPPING: $4 per order. Institutional Billing. (1991) Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 Tel. 714-644-9500 This computer visualized image of a Papilloma virus floating in front of a mammogram is one of the view angles making up a 3-0"PHSCologramm" by Chicago artists Donna Cox, Stephan Meyers, and Ellen Fandor of (Art)". To learn what a phscologram is, how to pronounce it, and what (Art)n is, turn to page 28.