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Publiid blllONAL TEREOSCOPIC 6SOCIATION, INC. First "Weather" Entries

ntries have started arriving in our Weather assignment, but it Ecould hardly be called a bliz- zard. We know there are plenty of interesting weather related stereos out there, just waiting to be shared with Stereo World readers. Remem- ber, entries don't have to docu- ment storms that resulted in the declaration of a disaster area. Localized and benign conditions can result in some exceptional views of scenes that are accessible and often unnoticed by others. Just in time to offera little encour- agernent, S&D Enterprises of Zion, ZL, "Traffic lam in Cambridge" by Louis B. King of Somerville, MA. When trolley bus power has announced that they will send lines were damaged during a lanuary 12, 1996 snowstorm in Cambridge, Ma, Traffic was one box of their No. 3300 EMDE rerouted to this side street. The resulting snowy traffic jam was captured with a Kodak stereo slide binders to each stereogra- ...... stereo camera on Fujichrome Sensia. pher whose work appears on the Assignment 34) page, starting with damage, or things like close-ups of weather have had a visible, short the current Assignment. rain or dew covered leaves, ice term effect (this means other than encrusted flower buds, mud pud- formations created by centuries of Current Assignment: dles, flooded fields, dry cracked normal erosion) are what we have "Weather" earth, etc. Any image of "weather" in mind. On other words, "weath- This category is really wide itself in action (hypers of lightning er" here refers to conditions at open. It could involve obvious or a tornado would be ideal!) or least slightly beyond a calm sunny views like snow scenes or wind images in which the effects of or overcast day. Anything from a ...... rain shower to a hurricane or a "Chesterfield Flood" by Derek Lwth of St. Louis, MO, was taken nine months aiter the light frost to a blizzard would qual- Mississippi flood of 1993 in Chesterfield Valley. This house was completely submerged and ify. Deadline for entries in the clwnu~was far hmcom~lete. Realist 3.5, Ektachnnne EPf? "Weather" assignment is July 7, The Rules: As space allows (and depending on the response) judges will select for publication in each issue at least two of the best views submitted by press time. Rather than tag images as first, second or third place win- ners, the idea will be to present as many good stereographs as possible from among those submitted. Anyone and any image in any print or slide format is eligible. (Keep in mind that images will be reproduced in black and white.) Include all relevant caption material and technical data as well as your name and address. Each entrant may submit up to 6 images per assignment. Any stereographer, amateur or profession- al, is eligible. Stereos which have won (Conffnued on page 21) Volume 22, Number 6 january/February 1996

THE MAGAZINE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, PAST 6 PRESENT The Erie Canal in Early Stereoviews ...... 4 by Dan Aquilino Resolve to Reach Rochester ...... 11 HinesLab 3DTV Breaks Through LCD Window ...... 12 by Don Manen A Close Look Into Gettysburg's Photo History ...... 20 Review by John Dennis Stereoscript ...... 24 Terminator 2 3-D ...... 25

Editor's View Comments and Observations, by John Mis ...... 2

1 ON THE COVER It's the END of vour WORLD unless... f you haven't done it yet, dig The impressive NSA and Stereo of Adirondack Park. Our feature on that NSA renewal notice out of World pages on the World Wide his life and work will include several the stack of mail on your desk Web are donated by NSA member of his most impressive views of a part I of New York State not far from the and send it in! As listed below, the Bob Mannle but the magazine site of the 1996 NSA Convention in features already lined up for Stereo itself is not yet "on line" even to Rochester. World's 23rd year are more than the extent of having the minimal Email, fax, or text scanning tech- rERMINATOR 2 3-D will add depth to a enough to make it a worthwhile wild array of other high-tech, com- investment, and the many fasci- nology that would keep us in clos- puterized special effects in the newest nating surprise items that will er touch with the rapidly growing attraction at Universal Studio theme inevitably arrive over the coming stereoscopic aspects of the world of park in Florida. Stereo World's detailed months will make it even more so. electronic imaging and communi- coverage will go behind the scenes cation. New members continue to for a stereo-illustrated explanation of It's YOU! express their surprise and delight the 3-D techniques involved in film- Unlike the pledge breaks on PBS at finding the NSA--often largely ing and creating this first 3-D instal- stations, Stereo World doesn't inter- by accident. It's YOU the existing lation (to be the world's largest) rupt features with appeals for members who can help us improve based entirely on an existing feature renewed memberships and added our ability to reach and impress film and using the same cast. donations of money. BUT THAT the thousands of potential new INSIDE THE GRAF ZEPPELIN details the DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T NEED IT! members who could get so much history of this subject in one of Key- Your basic support, as expressed from-and bring so much to-the stone's most famous views-"The Graf Zeppelin Flying over the Pyra- through membership fees, letters, NSA and Stereo World. articles, ideas, volunteer work, etc. mids." Our feature is illustrated keeps the NSA going. But while Coming Stereo World through a passengers' souvenir stereo Features for 1996-97 set of the 1920s revealing the con- that level of support may cover struction and interior cabin details of expenses like printing and mailing, Except for the first two, the articles list- the famous airship. needed expansion and improve- ed here are in no particular order of publi- THE STEREO DIARY OF JOHN P. ments depend on donations from cation. Thanks in part to the eforts of new Stereo World Associate Editors Dean DOREMUS presents this unique stere- members able to add a little extra ographer's story in his own words, to their renewal checks. (Don't Jacobowitz, Karen White and Tim White, our list includes more and better features recorded as he traveled the length of worry-if you've already sent in than ever before. Several additional fea- the Mississippi River in his floating your renewal, we'll still be happy tures likely to appear soon weren't listed photographic gallery stereographing to accept donations at any time!) only because their texts or illustrations the towns and people he passed. Along with our continuing aren't actually in our files yet. As in past Some of the best of his amazing efforts to provide help with histori- years, timely articles on the latest stereo views will illustrate the feature, cal research and photographic camera, video or computer technology will selected from among the nearly 400 copying expenses, donations can am've in roughly equal numbers to the fea- images that remain of the approxi- tures listed here, some of which will run mately 4,000 he took during his three allow expansion of the NSA years on the river. through efforts such as sending two or three to an issue. P. sample copies of SW with viewers THE REALIST MACRO STEREO CAMERA STEREO-OPTIKS AND JOHN MEDDERS SYSTEM examines in detailed text is the amazing story of a dedicated to media people, 3-D imaging amateur stereographer who orga- researchers and firms, magazine and illustrations the design and pro- duction of this unique camera and its nized, in 1936, an international orga- distributors, and other potentially accessories. An associated article cov- nization of stereo enthusiasts 40 interested people or institutions. ers the early handmade macro stereo years ahead of today's ISU and NSA. Some highly targeted advertising cameras, the stereography, and the Between the late '30s and the mid can even be done when funding career of the camera's inventor, 'SOs, Medders shot thousands of allows, and new NSA brochures can Clarence G. Henning. This long stereos of everything from street be produced and distributed at awaited feature will appear in the first scenes to shops, railroads, children photographica shows, camera issue of Vol. 23. and circuses-many of which will appear in our feature article. stores, etc. Following a variety of SENECA RAY STODDARD not only doc- recent expense increases, more use umented New York's Adirondack WILSON'S SCENES OF THE ORIENT- of full color printing will also region from the late 1860s to the THE ARARIA SERIES includes some of depend largely turn of the century, but through his the most dramatic accounts ever pub- on members' con- lished of a 19th century stereography tributions. photography and lectures helped pre- serve the area with the 1892 creation (Continued on page 21) Internet Intrigue adzooks! Stereo Theft on the Internet! Information High- Gway Binocular Robbery! To explain ... You may recall a X-eyed stere- ogram I created for the Fort Wayne NSA convention in 1992 [shown here]. So you can imagine my sur- prise when I did a routine search last night for "stereoscopic" in the newest Netscape and came up with somebody's use of my old design, which had been oddly reconverted to advertise a stereo design service. I'm really more amused than annoyed by this appropriation, and thought it might make for a newsworthy comment. Incidentally, I think the NSA and SW websites are terrific. I'm now in the process of building a home page for Babylonian Productions. This marriage of cyber-and stereo- space can only bring good things for those of us who truly appreci- Standish Lawder's original stereogram (reduced and oriented for normal viewing) as hand- ate having two eyes. ed out at the Fort Wayne convention where he presented an innovative show at the Stereo Again, keep up the good work. Theater. Labeled "Special" and found via Netscape's Infoseek, the Internet version copies Standish D. Lawder the identical 3-0 pattern ofglasses and shaped text, which now reads "IE CRAPHICS" at the Denver, CO bottom and "IE STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICS" arched across the tap. DO NOT BEND include a piece of plywood with every Can you please make the "Please 3-D film released by Warner Broth- one-which besides boosting postage costs ers after their successful House of Do Not Bend" into a very large by an arm and a leg would probably rip notice so that postal employees Wax. Charge at Feather River was the envelope from the inside anyway. one of the top 25 most financially who pride themselves on stuffing - Ed. everything foldable into my P.O. successful films of 1953. box will notice it? I suggest mov- Remembering Guy Madison Ironically, the actors first offered ing it to a space above the address Guy Madison, a 1940s-'50s mati- the starring role were Gary Cooper and using very large, bold type. I nee actor in more than 85 motion and then Gregory Peck, who both am so tired of complaining to my pictures and best known for his turned it down. Madison was local P.O. (which never seems to 1951-58 TV role as Marshal James offered the role and shown the prevent a recurrence) and of trying Butler Hickok, died February 6, script only because a son of a tal- to flatten my SW back into shape. 1996, at the Desert Hospital Hos- ent scout was a fan of his show Thanks. I love Stereo World ! pice in Palm Springs, California, of and insisted that he should play it. Irene Suess emphysema. Madison's only other 3-D S. Laguna, CA Madison, whose real name was motion picture was 1954's western cavalry film The Command [AKA Ti~htenedpostal rules on non-prof t Robert Ozell Moseley, was born in mai1ing.s require that the name of the Bakersfield, CA and began his Rear Guard, which had the unique organization (in this case the National movie career with 1944's Since You distinction of being filmed simul- Stereoscopic Association) be larger than Went Away. Because of his fame as taneously in 3-D and widescreen anything else on the envelope. Pre-1995 the lead of the TV series The Adven- cinemascope [or possibly Vistara- envelopes had both "STEREO WORLD" and tures of Wild Bill Hickok, Madison ma]. However, only the widescreen "Please Do Not Rend" in 1at;~ervpe than was given the lead role as the civil- version was ever released to the- on the new envelopes. We71 inquire about ian scout of the 1953 3-D cult-clas- aters with the 3-D version never some alternative the next time more sic The Charge at Feather River. shown. envelopes are printed. The only absolute This was the first 3-D color west- Gary S. Mangiacopra parantee of a flat magazine may be to ern film release and the second Milford, CT

STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFebruary 1996 d Erie Cmd

ollowing the American Revolu- real gap through the Mountains tion, settlers began moving into was the Mohawk Valley, and the Fthe newly won territories west trail along the Mohawk became by Dan Aquilino of the Appalachian Mountains. the favored route for emigrants Spanning the nation from Canada moving west. to Alabama, the Appalachians split The journey along the Mohawk the new country in two. Only was no easy task. Unlike the Hud- three tolerable routes west existed; son, the Mohawk River was filled the Wilderness Road from North with dangerous rapids, falls and Carolina to Kentucky, the National rock choked sections where no Road from Maryland to Ohio, and boat could get through. From the the Mohawk Turnpike from the Hudson, a traveler would have to Hudson River through upstate New load his family on wagons and York to Lake Ontario. The National travel 17 miles along a rough trail and Wilderness roads were nothing from Albany to Schenectady where more than trails big enough for a the river became somewhat tamer. traveler on horseback. The only There he would hire a boat and boatman to pole them up river to Fig. 1. A typical scene on the Erie Canal. Note the towpath on the right side of the Little Falls. There, the boat and all canal.

JanuaryIFebruary 1996 STEREO WORLD Lake Ontario

Route of the Erie Canal (solid line) and connecting canals (broken lines) from Buffalo to the Hudson River. its cargo had to be carried around many a New England farmer to the falls before continuing up give up his poor, rocky farmland river. When the river became too and move west. People in the cities narrow to use, the travelers got and European immigrants seeking into wagons again for the journey a better life joined the flow of peo- to Lake Ontario where a boat ple moving west. would be hired to take them across As emigration increased, clearly the lake to the Niagara River. Again a better and easier way of travel another wagon was hired to move was needed. In addition, eastern them around the Niagara Falls and merchants began clamoring for an rapids. Finally, upon reaching Buf- economical way to ship the tools falo, another boat would take and goods they produced to the them across Lake Erie to the west- growing western population. It was ern territories. in this atmosphere, around the Despite the difficulties of this year 1810, that the then mayor of route, the number of people using New York City, DeWitt Clinton, it steadily increased. Letters and took up the cause of building a stories from the west spurred emi- 363 mile long canal across New gration. Reports of rich farmland and abundant wildlife caused Fig. 2. Plimpton & Ruggles, "Lockport, N. Y: " The "Lockport Five, " a double set of I five locks. Note boats in locks near center.

' MAIN S LOCKPORT, N. Y.

STEREO WRDJanuarylFebmary I996 @ Fig. 3 Locktenders at Lockport posing on the balance beams. York state from Lake Erie to the I ...... Hudson River. The idea of building the longest nities bypassed by the proposed flooded the politicians in Albany. canal in the world was met with a canal route joined in the opposi- People in New York City, realizing great deal of skepticism. Many did tion. Opponents of the canal pro- the potential for new business, not believe such an engineering ject derisively referred to it as joined in the call for action. Popu- "Clinton's Ditch". feat could be accomplished. In lar demand for a canal culminated fact, then President Thomas Jeffer- Despite this opposition, DeWitt with the election of DeWitt Clin- son refused federal funding for the Clinton forged ahead with plans ton as governor in 1817 by a land- canal. He felt the building of such for the canal. A commission was slide vote of 43,310 to 1,479. At a canal would not be feasible for at formed to plan the route and last, the people were to get the least another century. New York choose a design for the canal. By canal they demanded. City politicians who wrongly 1816, demand for action reached a Construction began in Rome, NY thought the canal would hurt their fever pitch. Communities along on July 4, 1817. Linking Lake Erie city formed a powerful block of the proposed canal route held with the Hudson River, the canal mass meetings to demand action opposition to the project. Commu- would be 363 miles long with a on building; the canal. Petitions width of 40 feet at the surface. 1 u ...... 1 tapering down to 28 feet at the Fig. 4. Canal boats called "lakers" under construction along the canal at Lockport.

I Fig. 5. C. W. Woodward, "WEIGHLOCK ON ERIE CANAL." Canal boats in the Rochester the photo is blurred as it moves Weighlock...... into the next lock. The design and operation of a bottom with water four feet deep. ers) the locks, bridges and other canal lock was rather straightfor- On one side of the canal would be structures were designed and built ward. Each lock had a pair of gates an earthen bank or berm. On the with the simple tools of the day. on each end. Each gate was topped other side would be a ten foot Construction of the canal went on by a balance beam used to open wide towpath on which horses and for eight years. Workers, mostly and close the gate. Figure 2 clearly mules would tow the canal boats. European immigrants, toiled 14 shows the balance beams atop The use of steam power was not hours a day to cut a path through each gate. Toward the bottom of allowed as the churning paddle- the thick forests and swamps that each gate was a sluice gate, a door wheels and their resultant wakes lay in the path of the canal. When used to allow water to flow into or would destroy the earthen walls of finally completed in 1825, the out of the lock. When a boat wish- the canal. Figure 1 shows a typical canal was heralded as a triumph of ing to travel upstream approached stretch of the Erie Canal, with the American engineering. Its success a lock, the downstream gates towpath seen on the right side of laid the foundation of the engi- would be opened and the boat the waterway. neering profession in the United towed into the lock. The gates Since Lake Erie was 568 feet States. were then closed and the sluice higher than the Hudson River, a Of the 83 locks, hundreds of gates opened to raise the water series of 83 locks would be built to bridges, and many other architec- level in the lock to match the new overcome the difference in height. tural feats, the builders most cele- upstream level. The upstream gates Several hundred bridges would be brated achievement was the set of would then be opened and the built along the many miles of the locks at Lockport. Referred to as boat would exit the lock and con- Erie to connect roads and farms the "Lockport Five", a double set tinue on its journey. split by the canal. In order to save of five locks was cut out of solid Figure 3 pictures the locktenders, money, the bridges were built low rock. This was the only place on who operated the locks, posed on above the water-so low that Deo- the canal were a double set of the balance beams at Lockport. ple standing on the deck of a 'canal locks was constructed. Without They often lived in shanties near boat had to duck to go under them, the canal would get hope- the locks and ran a side business them. Because of this, the cry lessly backed up as a boat would catering to the canal traffic. They "Low bridge, everybody down!" have to traverse all five locks sold and ran almost anything from was heard along the length of the before another boat could begin. hawking cures for sick people and canal. With the double locks, east and animals to running saloons and In 1817 when construction west bound traffic could flow general stores. began, there were no trained engi- simultaneously. In figure 2 a canal The canal was an overnight suc- neers in New York state. In fact, boat is seen descending the east cess. Almost immediately boats two New York City lawyers, Ben- bound locks of the "Lockport Five" began plying its waters, moving jamin Wright and James Geddes, on the left side of the picture. goods between east and west. with only a cursory knowledge of Another boat is seen ascending the Within a few years a thriving and surveying were named chief engi- westbound locks on the right side growing trade was in place neers of the canal. Through their of the picture. Note the third right between the cities of the east and ingenuity (and that of many oth- hand lock is open and the boat in

STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFehruary1996 @ the western frontier. Goods and Fig. 6. American Scenery, "WEIGH LOCKIUNCTION OSWECO & ERIE CANAL SYRACUSE, N. " A boat being weighed in the Syracuse weighlock, the only surviving building of tools needed by the new western its kind in the world. settlers were shipped from eastern ...... factories. Tools, plows, traps, fabric to conduct scientific studies along dren often helping run the boat. and buttons flowed west. From the the canal. Second in command was a steers- west came the lumber, coal and Figure 4 pictures canal boats man, who, with the captain, took grain needed by the growing east- under construction near Lockport. turns steering the boat. Two mem- ern cities. The canal also became The boats in this view are Lakers, bers of the crew were responsible the main conduit for moving Euro- so named because they were capa- for driving the tow team. These pean immigrants west. ble of operating on open lakes men or boys were called hoggees. The increasing canal commerce where wave action was present. A tow team consisted of two or spurred development of a boat The laker was sturdily constructed three mules or horses. Mules were building industry along the canal. of oak and white pine with a flat generally preferred because they Boatyards sprung up wherever a bottom, perpendicular sides, a were more sure footed and ready supply of lumber was avail- rounded bow and stern, and water- tougher. Each hoggee would work able. They were started in Syracuse tight deck and hatches. Lakers two six-hour shifts per day. Their and Fulton, tapping the lumber were about 98 feet long, 17.5 feet job was to keep the team pulling brought in from the Adirondack wide, and ten feet deep. A cabin and out of trouble. A hoggee Mountains. Buffalo, Rochester and was built in the stern to house the would have to be alert when Lockport on the western part of boatman and his family. It rose another boat wished to pass so the canal, having ready access to about 2 feet above the deck to their lines didn't get tangled. lumber from the-west,~became allow for windows so light could When a canal boat approached major boat building centers. enter the living quarters. A cabin another from the opposite direc- Canal boats of many types were was also built forward to house the tion it would move to the side of built for a mvriad of uses. Packet horses or mules needed to tow the the canal away from the towpath. and line boais were built to carry boat. Each laker could carry 225 to Its hoggee would move the mules passengers along the canal. These 240 tons of cargo. Each boat took to the outside of the towpath died out around 1858 with the 450 to 500 days to build and in allowing the lines to go slack and coming of the railroad. Scows and 1870 cost an average of $3800. rest on the bottom of the canal lakers were built to carry cargo. They were usually painted white and the towpath. The other boat, Some of the more interesting boats with the stern elaborately painted with its lines taut, would pass over were for specialized uses. There with the name and home port of the outside boat's lines, and they were circus boats built to carry a the boat, the name often in gilt, would both continue on their way. circus around the state. Gospel red and blue letters. During their off hours, the hoggees boats were floating missionary When running full-handed a were responsible for feeding and churches taking their message to canal boat carried a crew of three caring for the mules and repairing the boaters and canal side commu- men besides the captain, who was their harnesses. The average wage nities. Library boats were used to usually the owner of the boat. was $12 a month. Many hoggees bring books to canal towns. There Many captains lived on their boats were boys as young as 12 (often wereeven classroom boats used by with their families, a wife and chil- orphans) who were paid $10 a university students as a base camp month.

0 January/February1996 STEREO WORLD The captain's wife would cook, Canal and Boatin' on a Bull-Head. the speed limit of four mph for all clean and take care of the children, One of the more famous canal othe; boats. ~~~ro~riatel~,repair who were expected to help with songs is Low Bridge, Everybody boats were referred to as "hurry- chores on the boat. They only Down: up" boats. attended school in the winter dur- I've got a mule, and her name is Sal, In order to pay for the upkeep of ing the three months the canal Fifteen miles on the Erie canal the canal, the state constructed was shut down. The youngest chil- She's a good 01' worker and a good 01' pal seven weighlock buildings along dren would have a rope tied to Fifteen miles on the Erie canal the canal. Canal boats were taxed them at all times so if they fell in We've hauled some barges in our day based on the weight of the cargo the canal they could easily be res- filled with lumber coal and hay they carried. Figures 5 and 6 pic- cued. By the time they were 12 And we know ev'ry inch of the way ture weighlock buildings in years old, children were expected from Albany to Buffalo-0. Rochester and Syracuse. These to become full members of the Low bridge ev'rybody down. were elaborate structures with a crew. Low bridge for we're comin to a town. series of doric columns enclosing Canal boat families could shop And you always know your neighbor, the weighlock chamber. The at stores along the canal in any of you always know your pal, weighlock building in Syracuse was the towns on the route. In addi- If you ever navigated on the Erie canal. built in 1850 at the junction of the tion, boats called "bum boats" Erie and Oswego canals. It survives would come out from the town The canal required constant today as the Erie Canal Museum, and pull alongside the canal boats. monitoring for problems. Towpath the only building of its kind in the In this way families could shop walkers were hired to patrol the world. without stopping the boat. entire length of the canal. Each The weighlock was under the For entertainment, canal boat walker was responsible for moni- control of a weighmaster, who ran families kept pets on board, parrots toring ten miles of the canal for the weighlock as his own business. being a favorite. Or they could breaks. Small breaks in the canal Canal boat captains were required stop to watch a show at any num- would be repaired by the towpath to register the empty weight of ber of towns along the way. walker. If more extensive repairs their boat with the weighmaster Singing was another form of enter- were needed, a repair boat would every four years. In order to assess tainment for the canal family, and be called in. The narrow repair a toll, a cargo laden boat needed to life on the canal inspired many a boats were pulled by a team of be weighed by entering the song with titles like The Raging swift horses and could speed along weighlock, after which the lock at up to ten mph as opposed to gates on both ends of the chamber would be closed. Water in the Fig. 7. The Farmers Market in Syracuse along the Erie Canal. Note the canal boat chamber was drained through an "speeding" by (the speed limit on the canal was 4 mph).

STEREO WRLD JanuarylFehruary 1996 @ underground tunnel leaving the ...... Fig. 8. The Erie Canal at the center of downtown ...... Syracuse. boat resting in a wooden cradle attached to a scale. The weighmas- and towns that grew up along its Building survive to this day. The ter would simply subtract the banks. It was the center of com- canal does not. empty weight from the full weight merce and transportation for these Started in 1903 and completed to obtain the cargo weight and towns. Figure 7 shows the canal in 1918, a new, larger canal was then assess a toll. The captain of passing through the center of Syra- constructed. Known as the Barge the boat was also required to pre- cuse. Note the farmer's market set Canal, it left large sections of the sent to the weighmaster a "Bill of up along the canal with a canal old Erie Canal abandoned. These Lading", listing the weight and boat "speeding" by. Figure 8 pic- sections were filled in and roads type of cargo he was carrying. The tures the canal at the center of build on its path, as in Syracuse measured weight was also com- downtown Syracuse with canal where Erie Boulevard replaced the pared against the listed weight. boat Milton S. Pierce is docked canal. Figure 6, showing the Syracuse along its banks. The two large weighlock, also illustrates canal ornate buildings, the Syracuse Sav- architecture. The canal inspired a ings Bank Building and the Gridley unique style of building or; the 'I I I bank of the canal called a "double ender", which contained two dis- 1 tinct sihes. The canal side of the building, as shown in the view, was plain. It was the working side Explore the World of the building, used to load and of 3-13 Imaging, Past & Present, in unload cargo. The street side of the building had an ornate and attrac- tive facade in order to attract pass- ing customers either walking by or riding in their carriages. The excep- I tion to this rule was the weighlock building itself. Since its customers were the passing canal boats, its NATIONAL P.0. BOX 14801 canal side facade was ornate. STEREOSCOPIC The canal was the center of ASSOCIATION, INC. Columbus activity for the numerous cities a year from: OH 43214

January/February 1996 STEREO WRLD Resolve to Reach Rochester! NSA Annual Convention

Rochester, NY

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Convention Stereoscopic computer art by Bob Mannle, New Vision Technology. Center tion, please contact William Davis, I About Those 1 942 Gaywood Ln., Webster, NY Convention Dates ... 14580, (716) 671-7707. Many readers will have noticed LEASE FIND AND USE THE CON- If you have or know of a presen- VENTION, HOTEL, AND OTHER tation for the Stereo Theater, that the August 1 through 5 dates of the 1996 NSA convention in PREGISTRATION FORMS INSERTED please contact Richard Twichell, Rochester include Thursday, the WITH THIS ISSUE! 1224 St.1 Rochester' NY day before the usual Friday begin- For additional information 14611 for information forms. about any. aspect- of the conven- ning of an NSA convention. The I 1 I change in dating was done to reflect the reality of the intensive room-hopping commerce in images and equipment as well as ARCHlVAl SLEEVES: clear 2.5-mil Polv~o~vlene the registration process that occurs CDV (3 318' X 4 3/87 per 100: $7 case of 1000: $60 Thursday afternoon and evening at CDV POLYESTER (2-mil ) per 100: $10 case of 1000: $90 CDV PAGE 6-pocket top load per page: $0.50 case of 100: $20 every convention. Some new POSTCARD (3 3/4' X 5 3/47 per 100: $8 case of 1M)O: $70 members had missed out on this POSTCARD PAGE 4-pocket top load per 100: $16 case of 500: $70 4' x 5' per 100: $8 case of 1000: $70 in past years, and including Thurs- STEREO 1 #6 3/4 COVER (3 34' x 7') per 100: $9 case of 1000: $80 day's date was an effort to include STEREOPOLYESTER per 100: 2-mil $12 or 3-mil $16 CABINET ICONTINENTAL (4 318' X 7') per 100: $10 case of 1000: $90 everyone. The convention's formal #I0 COVER (4 318' x 9 518') per 100: $10 case of 500: $45 opening and programs will remain 5' x 7' per 50: $7 case of 200: $25 BOUDOIR (5 1/2' X 8 1/2') 25: $6 case of 500: $80 on Friday, August 2nd' so you 8.~10' ;:: 25: $8 case of 200: $40 won't miss them if you arrive late ll'x 14' per 10: $8 case of 100: $45 16' x 20' (unsealed flap) per 10: $20 case of 100: $99 Thursday night or early Friday Russell Norton, PO Ex 1070, New Haven, CT 06504-1070 morning. We apologize if what was US SHIPWNG: $4 per order. Institutional billing. (1996) intended as a clarification caused concern. QO

STEREO WRLD JanuarytFebnlary 1996 @ HinesLab 3DTV Breaks Throucrh LCD ~ind6w by Don Marren

The basic components of the 7-image version of HinesLab 3D7V. (A 13-image version has been developed, and higher image versions are possible.) The source of the images shown in this example is a bank of seven video cameras. Each camera is laterally displaced from the others and fitted with a horizontally adjustable perspective-control lens to allow each camera to cover the same field of view. A video processor combines each image into a 2x2 array suitable for display on a single video screen. In the monitor (about 2.5 inches deep in the proof of concept model), the multiple images are simultaneously displayed on a liquid crystal display panel, which is electronically connected to a signal source (e.. cameras), and video processor. Light from a miniature halogen lamp at the rear of the monitor is directed through the LCD projection panel. Each of the multiple images is projected via a separate lens system onto the rear projection screen from different horizontal angles. The multiple images are superimposed upon each other creating a stereoscopic effect, achieved by reason of the viewer or viewers simultaneously viewing any two of the images, both with their appropriate horizontal parallax. The screen upon which the 3-0 image is displayed is a multi-layer screen consisting of a neutral gray light control film, lenticular screen, diffuser and field lens.

LAMP

LIQUID-CRYSTAL PROJECTION PANEL WITH 7 IMAGES

7 LENSES

MIRRORS

HinesLab 3DTV (U.S. Pat. 5,430,474)

@ IanuarylFebmary 1996 S'EREO WORLD ver the years, 3-D video dis- play technology and 3-D tele- 0vision have had their share of problems getting established. And no wonder! Faced with the inferior use of anaglyphic technology, the need for helmets wired to electron- ic boxes, or the addition of special screens attached to TV sets, the public has been slow to accept these 3-D video systems. Stereo TV 3 Rows 4 Rows without glasses was even worse- 1 i all of those flickering and shaky Image arrangements on the liquid-crystal control panel for the 7-image and 13- images, and the restrictions image HinesLab 3DTV systems at the liquid-crystal assembly before being combined for viewing in the monitor. Note how the liquid-crystal projection panel is divided into imposed by systems that included horizontal rows which are then filled with the maximum number of images, while limiting viewing to only one per- maintaininq the conventional 3:4 aspect ratio. No two images have the same hori- son at a time. At last, a good 3-D zontal A separate projection lens is used to project each image to the back video display monitor has finally of a viewing screen from a unique lateral angle. Working in conjunction with a fresnel arrived--and you don't have to field lens in the viewing screen, these angles form multiple exit pupils, or viewing posi- wear glasses to enjoy it! tions, at a comfortable viewing distance in front of the display. The projection lenses are identical, and are mounted to a common surface in the display housing. The big breakthrough came last ...... summer when HinesLab, Inc. of Glendale, CAI announced the development of a patented autostereoscopic system that achieves true stereo images with- out the need for any viewing aids. At the moment, the HinesLab 3DTV monitor is designed for video, computer and arcade game equipment. "In the past, cumbersome glasses and rigid headsets made 3-D view- ing more of a novelty than a real 3-D experience," says Steve Hines, president of HinesLab and devel- oper of the autostereo (3-D with- out glasses) display. "My goal was Illustrations of the exit pupils at the eyes of the viewer projected by the screen optics to create a display that would offer in the 7-lens version of HinesLab 3DTV. The staggered arrangement of the exit pupils the realism of a visual third dimen- at the position of the viewer's face is due to the staggered arrangement of the seven sion with the ease-of-viewing of projection lenses. If the viewer placed an eye in one of the white-hot exit pupils, the the standard two-dimensional image would be intensely bright. Note how the separate elements in the rear projec- monitor." tion screen each play a pivotal part in allowing the exit pupils to slightly overlap. As Because any new complex tech- the viewer moves laterally, his or her eyes move out of successive exit pupils without a nology tends to be expensive, noticeable change in light intensity. The result? There are no "black" zones in between the exit pupils. Changing views give look-around ability and relative motion Hines has kept the components of of the foreground and background objects. his new system as simple and inex- LEFT: Using only the fresnel field lens at the screen, 7 bright images or "hot spots" pensive as possible in order to are formed by the projection lenses. encourage adoption of the system. CENTER: By adding the horizontal lenticular sheet at the screen, the light of the spots With these principles in mind, is spread vertically. Hines established uncompromising RIGHT: When the diffuser is added, the vertical stripes spread until they just overlap. specifications for HinesLab 3DTV: Areas labeled H and V define the area within which the viewer can move and still see a 3-D image. The tips of the exit pupils can be easily trimmed off by masking the Viewers do not have to wear screen with the front opening in the housing so that the exit pupils occupy the entire special 3-D glasses, reflective dots visible area. or other encumbrances. Viewers are not required to sit in a fixed lateral or vertical posi- tion. The system does not require head tracking.

STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFrhnlary 1996 @ Central among many current technologies used in the HinesLab 3DTV monitor is the liquid-crystal display. When compared to tradi- tional cathode ray tubes (used in all television sets except projection models), LCDs have the important advantage of allowing control over the direction and intensity of light that can be projected through the image area. "When you shoot light through the back of the screen from a specific direction, it Spinning balls form the H~nesLablogo in one of the computer generated images used to emerges at the front from the same demonstrate the system. (None of the stereos used here are actual off-the-screen photos.) direction," points out Hines. "If you shoot it at a slight angle, it comes out the front at a slight angle. I took advantage of that property, because at the front of the screen I wanted to have seven different positions where the view- er's eye could be placed. (Hines is referring to the 7-image version of his 3DTV monitor but 13-image versions are a reality.) "By project- ing pictures onto the screen from seven different directions at the back of the monitor, the images "Earth on Sky" 1s one of the more complex images demonstrating the HinesLab 3DTV emerge along those same angles monitor. out of the front of the screen. Depending on where your eyes are, Multiple viewers are able to see eras like the Nimslo, Nishika, you pick up two of the seven the display. Image Tech and Rittai; and large images. As you shift left and right, The system provides motion par- lighted photographs (lenticular or three-dimensional depth is allax and look-around ability. barrier strip) displayed at trade smoothly recreated from any view- shows and in airports. ing angle. To put it another way, The system is addressable by a "Some research has been con- when you sit in front of the moni- single computer video board. ducted into complex autostereo- tor, your eyes will only get the The system is NTSC compatible, scopic techniques which track the views that you should see from to allow transmission of the 3-D viewer's head, or require the viewer that position. Since the seven sepa- signal by a single unmodified TV to wear a reflective dot on the fore- rate images are optically isolated station, and allow recording and head," relates Hines. "This tech- from each other, any shift in your playback with a conventional nique has the disadvantage of body position will move you out VCR. imposing limitations on the speed of one viewing position and into at which the illumination mecha- another." Hines adds "the more The display is manufacturable nism can track the viewer, and images you have, like in the 13- with commercially available, which limits its use to a single image or higher versions, the non-exotic components. viewer." smoother the transition is as you The system avoids the use of The HinesLab 3DTV monitor is move your head left and right." anamorphosing optics which built around a liquid-crystal dis- Hines, who has been developing squeeze or stretch images. play (LCD) panel and rear-projec- his 3DTV system for almost two The system avoids 3-D tech- tion optics (see illustration). More years, points out that all of the niques which require expensive than two images are used in creat- now patented technology he used rectilinear projection optics and ing the 3-D effect, allowing lateral was commercially available to any- the need of tight registration head movement, horizontal one, and its relatively inexpensive such as those required when pro- motion parallax and look-around cost will appeal to manufacturers. jecting interleaved images onto a ability. This method also provides For example, he uses a liquid-crys- vertical lenticular screen. for vertical head freedom. The tal projection panel developed for viewer or viewers can sit comfort- projecting computer or video Existing techniques for creating ably in front of the monitor within images with an overhead projector. 3-D images without glasses include a range of viewing positions. The He also uses high-quality video holograms; lenticular 3-D post- image can be recorded and cameras and, as a signal combiner, cards (viewed through a covering replayed in 3-D with a standard he uses a video processor to com- of laminated plastic lenses); lentic- I VCR. bine each camera image into a 2x2 ular photographs from 3-D cam-

January/February 1996 STEREO WRLD array (7-image system) suitable for !m display on a single video screen. A natural application of the technology is video arcade games, where images are computer gener- ated. "Due to the interactivity of the player and computer," says Hines, "images will be drawn by the computer with software which combines 3-D modeling with a routine written to create visuals in the appropriate format 2x2, etc.) as if photographed with side-by-side cameras. To accelerate the image refresh rate, the images are written with a single video board to a buffer before being sent to the dis- play screen." Other applications for HinesLab A computer generated stereo promoting the possible use of the HinesLab 3DTV system in 3DTV include computer work sta- arcade games, where the screen graphics could almost literally reach out and grab customers. tion displays, engineering and sci- ...... entific visualization, air-traffic con- troller's radar, 3-D television, 3-D rig to film Magic Journeys and Cap- problems of physics, optics and video phones, etc. "Programming tain EO, and developed interactive photography. material for 3-D broadcast would imaging display devices and opti- For more information contact need to be photographed with a cal projection systems. As a senior HinesLab, Inc., 4525-B San multi-camera system," says Hines. research physicist at Eastman Fernando Rd., Glendale, CA 91204, According to Hines, future Kodak Co., he conceived and phone (818) 507-5812, fax (818) HinesLab 3DTV technology dis- implemented solutions to basic 507-8537. BO plays will benefit from the falling prices and increasing resolution of LCD projection panels which are coming onto the market. His next version of the 3-D display system will use folding mirrors to make the design more compact and fea- ture bigger screens (current sys- tems have 12.5 inch diagonal screen) and higher resolution. Please enroll me as a member of the National Stereo5copic tlvociation. "Screen sizes up to 30 inches are I understand that my one-year subscription to Steno World possible without having to use cus- will begin with the MarchIApril issue of the current year. - - tom-molded screen optics," con- - tends Hines. U U.S. membership mailed third class ($26). - I Since founding HinesLab in U U.S. membership mailed first class for faster delivery ($38). 1984, Hines has developed optical equipment for high-energy lasers I Foreign membership mailed surface rate, and first class to Canada ($38). and display systems for flight sim- I Foreign membership mailed international airmail ($56). I ulators. In addition, he has devel- Send a sample copy ($5.50). oped photographic equipment such as the Stereocam", the Please make checks payable to the Natlonal Stereoscopic ASFOCIation. acclaimed 35/65mm/video dual- Forelgn members please remlt In U S dollars wlth a CanadIan Postal Money order, an Internat~onalMoney Order, or a foreign bank draft on a IJ.S. bank. camera 3-D assembly used to film -- - major 70mm 3-D presentations for world expositions and theme parks. These include Concerto for Name the Earth, The Enertopia Symphony; Honey, I Shrunk the Audience; and Address the upcoming Universal Studios I I Florida attraction Terminator 2-30. I City State zip I Prior to starting HinesLab, Hines was a project engineer in the National Stere ~icAssociai Research and Development Depart- ment at Walt Disney Productions I PO Box 14801, Columbus, OH 43214 I where he designed the 3-D camera The Only National Organization Devoted Exclusively To Stereo Photography, Stereoviews, and 3-DImaging Techniques. !

STEREO WORLD JanuarylFrhruary 1996 @ View-Master Salutes Portland Rose Queen & Court

uring the first weeks of June, Throughout the years, the festi- 1996, Portland ("The City of val has become one of the most DRoses"), Oregon will host its widely attended events in the 88th annual Rose Festival. This Pacific Northwest. With the festival outing attracts thousands of people located "in their own backyard," it from all over the country, and is was inevitable that Sawyer's would well known for the food, the fun decide to present this event to the and the pageantry featured at each public in the form of View-Master year's event. reels. In 1959, the three-reel packet Portland Rose Festival was created. Numbered A251, this pastel-pink bordered packet included photos of the Rose Queen and her court as well as scenes of various floats entered in the Rose Parade. Because there are a number of parades held during the multi-day festival, the 1959 packet shows scenes of both the Junior Rose Parade and the Grand Floral Parade. It also depicts a number of young ladies who were crowned that year-the Junior Rose Queen; Miss Raindrop, Queen of Merrykhana; and the Queen of 7975 ROSE COURT Reel 3 Scene 2, "Winnie the Pooh set in Creative viewed by Gretta, Rosaria. Queen Heather, Dorothy. " The Rose Court meets View-Master artist Joe Liptak. Note the This was View-Master's first almost 1950s style dresses. attempt to document the event. AN Rose Court reels from Bette Shoepe collection. 0 Tyco Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Due to the fact that this packet did not remain in inventory for more than a few months, it is now con- sidered a somewhat scarce item. We can only assume that sales of these packets weren't what the company had hoped for because other festivals went on without View-Master representation for sev- eral years-until GAF came on the scene. After GAF purchased View-Mas- ter, they strove to become an active participant in community affairs. It was not an easy under- taking because employees and area residents, who had previously been 1981 ROSE COURT Reel B Scene 7, "View-Master Color Film Lab." Queen Kim and the part of the local Sawyer's company, court gather around for an explanation of how large format negatives are made from felt isolated from the corporate stereo photos for later reduction and printing on 7 6mm print film for the reels. GAF GAF 0 Tyco Industries, Inc. AN rights reserved. offices in New York City. felt that the annual Rose Festival

@ ]anuary/Fehruary 1996 STEREO WRLD was one way to get involved with the community and show their corporate interest in the city of Portland. In 1972, they began to sponsoring one of the large, elabo- rate floats for the Grand Floral Parade. Preparations for the first parade entry began in April that year with the initial meeting of the float committee. After that, six employ- ees were selected by the plant to ride on the float in the parade. In early May, volunteers were recruit- ed to work on the float. By the time of the parade, petal pluckers 1982 ROSE COURT Reel B Scene 2, "Princess Linda viewing set in Creative Department. " had torn apart more than 75,000 The figures and sets left over from movie and Tv reels were an irresistible attraction, lead- orchids and 35 dozen roses-an ing one princess to tease the animals from jungle Book. experience they would never for- O Tyco Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. get. Each phase of this process was documented in the employee pub- lication GAF FACTS to provide con- tinuing updates to all employees, including those not actively involved in the float preparation. Because of the ingenuity, perse- verance and camaraderie that existed among the 300 plant vol- unteers involved, the GAF float won the 1972 Grand Marshall's trophy for exceptional merit in the commercial class. At the same time, View-Master began producing custom reels of Pi" 1 the Rose Queen and Her Court. These reels depicted various activi- 1983 ROSE COURT Reel C Scene 6, "View-Master International Croup Float. " The float is ties that preceded the parade as shown as it moves into line at the beginning of the Grand Floral Parade. well as the parade itself. During O Tyco Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. the first year, there were only a few sample reels made consisting of photographs made by View-Master photographers and inserted into Personal reel blanks. By 1973, the View-Master pro- gram honoring the Rose Queen and Court was in full swing and a regular part of Marketing Supervi- sor Bette Shoepe's duties. With the coordination of this program left in her capable hands, it became a favorite part of the Rose Court's activities. That was the first year the queen and her court toured the plant. Throughout the week preceding the parade, Bette and a 1983 ROSE COURT Reel B Scene 3, "Princess Marla observes Sesame Street Set. " One of the View-Master photographer (Fred few life-size sets created for children's packets, it's also featured on reels covering the fol- lowing year's Rose Court tour. O Tyco Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. Bennion and/or Hank Gaylord) would stereograph the girls as they participated in various events. She would then critique the photos and pick out the ones that seemed most appropriate. At the end of parade week, the girls were invited to the plant and

STEREO WORLD JanuarylFebn~ary1996 @ had a guest luncheon in the cafete- ria where a viewer and a set of reels waited at each girl's place. They were told not to pick up the viewer until Bette gave them the OK. When they did finally get to look at the reels, countless "Oh's" and "Ah's" were uttered as Rose Court members realized that they were the subjects of these special reels. Many happy, smiling faces were seen looking into viewers during the years of Rose Court reel production. The 1973 float was a big success 1984 ROSE COURT Reel B Scene 3, "Rose Court observes assembly process. " as well, winning the Grand Prize O Tyco Industries, Inc. AN rights reserved. for Best Commercial Entry. The tradition continued in 1974 with the plant winning the Governor's Trophy for Most Outstanding Float from Outside Metropolitan Port- land. GAF won this same award in 1975. Other years brought addi- tional awards. From 1973 through 1985, Rose Court reels were produced by the plant for each year's court. Each reel provides various images of the Rose Court going to different places (such as nursing homes, area businesses, parks, etc.) during their reign as well as scenes from the View-Master Plant tour. Of 1985 ROSE COURT Reel C Scene I, "Rose Festival Princesses in View-Master Park." Croup course, the "Queens Float" is Shots of the Rose Court were often posed around the memorial to View-Master inventor always featured on the final reel. William Gruber. 0 Tyco Industries, Inc. AN rights reserved. Each set of three Rose Court reels was set up as a "custom" run, and production was extremely limited. A maximum run of 400 sets was produced for each festival, with most years averaging 300 sets or less. After test reels were developed and approved by an in-house com- mittee, final reels and ready for disbursement. Originally, each set of reels was given a unique num- ber. After a few years, the number- ing system was discontinued. Toward the end of the program, a special rose insignia was added to the reel face. The distribution of these reels was limited to the Rose Court participants, Rose Festival 7985 ROSE COURT Reel C Scene 2, "Rose Court gets a surprise gift. " Members of the Court officials, and plant personnel. Due see themselves on a reel shot during activities of the previous week. On the last of the to the small number produced and Rose Court reels to be issued, this traditional set-up shot proved to be the most animated the limited distribution, these reels One ever. 0 Tyco Industries, Inc. All rights reserved. are unique View-Master treasures. Because the reels were made over a period of several years, many different faces and fashions are included in the three-reel sets. The Rose Court reels provide an interesting look at various fashions and hair styles worn through the

@ January/P~hruary1996 STEREO WRLB 1970s and 1980s. It's as if you're looking at a time machine to see each year's court become more modern and updated. The early 1970s showed platform shoes and mini-skirts-a "vintage" look at what's being shown in some stores today! Rose Court reels came into being during the GAF era but, with hearty support from Arnold Thayer and staff, the program was rolled over when the company became View-Master International in 1981. The plant tour and resulting reels became an eagerly awaited part of Eugene /. Kupjack Miniature Rooms Reel I, "Betsy Ross Pador," Scene 4. This room (one the Rose Court's activities. (View- corner of which is seen here) was created in 1960 and includes a partially finished flag in the sewing basket at lower left. In some scenes, only the shallow depth of field caused by Master personnel also enjoyed the close-up photography provides a hint that you're viewing a narrow-base stereo of a sharing in the fun with the girls as miniature scene. Stereo by lay Kupjock. O 1995 Kupjack. they toured the plant.) They con- tinued to be a view-~astertradi- Court tradition. Because this was of Chicago. He continued produc- tion until 1985 when Bette relin- such a unique program, it is ing miniatures for many museums quished her duties. unlikely that we will ever see reels throughout the country until the Today, the corporate affiliation similar to these again. time of his death in 1991. with the Rose Festival is minimal. Each room in this set is re-creat- Bette Shoepe is no longer involved Miniatures in Stereo ed from a different period. All with the Rose Festival and has View-Master lovers everywhere items are built to Hz scale and the retired from View-Master, taking will be happy to learn about a attention to detail in each room is along many fond memories of her wonderful new group of reels titled superb. Lighting and precision years associated with this project. Eugene J. Kupjack Miniature Rooms. crafting have created the astound- The production of scenic subjects This custom set of four reels ing realism observed in every area. is now very limited, and the Rose depicts the marvelous miniature Each miniature room is a treasure Festival would not be big enough rooms designed and built by to behold. to merit issuing a packet covering Eugene Kupjack, the "Dean of The photography in this set pro- it in today's market. Miniaturists". duces excellent 3-D results. A dif- The officials of the Rose Festival Kupjack's miniatures are famous ferent room is depicted from vari- were very disappointed when this around the world. Born in Chicago ous angles on each of the four reels program was discontinued. View- in 1912, he assisted Narcissa titled Betsy Ross Parlor, French Master employees, as well, were Thorne in producing the beautiful Provincial Parlor, English Regency Sil- sorry to see the end of the Rose Thorne rooms at the art institute vershop, and Artist's Loft-New York City. The four reel set Eugene j. Kupjack Miniature Rooms comes in this illustrated, fold- An attractive full-color folder ing case with pictures and paragraphs describing the four rooms seen on the reels. showing a picture of the artist and The naturalistic lighting (scenes aren't flooded with studio lights like View-Master reels several of his creations opens up to of cartoon characters in similar size sets) and the careful use of a stereo base match- reveal the four reels inside. With ing the scale of the rooms make this set a surprising and encouraging development. the folder labeled "Vol. 1", we mrm hope that there will be several additional volumes available in the near future. View-Master collectors, miniature collectors and art lovers everywhere should love this novel new addition to the stereo family. Eugene Kupjack's sons continue to build models in their father's tradition and this special set can be ordered directly from their stu- dios. The price is $19.95 plus $3.50 shipping from: Kupjack Studios, PO Box 443, Park Ridge, IL 60068, (800) 31 1-8224. They accept check, money order, Visa, Master Card or Discover Card. aa

STEREO WRID JanuaryIF~hruary1996 @ A Close Look Into

Cettvsbura'sd ~hofoHistory Review by John Dennis

from prewar times, to WorldIAdded Dimension lorgnette the intense media viewer. One unexplained exception coverage in the days is a view whose left and right following the 1863 halves are enlarged to nearly fill battle, to the continuing facing pages of the book. This rare photographic interest in the his- amateur stereo by S.F. Corlies is the f there's a square foot of ground toric field as it began to evolve only known photo of the reburial at Gettysburg Battlefield that into a park filled with monuments of Union dead into Soldiers' IWilliam Frassanito hasn't memo- and avenues. National Cemetery following the rized through every grain of every Since the 1975 publication of his November, 1863, dedication cere- historical photo known to exist, Gemsburg: A Journey in Time, mony and clearly shows one of the it's probably because that ground is enough additional photos, docu- temporary headboards nailed to under a rock. In that case, He's ments and research had accumu- the side of a coffin for positive undoubtedly studied and com- lated that the author felt a new identification in the new cemetery pared every photo in which the book was required by the volume (which is shown as it appears rock appears, pinning down the of new material, the need to today in a small photo under the likely date of each, tracing the update an already "definitive" right side of the view). Too large to publishing history of each nega- work on the subject, and his per- free-view, the pair (which forms a tive, and speculating on the rea- sonal, lifelong commitment to the good 3-D image) can only be easily sons each photographer included topic itself. As Frassanito states in fused through a specialized mirror it in one or another series covering his preface, the new material viewer or with the fresnel prism the famous battlefield. "...afforded fresh insights into viewer described in this issue's In Early Photography at Gettysburg, how, when, why, and by whom New Views. Frassanito's fifth book on Civil War one of the greatest battlefields in While at first glance it may seem photography and the second on the world was documented by that the book gives the stereogra- Gettysburg, the above rock is also photographers when the field still phy of the battlefield minimal likely to appear on the same page looked essentially as it did at the attention, reading the extensive in a recent photo showing what time of the battle." The result is text and well researched captions you'd see today on a tour of the Early Photography at Gettysburg, a quickly proves the opposite to be most photographed sites in the 448 page work of detailed research true. In every case in which a area. The new book covers the into the stories behind nearly stereo half is reproduced, it is iden- entire period from 1859 to 1869, every one of the book's 300+ pho- tified as such with the view num- including research and images tos, many of which are previously ber, photographer and publisher un~ublishedhistoric scenes and identified. The book demonstrates portraits. clearly that stereoviews make up a Thirteen full stereographs appear very large portion of the photo- in various sections of the book, graphic documentation of Gettys- four of these as untransposed burg, both immediately after the prints from original stereo nega- battle and over the following tives. The published stereoviews months and years. Included are reproduced slightly larger than among the extensively researched standard seven inch wide cards, and dated images in the book are but can be viewed with the Stereo stereos (either full or half) by

@ January/Frhruary 1996 STEREO WORLD Alexander Gardner, C.J. Tyson, for the stand were off by some dis- National Historical Society and Peter S. & Hanson E. Weaver, tance. Time-Life, Inc., gives lectures on Mathew Brady & CO., Tipton & In fact, nearly every image in the Civil War, and has appeared in Co., Tipton & Meyers, and S.F. the book receives similar attention the television series Divided Union Corlies. in the form of research into his- and Civil War Journal. With the One particular Gardner stereo toric material covering both the publication of Early Photography at played a part in the author's deter- subject and the photographer. In Gettysburg, he has extended the mination of the most likely loca- some cases two or three pages of time period, the accuracy and the tion of the speakers' stand for the text are devoted to a single photo depth of his already extensive pub- November 19, 1863, Soldiers' or group of related photos. As in lished works on Civil War photog- National Cemetery dedication cer- any such massive research work, raphy. The detailed research and emonies at Gettysburg. Following new mysteries arise as old ones are analysis involved in this latest years of dispute among historians solved. Of the many once-existing book goes beyond the scholarly as to the exact location of the but now missing images of Gettys- (and perhaps for some people less speakers' stand from which the burg identified by the author, intensely interested in the Civil Gettysburg Address was delivered, many are stereoviews. These War or photographic history, into Frassanito carefully compared fea- include some 1863 views by Cor- the obsessive) in its coverage of tures in the Gardner view with lies, over 100 P.S. & H.E. Weaver interrelated images, people and those in two other photos of the views from 1867, and a stereo ver- locations. Perhaps most important ceremonies (all taken some dis- sion of an OISullivan photo depict- to students of stereographyis the tance from the platform itself) and ing Union dead. author's unquestioning recognition determined, with the help of A graduate of Gettysburg College of stereoviews as a major aspect research into burial records and and the State University of New of Gettysburg's photographic written accounts of the ceremony, York, William Frassanito is chief record. mrs that all the previously claimed sites photographic consultant to the

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expedition as well as a generous Sam- well as magnified through the most the images be preserved and shared pling of William Rau's stereos. basic viewers. From the cameras and with those interested. Her sensitive Edward Wilson's descriptions of stereoscopes of the 19th and early and joyful stereo documentation of Bedouin tribal politics in his journal 20th centuries to the latest folding the adults and children she met on and Rau's impressive views, made paper viewers, this format has been her travels makes this well worth the under the most difficult and danger- employed by both amateurs and spe- effort. 00 ous conditions, are combined into a cialized commercial publishers to truly memorable feature. produce a diverse and valuable stere- 'you have c( )mments or questions for.the THE LINEX STEREO CAMERA is exam- ographic record. C?ditor concer ning any stereo-related r natter ...",.-;..,./"* h- ..,.,.".- "4 ined in detail from the concept and GEMS FROM OLD EUROPE is the title of apvcurtrry[V, missing) in t,~puyr, vr Stereo World, please write to lob,I ~ennis,Stt ?re0 design of this unique cartridge cam- a new Stereo World Column which World Editoria,I Office,561 (1 SE 77st Avc -., era to its manufacture and marketing will be initiated around the fall of Portland, OR !)7206. by the Lionel model train company 1996. Each installment will cover a in the early 1950s. Extensive illustra- specific European stereographer or tions and photos help reveal the awk- aspect of European life as recorded in ward results of this attempt at an stereoviews not commonly seen out- inexpensive, point-and-shoot stereo side the continent. Some of the first camera for the masses. columns will include pioneer film- NOTMAN'S MAPLE BOX was portfolio maker and stereographer Emile Rey- (Continued from Inside Front Cover) of stereoviews presented by the gov- naud, views of the Tuileries Palace ernment of Canada to Prince of before its destruction in 1871, and a Stereoscopic Society or PSA competitions are comparison of the approaches to equally eligible, but please try to send views Wales Albert Edward (Queen Victo- made within the past eight years. All views ria's son) during a royal visit in 1860. stereography taken by U.S. and Euro- pean stereographers with views by will be returned within 6 to 14 weeks, but A duplicate box, viewer and set of Stereo World and the NSA assume no respon- 270 Canadian views was retained by Good, Frith, Moulin, Furne, etc. sibility for the safety of photographs. Please stereographer William Notman and is THE REALIST WORLD OF MRS. include return postage with entries. Submis- now in the McCord Museum in Mon- WINIFRED LOWNES is a selection of sion of an image constitutes permission for treal, making possible our article on the best stereos by the late world its one-use reproduction in Stereo World. All this unique and elegant stereo record traveling amateur of the 1950s and other rights are retained by the photograph- of mid-19th century Canada. '60s. She became skilled with a Realist er. Send all entries directly to: ASSIGNMENT 6 X 13 WONDERS is a celebration of a on her own, having no association 3-D, 5610 SE 71st, Portland, OR 97206. 00 stereo format--one employed for with any photo or stereo clubs and both transparencies and prints, and never having seen a stereo projection the one most easily free-viewed as program. One of her wishes was that 3-D Capped ou may have thought there ware. With renewed spirits we dis- were few things flatter than covered the manufacturer was Ypaper milk bottle caps (or based right near us in Chicago! We "I'OGS" as the collectible form of set up aUmeetingwith him and these little discs are known), but when he saw the ~otentialof chro- 1 L that changed last year with the mastereoptics and pogs he was introduction of 3D DREAMCAPS hooked .... We contacted the won- from Dreamweaver Productions. derful people at Chromatek and NSA member Geoff Akins and busi- soon we had produced the world's ness partner Dennis Kedzorski had first 3-D milkcaps featuring their been involved with the milk-cap technology. They debuted at last fad when they decided to try com- summer's Taste of Chicago." bining POGS with the Chroma- Using simple, carefully designed Depth" process as used in the graphics and color combinations Valiant Vision 3-D Comics series. on a black background, the images (See SW Vol. 20 No. 1, page 34.) on 3D DREAMCAPS pop easily into According to Geoff Akins, "No 3-D when viewed through the sooner did I decide that 3-D milk- ChromaDepthmglasses included caps would be a great idea when with each card of caps. On the my friend Dennis discovered some back of the card, POG collectors are already on the market. When he invited to "Write for Cool 3-D showed them to me my heart Club Info" from the Dreamedia 3D sank. But when I took a closer look address. Along with some 3-D I discovered that although they products catalogs, the "Cool Info" were called "3-D Milkcaps," there includes information on the NSA was nothing 3-D about them. No and Stereo World. 3D DREAMCAPS glasses or viewing lenses were are available by mail for $3.00 a set included. We concluded that per- (shipping included) from Dreame- haps the images on the caps were dia 3D, PO Box 558, Round Lake, designed with 3-D computer soft- IL 60073. No More 4-lens Prints From Image Tech wners of Nimslo or Nishika native offered in the company's According to a recent Weber's 0stereo cameras attempting to letter is to remind owners of four- ad, film processing is $1.99 and get lenticular prints made from lens cameras that Image Tech "cur- regular lenticular prints are 80c their negatives by 3D Image Tech- rently sells two reusable three-lens each, while reprints are $1.20 and nology, Inc. of Norcross, GA, have cameras, the 3D Wizard and the 8x10 prints are $15.00. The com- recently received a letter from the 3D 1000." uany also sells the RITTAI camera. L, company announcing that they no RITTAI For processing and shipping longer offer this service. As of to the Rescue? details, contact Weber's 3-D Photo December, 1995, only negatives Not mentioned in Image Tech's of America, 88 E. Broadway B25, from Image Tech's own three-lens letter is the existence of a new lab New York, NY 10002, (212) 43 1- cameras have been accepted for dedicated to making lenticular 5580. Until we get more informa- making lenticular prints. prints from four-lens camera nega- tion on the quality of the lab's Apparently, even using only tives. Weber's 3-D Photo of Ameri- work, readers should probably treat three of the images from a four- ca is the first U.S. processing site this as an experimental option and image Nimslo or Nishika negative for Gaileylab Corporation, which first send in reprint orders that can slows production at a lab designed makes processing and lenticular be compared with lenticular prints for making lenticular prints from printing equipment for the Chi- from other labs. three-lens cameras. The only alter- nese RITTAI four-lens camera. Fresnel Prism Viewer he use of non-magnifying, sim- T.~le .~risms to fuse pairs of stereo images is nearly as old as stereogra- phy itself but has never gained wide acceptance. Their popularity has generally been limited to overtunder viewing situations and for some large side-by-side print pairs. Glass prisms are relatively heavy and expensive, while plastic prisms have suffered from serious distortions caused by the molding Drocess. Dr. Dragan F. Smekal of Vancou- ver, RC hopes to rekindle interest in using prisms for 3-D viewing through the use of high quality plastir fresnel prisms.u~ikefreshel the fresnel viewer seems to require The price of the currently cus- lenses, these prisms are thin less adjustment of the eyes than tom-made viewer is $20.00 U.S. (2mm) and lightweight. Mounted solid prisms which can also pro- For more information, contact Dr. in a white plastic frame with han- vide a smaller area of viewing. A D. F. Smekal, 1765 Rosebery Ave., dle, his prism viewers come in var- mirror viewer can provide a clearer West Vancouver, BC V7V 225, ious angle powers for images of fused image of large or overtunder Canada. Fax (604) 922-2855. en different sizes and separations. pairs, but at a far greater cost and Each prism in the viewer is about with considerable bulk. 2.3cm diameter with 15 steps to the vertical mini-prisms making up the fresnel surfaces. There is, of course, a slight dif- fraction effect caused by the fres- / nel lines but the actual-sharpness h of the images is not affected. The impression is more one of looking STEREOSCOPlC SOClEN OF AMERICA through a light mist with a hint of vertical linearity--depending large- ly on the lighting conditions. The 1st international Stereo Card Exhibition viewer's limitations are more evi- dent when viewing small pairs and less so with pairs of 8x10 or larger prints. With no magnification involved, there is no limit to the size of images possible to fuse if A PSA recognized exhibition for you can step back the appropriate makers of full size stereo print views distance. (For 20x30 inch prints, the viewing distance is about four Open to all-newcomers to stereography andlor feet depending on the angle power international exhibitions especially invited. of the prisms being used.) For overtunder prints or videos, Closing date - July 25, 1996 the prisms can beset in the viewer at opposing horizontal orienta- First ~ublicexhibit-NSA convention, tions or a side-by-side viewer can Aug. 3-4, Rochester, NY be held vertically in front of one For rules and eye (about right for overtunder entry form, video). Which ever way it's used, ST EREOSCOPIC write to: SOCIt lY 01 AMFRICA Bill Walton his column depends onI readers for 3739 Meadowlark Dr. Tinformati01 7. (We don't know everything!) I...... "ti.... Columbus, GA 31906 Please send in,^,,,,^^,^^, U;... questions to David Sl'arkmon, NewViews Editc)r, P.0. Box ;'368. ulver City, C/1 9023 1.

STEREO WORLD JanuarylFchruary 1996 @ Stereo from a Collector's Viewpoint he following is the contribu- I can go to the Chicago stockyards in I can barge down the Yellowstone River in tion of NSA member Esther 1932. I can see (and almost smell) steers 1864 with George M. Wheekr on his expe- TWalker to ongoing discussions from here to the horizon. From here, I cango dition with the U.S. Geological Survey or about the balance between the old to the Chicago World's Fair and wisit the ride a mule with Maj. john Wesley Powell of and new uses of stereo photogra- stage with Texas Guiunan wawing her fans the Army Engineers as he explores, for the phy. While she likes Stereo World's seductively at the crowd. first time, the expanse of the Grand present division of coverage and is I can stand in the fikd and watch Orville Canyon. interested in both aspects of stereo, wright rake off. 1 can look up and see a zep- I can go with Mathew Brady's company she feels these sentiments reflect pelin in flight over a German town in 1918. of photographers into the battlefields of the the of If I wanted to, I could visit the battlefields of Civil War where, it is told, they requested in the NSA. World War I, or of the the two sides to cease fire whik they set up If you were born before Spanish-American War. cameras to photograph the ensuing action. 1930 you may remember I can pose on an outcrop- I can see Redlands, California whik it still the Keystone box that "1 hold in ping of rock high over the has orange groves and a few magnificent hked ~~like ~ a ~ thick black hand a treasure Yellowstone River. Did the mansions. I can stand alongside the victims book, filkd with stereoscop- photographer who had to of the 1908 San Francisco earthquake. I ic pictures. Alongside wus that surpasses his (mam- view destruction from the hurricane in the Brewster stereoscope. H.C. Wells' moth plate cameras and Galveston in 1900 and ruins of the great fire These stood on the highly even his makeshift tent in Boston in 1872. I can almost smell the polished tatable at gramima7s Time Machine.'' darkroom, U, a hmstone from an eruption in Pompeii in house, out of reach of sticky inaccessible paih to the to; 1904. 1 am there in 1873 when a fire fingers. You may recall of a sheer cliff ever dream destroys downtown Portland, Oregon. You" randm mother saying, "If you wash Your that, 125 years later, 1 would join him on his I am privileged to be present when Ivey hands, you can see The Tour of the World. trek? The Keystone salesman came to the door Baldwin performs the highest and longest and Grandpa just bought this set for $2 SO." I can stand on a girder of the not-yet-com- tight rope walk on record, 580 feet over pkted Empire State building. I can look a Boulder, Colorado. I can view the full moon Or! did you to Out grandmaps grizzly bear in the eye and never flinch. I can photographed in stereo in 1889 by Prof. H. attic. "What shall I do with this box of pic- be with charks ~indb~~~has he haper. tures? They're so old, no one wants them." his historic flight. Through the marvelous medium of 3-D 'yust toss 'em," was the reply. I can isit the tenements in Lower East photography, I can travel back in time, Or, was it in grd school, the teacher Side New York with their clotheslines srmng again and again. I hold in my hand a trea- said, "When you finish your composition, from building to building across the street. sure that surpasses H.G . Wells' Time you may go to the libray." You tiptoed into Trousers, long-johns, sheets and long black Machine. p10 the library with its musty small of old books, stockings flutter like figs hung to greet a library paste and furniture polish. You sat pard ofcekhties. iters from the 19th century to the with boxed of glossy, sharp focused, three- Wpresent have recorded their thoughts I can stand alongside Franklin Roosevelt about the significance and potential of stereo- dimensional pictures and a stereoscope. The as he ,iff, the historic alphabet agencies into scopic images. (Oliver Wendell Holmes is only P~OP~and objects jumped out at You. Your life or with Preslknt Ckvemas he presses one example, if the best known.) Others have imagination furnished the Immersed in the button to open the Columbia Exposition expounded at length on their favorite theories of stereo vision or have enthused over systems the reality of the places You were wisiting, in 1893. While it is still new, I get to visit the time flew by. of 3-0 photography or viewing from the clever Eiffel Tower erected for the 1889 Paris to the ridiculous, most now long forgotten. Even with the advent of technicolor Exposition. If I wish, I can visit with anoth- Stereoscripts presents excerpts from the movies, Cineram or tekvision, there has er President Roosevelt as he greeted Prince more interesting or unusual of these writings, Henry of Prussia in 1902. 1 can watch Pres- whether historical, philosophical, technical, never been a reality quite so real as the three- promotional or humorous. The column varies dimension pictures that took my attention in ident McKinky take the oath of office and I in length, some1'imes revealir?g the thoughts the 1930s. When I discovered garage saks can listen to the sobs of the mourners as his of a single writer and sometr 'mes including and second-hand shops, my interest was funeral procession passes. Even Woodrow short excerpts fr om a numbt ?r of sources on , ...... rekindkd and my collection began. Now, Wilson and Herbert Hoover have posed for related tooics. Tne sources can be nearlv any- thir ,g frob book ,s to articles, advertisemen ts, with nearly 20,000 views in my colkction, me. I boc ks of views, Ior boxes hol(jing camera!i or can time-travel. viervers. - - Terminator 2 3-D

Publicity drawing of the world4 biggest 3-0 installation. Wliat appcar to i~cwallc ore race yourself for what promises the side screens from which 3-D action can invade the audience. The 3-Dllive to be the definitive 3-D movie action/special effects attraction opens this summer at Universal Studios Florida. experience. Terminator 2 3-0, O 1996 Universal Studios Florida. All Rights Reserved. B ...... , .. . . . the new mega-attraction scheduled ...... to open at Universal Studios Flori- Robert Patrick and Edward Fur- experience on a scale that nobody da this summer, pushes 3-D sight long. Action film director extraor- has ever encountered before. It and sound technology to the lim- dinaire James Cameron is back at combines 70mm 3-D cinematogra- its. Universal doesn't hold back the helm. The special effects cin- phy and digital computer graphics when it claims that T2-3D is "the emagicians include Academy on not one, but three screens- ultimate pulse-pounding, mind- Award winners Stan Winston and each 23 feet high by 50 feet wide, blowing, action-packed multime- John Bruno, both of whom direct- arranged at 60-degree angles to dia adventure." Judging from the ed portions of the new film. The surround the audience with in- advance previews, we can honestly mammoth undertaking was pro- your-face excitement. Spanning say that T2-3D lives up to the duced by Digital Domain, the Los 165 feet, T2-3D enjoys the distinc- hype. (Stereo World will have a Angeles based visual effects house tion of being the world's largest detailed, stereo-illustrated report owned jointly by Cameron, Win- 3-D installation and the first to use on the film in an upcoming issue.) ston, IBM and company CEO Scott the triple screen setup. The big news here is that T2-3D Ross, former head of Industrial Live action stunt work includes marks the first time that a feature Light and Magic. (Recently, the images that "burst" off the screen film's original actors and creative company's special effects work in into the audience. An in-theater production team have joined Apollo 13 was nominated for an set includes menacing cinebotic together to bring the motion pic- Academy Award.) warriors firing at random targets ture concept to life in a theme Terminator 2 3-0 is not just a throughout the auditorium. And park attraction. All of the principle motion picture experience (3-D the sound system? Wait until you Terminator 2 actors are reunited for movies in theme parks never are hear 46,620 watts of power this 3-D adventure-Arnold these days). It's an interactive pumped through 159 speakers. Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Since both Terminator and Ter- I I minator 2 were rated "R" (language and violence), director Cameron emphasizes that parents should I PRECISION FOLDING STEREO VIEWER 1 not worry about taking their chil- For all standard dren to universal's new 3-D attrac- Reallst 3D stereo slides. tion. The tone of both full-length Glass or cardboard features has been softened to make mounted. Folds flat, T2-3D "family entertainment with wetghs only 1 oz. a strong sense of action and fun." Prepaid rntnirnurn order Tom Williams, president and $10.00. Add $1.00 for sh~pp~ngand handling. chief operating officer of Universal Studios Florida, is absolutely right FREE CATALOG AVAILABLE. when he states that "Terminator 2 m ORDER CALL TOLL FREE 3-0 takes Universal's 'ride the 800-223-6694 , movies' experience to an entirely new level of technology and I TAYLOR MERCHANT CORP. 212 West 35th StreeteNew York, NY 10001 I excitement." r3r3 First SSA International ing acceptance in stereo competi- Speedy Alpha tions. A few years ago there was no Total Stereo Card Exhibition Member 1st 2nd 3rd Point! hope for that format in any of the ew members have been enter- Bill C. Walton ...... 15...... 21 ...... 11 ...... 98 competitive exhibits other than at Rill Patterson ...... 18 ...... 10 ...... 11...... 85 ing the Society's circuits at a the annual NSA convention. Then Nancy L. Sobottka .13 ...... 12 ...... 8 ...... 71 Nsteady rate since the Atlanta last year stereo prints by Stan Raymond Rohman 10...... 6 ...... 8 ...... 50 convention, fairly evenly distrib- White and Bill C. Walton took first Mary Carpenter ...... 8 ...... 10 ...... 4 ...... 48 uted among the formats. There is and third places, respectively, in Tou Scoring Views always a certain amount of the Photographic Society of Ameri- 1 "Dumbarton Castle Stairs Then and Now" turnover and new entrants keep ca's "Stereo Image of the Year" by Bill C. Walton the membership levels of each cir- competition-a remarkable turn- 2 "A Hike in the Woods" cuit near capacity. The great num- by Ray Bohman around. At the Rochester NSA con- 3 "Snow, Underbrush €3 Boats" ber of high quality projection vention this coming August, the by Bill Patterson shows at Atlanta testifies better SSA will sponsor its first Interna- Speedy Bravo than anything to the level of work tional Stereo Card Exhibition (a L going on in that format. Total PSA recognized competition). All of Member 1st 2nd 3rd Points Especially noteworthy has been Ed Comer ...... 6 ...... 8 ...... 5 ...... 39 this is particularly gratifying to David Lee ...... 5 ...... 8 ...... 2 ...... 33 the resurgence of interest in the those of us old print-makers who making of view cards. This is evi- . Bill C. Walton ...... 8 ...... 1...... 5 ...... 31 20 years ago each felt as if they I Richard Twichell .....6 ...... 3 ...... 3 ...... 27 dent on several fronts. So far as the were the last of a breed. 1 Jack Swarthout ...... 4 ...... 3 ...... 7 ...... 25 Society is concerned in the past Favorite Views year we have had to open a new 1995 Sped Circuits 1 "Sewanee Creek" regular circuit as well as new Voting IYesults bv Ed Comer speedy circuits. Bill C. Walton has reported on 2 roa roach to Vancouver" The new Avian circuit is admin- the voting summaries for the by Richard Twichell istered by Donna Reuter and is off 3 "Help" Speedy Viewcard Circuits for the by Harry Richards to a fine start with an initial target 1995 calendar year. Speedy Alpha of 18-20 members. Speedy circuits is the original such folio circuit, Speedy Mike Total are limited to 12 members and now enjoying its seventeenth year Member 1st 2nd 3rd Points make it around the loop in about of operation. Speedy Bravo is a David Lee ...... 7 ...... 6 ...... 3 ...... 36 three months. Some veteran mem- newcomer just completing its first Michael lsenberg ....8 ...... 2 ...... 7 ...... 35 bers join new circuits, at least for year of operation. Both accept Charles Trentleman 6 ...... 6 ...... 3 ...... 33 the early rounds, to add stability Bill Patterson ...... 5 ...... 4 ...... 3 ...... 26 stereo images of any variety Brandt Rowles ...... 4 ...... 5 ...... 3 ...... 25 and to get the effort off to a steady mounted on 3.5 x 7 inch mounts. Favorite Views start. Bill C. Walton is the found- Most of the entries are color prints ing father and secretary of the I "Grinder" using commercial processing and by Michael Isenberg Speedy circuits. mounted by the participating 2 (tie) "The Black Ant" Another important development members, but this is a matter of by Bill Patterson and for the print format is its increas- choice and a wide variety of "Lottie Johl's Dining Room" by David Lee options and styles is more the rule 3 "Contax 11" than the exception. by Charles Trentleman. e Stereoscopic Society of America is a Speedy Mike is a folio for black rgroup of currently active stereo photogra- Speedy Keystone phers who circulate their work by means of & white (or monochrome) stereo Total postal folios. Both print and transparency for- prints on standard mounts. It is Member 1st 2nd 3rd points mats are used, and several groups are oper- now in its third year of operation David Thompson ....4 ...... 0 ...... 3 ...... 15 ating folio circuits to met the needs in each and was intended to meet the Robert KNS~...... 2 ...... 4 ...... 1 ...... 15 format. When a folio arrives, a member views Stan White ...... 3 ...... 1 ...... 3 ...... 14 and makes comments on each of the entries requests of those people who do Richard Twichell ..... 2 ...... 3 ...... 0 ...... 12 of the other participants. His or her own their own black & white processing Bill C. Walton ...... 2 ...... 2 ...... 2 ...... 12 view, which has traveled the circuit and I10s (but not limited to them so long as Tou Scoring Views been examined (~nd commer tted upon by the the result is monochromatic). other members, is removed crnd replaced with (Tie) "Taos Pueblo" a new entry. Thc folio then c ontinues its end- Since there was additional interest by Robert Kruse and less travels arouna8 me., clrcufr...... Many long dis- from B&W stereographers, a sec- "David Duke Rallies the Crowd" tance friendships have formed among the ond such folio, Speedy Keystone, by Rill C. Walton. 88 participants in this manner over the years. was started early in 1995 and its Stereo photographers who may be interest- ed in Society membership should write to the first voting results are included Membership Secretory, E. lock Swarthout, 12 here. Woodmere Dr., Paris, 11 6 1 9. Donation Time- compared the past with the pre- H.C. White Company: Stereotypes, Let's Give At the Office sent in examining whether "Facts, " and Perceptions. A copy of progress has been made in how her thesis has been donated to the cene: anytime- blacks are depicted by the popular library, for which we are most anyplace. media. grateful. SCast: he and she. The exhibit was curated by Shola HE: Time to clean the house and Lynch, a graduate student in histo- Latest Gifts get rid of these boxes. ry at the university. The core of the Gary MangiacoPra:Article on the Linex 3-D Camera, Linex 3-D slides SHE: Agree. What's in the red one? exhibit was the H.C. White "Coon Series," a set of 20 stereographs Freeman Hepburn: Three photography HE: Well, mostly pictures from books way back. made up mostly of views of black children with unflattering captions Ron Paul Smith: Lenticular 3-D stamps SHE: Yes, but how about those such as: "All Coons Look Alike," George A. Themelis: 4 books on main- stereoviews? Remember, we tenance & repair of 3-D viewers ''Come Sebem' Come Lebeml" etc' were going to views of Raymond Bungard: Glass stereo views Ms. Lynch contacted the library, & wooden storage box widgets but got sidetracked. and we were able to locate for her HE: Right. But what do we do 17 of the 20 views in the series. From Our Purchase Fund with them now? Several were from the Holmes col- Reflected Light by Pamela C. Powell- SHE: why, send them to Ray and lection, and the rest were from the a century of photography in Marjorie Holstein at the collections of John Weiler, Charles Chester County library! If we throw them Ilgenfritz and the Holsteins. The Stereoscopic nude-1 850-1930 away, they'll be GONE and no Shola has just completed her Interactive Pichtres 11 in 3-0 one will get to see them. thesis titled The Coon Series & the Through the Electronic Looking Glass aa HE: Great idea! NSA is in the busi- ness of preserving the stereo side of photographic history. Off they go to the Holsteins! CURATOR (off camera): t* Get the hint? We'd love to d@ v!FREE build the NSA collections with views you would like to prune from your collection. And books too. 3-D Catalog Contact Ray and Marjorie at OWH Stereoscopic Research 0 Supplies for Stereographers Library, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA 19087. 0 3-D slide viewers Library Views Featured in D Print stereoscopes CMP Exhibit a 3-D slide mounts In 1995, an exhibit titled How Far Have We Come? was featured at 0 3-D slide mounting supplies the U.C. Riverside California Muse- 0 Books about 3-D & in 3-D um of Photography. The exhibit our e NSA has establ~shedthe Obver Wendell Visit World Wide Web Catalog at ~olrnesStereoscop~c Research Library, http://~~~.3d-web.~om/reel/reel3d.html located at Eastern College, St. Dov~ds,PA 19087. Th~sI~brary offers to researchers o large body of lnforrnat~onon the h~stoty Reel 3-D Enterprises, Inc. development, and continued appl~cat~onsof P.0. BOX2368 stereoscopy It contams early catalogs and trade 11sts of stereo photographers and pub- Culver City, CA 9023 1 USA I~shers,a collect~onof books and penod~cals Telephone: + l (3 10) 837-2368 (both antlque and current) on stereoscopy and related ohotographlc techn~aues.and a Fax: +I (3 10) 558-1 653 Irge study co Ilect~onof bc md email: [email protected] rodern sterecI lmages. A

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STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFebmary 1996 @ 3-D DREAMCAPS. The world's only 3-D m~lkcaps CENTERFOLD STARS now ava~lable In all the~r SEND SASE for short lhst of stereo equ~p~nentfor utilizing the Chromatek viewing lenses. Kids love natural beauty in Realist format 3-D slide sets. sale. Bruce Hanson, Box 89437, Honolulu, HI 'em! Destined to be collectibles. Send $3 to This is adult rated material, publication quality, 96830-9437. 1 would like to buy the Exakta Dreamedia 3-0, POB 558, Round Lake, IL shot at the same time as photo sets for famous stereo attachments and will pay any reasonable 60073. men's magazines. We stock color photos and amount for the complete set or individual pieces. 3-D slides of over 60 different amateur and pro- I would also like to buy: Kindar or Hyponar lens- 3-D HOLLYWOOD NOIR, http:/twww.earthlink. fessional models. Sample Centerfold 3-0 set of es, Wollensak and Realist 2.8 and Custom Cam- net/-handsoftimet, reach 25,000,000 in North 8 slides only $19.95, 16 slides only $34.95, (add eras, stereo daguerreotypes, and the Toshiba America and millions more worldwide on the $4 for viewer). Free illustrated newsletter with Stereo Camcorder. Fax: (808) 732-9761. internet! Free Classifieds! Full web services and order ($5 without order), we pay shipping. .~. pages available. Fax 213-483-1900, E-Mail HOT These sets are hot, you must be over 21 to order STEREO VIEW AUCTIONS. To receive occasional [email protected] or request information. Foreign orders add $3 catalogs for auctions of stereo views, stereo- scopes, and related items, send business-size 3-D MAIUPHONE BID AUCTIONS. Hundreds of per set, U.S. funds only. International Press Assoc., 100-E Highway 34 - Suite 115, Matawan, SASE to: The Great American Stereograph Com- quality scarce and common View-Master pack- Danv. PO Box 381771, Cambridge, MA 02238. ets, stereo views, Tru-Vue filmstrips and cards, NJ 07747. realist images, comics, equipment, poster. VG to CONTEMPORARY STEREO PHOTOGRAPHSwith STEREO VIEWER LENSES - Two wedge-shaped MNO condition. Satisfaction absolutely guaran- archival prints, adhesives, mounts and sleeves. lemess,each and in inch teed. Send LSASE for auction lists 84, 5 and 6. Views include Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Square frame. Precision optical quality; build, Buying 3-13! Norb Schneider, 7245 W. Palo Send $2 for list. Photographic commissions experiment. $7.95 postpaid (USA), Taylor-Mer- Verde. Peoria, AZ 85345, (602) 486-3721. acceded. Dale Walsh. 675 Crevier. St. Laurent, chant_Corporation, 212 West35th St., New York, 3-REEL PACKET BUYOUT from Canadian store. Scarce Mint, Never opened EnglishIFrench lan- JOHN WALDSMITH'S "Stereo Views, An Illustrat- TDC DELUXE 716 projector, case, etc., $425. guage VM 3-reel packets produced by GAF ed History and Price Guide" available signed VIEW-MASTER: camera outfit - camera, case, (Canada) Ltd., c. 1977. A041-C Metro Toronto from the author, $22.95 softbound, add $2.95 flash, cutter, 3 in boxes, all Exctt, $595: 24-inch Zoo $25.; 83834 The Christmas Story, edition A postage and handling. Please note: the hard- Close-up attachment, ex case, box, call! $8.; 6400-C Disney's Bambi, edit. A $8.; 8525-C bound edition is sold out. Mastercard, VISA and POLAROID INTEROCULAR CALCULATORS from Disney's Donald Duck, edit. A $8.; 65384 Beep Discover accepted. John Waldsmith, 302 1950s, for making (Hollywood) twin-35mm Beep, The Road Runner, edit. A $8.; H5-C Hors- Granger Rd., Medina, OH 44256. movies - call. BONUM film cutters (like HAMA), es $12.; H9-C (new) Mickey Mouse Club $8.; new boxed, $19. Nude slides, 1950s, from artis- H11-C Amazing Spider-man $8.; Postage: 1-3 JUST RELEASED: 428 page book illustrating 19th I tic to 777, accessories. etc call David (617) packets $1; 4-6 pkts $2, 7 or more $3. John Centurv Photooraohic Cases. Collar Boxes & 254-1565. Late eveninas (Boston). Waldsmith, 302 Granger Rd., Medina, OH Wall irames. her 1500 true sized pictures 44256, (21 6) 239-1 944. including all types of cases - Union, ;leather and THE SEARY M-8 Realist format heat sealer and paper covered, mother of pearl, hand painted, mounter is back. Beautifully cast and machined AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF VIEW-MASTER tortise, etc. All items listed with a rarity factor. in the US to assure highest quality seals and VIEWERS is available from 3D Book Produc- Price guide included. Y056.25 postpaid (domes- long life. Will take Pic-Mount heat seal mounts tions, PO Box 19, 9530 AA Borger, The Nether- tic), (Cal. residents add $4 tax). Paul Berg, PO which are readily available. 110V, AC, satisfac- lands. Send personal check of $55.90 for beau- Box 8895, Newport Beach, CA 92660. tion guaranteed. US prices: $225 plus $10 ship- tiful book by Mary-Ann and Wolfganf Sell. Con- ~ino.100 mounts only $10. 300 mounts $27 tains six unique V-M Reels. Prompt air ship- MEGALETHESCOPE with 8 views. $4500. Sidney (adi $11100 mounts shipping). Write for foreign ment! Malitz, Box KH, Scarsdale, NY 10583, (914) 636- prices or further info and picture. Send orders 7825 (Lucid Antiques). to: International Press Assoc., 100-E Highway ANTIQUE STEREO PROJECTOR - Bausch & Lomb 34 - Suite 115, Matawan, NJ 07747. Type 41/21/60, for Lantern slides. With original MY COLLECTION OF stereo projectors and cam- polarizing filters. With metal case. $1050/OBO. eras. Realist masks, green boxes, jigs, cutters, TISSUE SET, 24 cards: "La vie de Christ" by Harry Richards, (414) 242-0649. flashes, Zeiss-Ikon Sterikon, books, Grosz mail- Adolphe Block, ParisIFrance, (missing #6). Sale ers. Tru-Vue outfit, Hollywood Real-Life studies. or trade for other cards. Contact: Klaus Kemper, ARTHUR GIRLING'S "Stereo Drawing - A Theory Send #10 SASE for list. Dr. Ed Prendergast, 735 Kommerscheidter Str. 146, D-52385 Nideggen, of 3-D Vision and Its Application to Stereo Draw- Emerson, Denver, CO 80218. Germany. ing". 100 pages hardbound 81/2 x 12. Stereo photographers are finding that the book applies TRU-VUE SET FOR SALE. 16 strips and two view- equally to stereo photography and is a mine of ers (one boxed) $75. plus $6. shipping. Send information on methods of making 3-D pictures SASE for complete description of titles and con- and viewing them. Written in non-technical lan- s part of their membership, NSA members ditions. Also have View-Master reels for guage and profusely illustrated with B&W draw- A are offered free use of classified advertis- saleltrade. I am looking to trade "O'Hare Field" ings as well as ll pages of superb anaglyphs, ing. Members may use 100 words per year, VM packet (Extt) for "Pan Am 747" in (Ex or this book is a must for the serious stereoscopist. divided into three ads with a maximum of better). Michael Cosentino, 6936 N. Overhill Now available from NSA Book Service, 4201 35 words per ad. Additional words and addi- Ave., Chicago, IL 60631, (312) 594-9429. Naale Rd., Brvan. TX 77801. Price (including tional ads may be inserted at the rate of 204 MCOZQGenie.geis.com postage) $19.00 USA, Canada. Overseas add per word. ~~edseinclude payments with ads. VIDEO-CleaningIServicing Realist by Jim McDo- $2.00 surface, $4.00 air. We cannot provide billings. Dead/'--me- 15.- [rre'"- - .- first day of the month preceding F ~ublication nough. Includes case, shutter, rangefinder. AUCTIONS -We have gone to a private mailing for date. Send ads to the National St ereoscopic $29.95, S&H $3.95. AVR, 316 Boston Rd., Gro- our sales. If you are not on our list - You should Association, PO. Box 74807, COILrmbus. OH ton, MA 01450. be! Lots of great items coming up this year. 43274, or call (330) 239-1 944. A rate sheet Phone or send for details on how to get it for for displa y ads is avai lable upon r equest. free. Tim Mclntyre, 137 Nile Street, Stratford, (Please sc ~ndSASE.) ONT., N5A 4E1 Canada, (519) 273-5360.

IanuarylFehruarv 1996 STEREO WORLD VIEW-MASTER PERSONAL f~lmcutter, near m~nt, DISNEYLAND View-Master 3-reel sets and Tru- OLD U.S. MINT, U.S. Treasury stereo v~ews!H~gli- $250 and I'll send you a copy of the instruct~on Vue sets wanted. Dou Veader, 10165 Snowy Owl est prices paid for stereo views I need of U.S. sheet free. TDC Project-or-View, really nice Wav, Auburn, CA 95603. Mint, coining operations, paper money engrav- shape, working bulbs, $200 plus $30 shipping ing & printing operations, U.S. Mint interiors, (it's bulky). Selectron changer for above or other FLORIDA STEREOS of historical value, especially exteriors from Philadelphia, San Francisco, New TDC projectors $175 plus shipping. Charles Tallahassee, Tampa and Gainsville: Price and Orleans, Denver, Carson City, NV, Dahlonega, Trentelman, 3556 Fowler Ave., Ogden, UT describe or send on approval; highest prices GA, Charlotte, NC, mints, plus U.S. Treasury & 84403-1 123. Call (801) 394-0239. paid for pre-1890 views. No St. Augustine. Hen- Bureau of Engraving & Printing operations, drickson, PO Box 21153, Kennedy space Center, Washington, DC. Please mail or FAX photocopy, WE HAVE PRODUCED European format (7-p) FL 32815. with price and condition noted. I'll reply within self-seal cardboard mounts. $13 per hundred 48 hours. Attn Dave Sundman, c/o Littleton Coin plus shipping, free sample available. Shilo Teshi- GERMAN "RAUMBILD" 3-D BOOKS. These books have extra thick covers with pockets that contain Co., 253 Union St., Littleton, NH FAX 603-444- ma, 5-27-26-3c Minami-tanable, Higashi- 2101, (est. 1945). sumivoshi-ku, Osaka 546. Japan. the view cards and expandable viewer. Call Ron Martin, (206) 432-3282 or write to: PO Box 61 1, PHOTO LAB WANTED that will make prints from WOLLENSAK/REVERE top quality achromatic Maple Valley, WA 98038. my Realist slides for me to mount on my Q-Vu lenses, $1 5 ea. For viewer lens replacement or I BUY ARIZONA PHOTOGRAPHS! Stereoviews, mounts. Daniel Munson, 17811 Danielson St. experimentation. Halogen frosted bulbs. Will fit #203, Canyon Country, CA 91351. in any stereo viewer (including Realist red-but- cabinet cards, mounted photographs, RP post ton, VM-0) and last for years. Uniform, bright, cards, albums and photographs taken before RAUMBILD book sets, zines, view cards of light- diffused white light. Transformers for battery- 1920. Also interested in Xeroxes of Arizona. houses, Washington State, Spokane, Seattle, operated viewers. Adjustable, regulated, will stereographs and photos for research. Will pay Birds, Clockmakin, Indians. Copy of instructions power any 2.5V bulb. European-format (7-p) postage and copy costs. Jeremy Rowe, 2120 S. for Kodak Stereo Camera, Image splitter for viewers for sale (Busch, Sterling, modified Real- Las Palmas Cir., Mesa, AZ 85202. Canon A-I. H. Krauss, 10521 E. Cimmaron Dr., istIKodaslide). Viewer repairs, 7-p upgrade, I COLLECT VIEWS OF SAN DIEGO, California in Spokane, WA 99206, (509) 928-5696. parts, literature. Reasonable prices (Realist red- Realist or View-Master format! Contact Dave RELATIVE SEEKING cabinet card by Coover Bros., button up to $100). George Themelis, 10243 Weiner, PO Box 12193, La Jolla, CA 92039. Echo Hill, Brecksville, OH 44141, phone/fax lowa City, IA. Reverse Identifies Samuel Cole- (216) 838-4752 (late eveningslmessage), ILOCA VIEWER and Arrow Viewer with tray-mag- man, Law Class '92 "Died lost and alone". P. fj8340Cleveland.Freenet.Edu azines. Best CIM DCIAC. Brent Barclay, c/o Mus- Juhl, 832 West Side Drive, lowa City, IA 52246. cle-Stress office, 43 W. Main St., Rte. 44, Avon, SAN FRANCISCO STEREOS, ETC. Need pre-1906 CT 06001, (203) 677-8422. Nob Hill mansions and/or views by Weed, Watkins, Taber, Muybridge, others. Michael D. AUSTRALIAN STEREOS Stereoscop~c vlews of IOWA FLAT MOUNT stereo views. Buy or trade. Also "advertising ladies" cabinet cards from Lampen, 310 Union St., San Francisco, CA Murray R~verScenery, 1862 by photographers 94133. George Burnell and E W Cole S~nglecards or lowa. P. Juhl, 832 West Side Drive, lowa City, IA complete set (60) Ken Orchard, 462 Maln Rd , 52246, (31 9) 354-9356. SINGLE VIEWS, or complete sets of "Longfellow's Scarborough, New South Wales, Australla 2515 KOREAN VIEWS: Keystone 14074,14077,14080, Wayside Inn" done by D. C. Osborn, Artist, Ass- 14085,14086,14087,14090,14093,14095 and abet, Mass., Lawrence M. Rochette, 169 Wood- BICYCLING & CYCLING. All stereos, photos, land Drive. Marlborouah. MA 01752. ephemera, medals, watches, memorabilia, etc. above; Graves #2,3,5,6,7,9,24 and above; Kil- Lorne Shields, 131 Beecroft Rd. #2408, Willow- burn all views. John Sharrer, PO Box 8542, STEREO DAGUERREOTYPES; all kinds, all Coburg, OR 97408. dale, Ont., M2N 6G9 Canada. phone (416) 733- nations & subjects. Any condition. Ken Appollo, 3777, fax (416) 733-9595. L. HENSEL - Hawley, PA and Port Je~is,NY; H.S. PO Box 241, Rhinecliff, NY 12574, (914) 876- 5232. BOER WAR-SOUTH AFRICA stereo views, books, Fifield - New Hampton, NH. Send xerox & price memorabilia. Send title description, details, to D. Wood, Box 838, Milford, PA 18337. STEREO REALIST 1525 Accessory Lens Kit for preferably photocopies to: John Rugge, PO Box MARYLAND stereo views, also "Camp Life Army Macro Stereo Camera; Realist 2066 Gold Button 70, West Dover, VT 05356. of the Potomac" series. Send xerox and price. Viewer; Realist &drawer stereo slide cabinet in Exc.+ or better condition (must contain Realist BUFFALOIBISON stereo views wanted, especially Allen Polianski, PO Box 1042, Pasadena, MD 21 122. logo); Baja &drawer stereo slide cabinet with ones by N.A. Forsyth. R.M. Rowell, 4510 Gregg plastic drawers marked "Versafile". Mark Willke, Road, Madison, WI 53705. MICHIGAN, especially B.F. Childs and Schuyler 200 SW 89th Ave., Portland, OR 97225. (503) CHINESE IN AMERICA, Chinatowns Mauch Chunk Baldwin, also H.H. Bennett rafting views. We will 297-7653. buy or trade. Ken & Bonnie Williams, Box 458, (Pennsylvania), and Ghost stereo views. Send Mattawan, MI 49071, (616) 375-2150. STEREO VIEWS of American presidents from photocopies with condition/price. Kevin Yee, 29 Andrew Johnson to Teddy Roosevelt. Send Race Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, (717) 325- MICHIGAN VIEWS, especially Kalamazoo and xeroxes with prices to PO Box 33, Waccabuc, NY 3689 Email: [email protected] views by B.F. Childs. We are also seeking non- 10597, or call (914) 666-8440 (w), (914) 763- COLLECT, TRADE, BUY & SELL: 19th Century scenics by H.H. Bennett. We can trade or buy. 3465 (h). Also wanted: Maine coastal views. Ken & Bonnie Williams, Box 458, Matlawan, MI images (cased, stereo, Cdv, cabinet & large 49071, (61 6) 375-21 50. TOM THUMB WANTED! Researcher looking for paper) Bill Lee, 8658 Galdiator Way, Sandy, UT images of General Tom Thumb. I am particularly 84094. Specialties: Western, Locomotives, Pho- MUYBRIDGE VIEWS - Top prices paid. Also interested in CDVs or stereo views produced by tographers, Indians, Mining, J. Carbutt, Expedi- Michigan and Mining - the 3Ms. Many views the London Stereoscopic Company. Chris tions, Ships, Utah and occupational available for trade. Leonard Walle, 47530 Edin- Coenen, 245 N. Undermountain Rd., Sheffield, MA 01257, (413) 229-3323. COLLECTOR WILL BUY your better stereo color borough Lane, Novi, MI 48374. slides (extras, duplicates, "bracketed" expo- NEWBURYPORT, MASS. stereo views by Mein- VIEWS OF GLASS MAKING industry, glass exhibi- sures) Realist, 7.8 perfs, state price, ship for erth, Moseley, Macintosh, Reed and others. Buy tions, glass blowing, etc. Send info and price to approval; postage refunded both ways for non- or trade. Scott Nason, 12 Marlboro St., New- Jay ~oros,780 chancellor Ave., Irvington, NJ usable; prompt replys. G. Rose, 524 N. Quaker, buryport, MA 01950, (508) 462-2953. 071 11-2997. Alexandria, VA 22304-1 827-07, (703) 370-1 880; fax 370-9049. WDLLENSAK STEREO 10: 1 need a winding knob. Help! Steve Bezark, 1325 Wilmette Ave., Wil- DARIUS KINSEY - flat mount stereo views and mette, IL 60091. t~@ large format only. Also material by Clarke and Clarence Kinsey. Alan Young, 404 Westlea Dr., Westfield IN 46074.

STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFehruary 1996 @ April 20 (m) April 28 (IL) Orlando Camera Show, Holiday Inn Orlando Chicago Photographic Collectors Society 26th Airport, Orlando, FL. Contact Nancy Green, PO Spring Camera & Image Show, Ramada Inn, ing National 1 Box 11267, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33339, (305) O'Hare, 6600 N. Mannheim Rd., Rosemont, 564-1 022. IL. Contact Marv Chait (312) 262-5979. April 21 April 28 (NY) Tampa Camera Show, Holiday Inn Ashley New York City Camera Show, Park Inn, 440 Plaza, 111 West Fortune St., Tampa, FL. Con- West 57th St., Manhattan, NY. Call (201) 478- tact Nancy Green, PO Box 11267, Ft. Laud- 1980. Roc erdale, FL 33339, (305) 564-1022. May 4 (MN) April 21 (14 F-Stop Swap #37A Camera Show, NE Metro Central Iowa Camera Club Foto Swap Meet Technical College, 3300 Century Ave., White L~eilevue,WA ~uly44 Bear Lake (St. Paul) MN. Contact Doug Erick- and Seminars, Marshalltown Community Col- - ~ lege Conference Center, Marshalltown, IA. son, 2200 W. 66th #204, Minneapolis, MN Contact Mary Jane Charlton, PO Box 253, 55423, (61 2) 929-5245. May 12 (NJ) Albion, IA 50005, (515) 488-2798. May 5 (CAI Second Sunday Camera Show, Firemans Hall April 21 (MD) Buena Park Camera Expo, Sequoia Club, 7530 Parish Drive, Wayne, NJ. Contact Second Sun- Chesapeake Antiquarian Photographic Society OranoethorDe Ave.. Buena Park. CA. Contact day Camera Shows, 25 Leary Ave., Blooming- Camera Show, Sheridan Baltimore North Bill B'ggnall: 4044 Germainder Way, Irvine, CA dale, NJ 07403, (201) 838-4301. Hotel, 903 Dulaney Valley Rd., Towson, MD. 9271 6, (71 4) 786-81 83. May 18-19 (co) Contact A.P. Miller, 1335 Valley Brook Rd., May 5 (IN) Denver Photographic Society's Camera Swap Baltimore, MD 21229, (410) 744-7581 or Jack Camera & Computer Swap Meets, South Meet & Show, Lakeside Mall, W. 44th & Sheri- Dewell, (41 0) 461 -1 852. Bend, IN, Century Center. Contact Roger dan, Denver, Co. Contact Larry Beneda, D.P.S., April 21 (PA) SmithIHeirloom Images, 8863 E. Black Point 7056 W. 3rd PI., Lakewood, CO 80226, (303) Pittsburgh Network's Annual Photo Fair, Rd., Syracuse, IN 46567, (219) 856-3863, 237-1 514. Berkeley Hills Fire Hall, 235 seibert Rd., North eves or fax anytime. May 19 (MA) Hills, PA. Contact Monti's StudioslNetwork May 5 (MN) NSA NEW ENGLAND REGION SPRING MEETING, Prods., 844 Warrington Ave., Pittsburgh, PA F-Stop Swap #37B Camera Show, Holiday Inn- Newman Auditorium, BBN Inc., 70 Fawcett 15210, (412) 381-3240 or (41 2) 487-6164. West, St. Louis Park, MN (Minneapolis). Con- St., Cambridge, MA. Starts at 1:45 PM Sunday tact Doug Erickson, 2200 W. 66th R204, Min- with Mini-Trade-Fair. Meeting, Show & Tell, April 27 @x) Auction at 2:45. Stereo presentation at 3:15 NSA SOUTH CENTRAL REGION SPRING MEETING, neapolis, MN 55423, (612) 929-5245. "3-D Beneath the Sea" by Ed Jameson. Con- Lockheed Recreation Association, 3400 Bryant May 5 lrvin Rd., Fort Worth, TX. April 27, 9am to (NJ) tact David Berenson, 32 Colwell Ave., 23rd Annual Ocean County Camera Club Brighton, MA 02135, (617) 254-4533. 4pm. Show & Tell, all formats. Easy access Photo Trade Show, Lakewood High School from any of the freeways in Fort Worth. Con- Gym, East 7th St., Lakewood, NJ. Contact May 19 (GA) tact Bob Shotsberger, 4917 Cockrell Ave., Fort Harold Kessler, 1195 Cecil Court, Lakewood, Atlanta Camera Show & Fair, Holiday Inn Worth, TX 761 33, (817) 921-1439. NJ 08701, (908) 363-8099 eves or Arthur Git- Northwest, 1-75 & Delk Rd., Atlanta, GA. Con- April 27 (WA) terman, PO Box 591, Old Bridge, NJ 08857, tact Atlanta Camera Shows, Box 360033, 16th Annual Pacific Northwest Sale, Swap and (908) 679-6536. Decatur, GA 30036, (770) 987-2773. Show, Puget Sound Photographic Collectors YMay 24-26 (OH) May 5 (NJ) Ohio Camera Collectors Society 34th Sale & Society. Contact Gary Sivertsen, 3800 Bridge- Parsippany, NJ Camera & Photo Expo, PAL Auction, Holiday Inn Columbus East 1-70 & port Way West #343, University Place, WA Youth Center, Baldwin Rd. & Rte. 46, Parsip- 98466, (206) 565-9663. Hamilton Rd., Columbus, OH. Auction 5:00 pany, NJ. Contact Outdoors USA Inc., 210 pm Sat. Contact John Durand, Box 282, April 28 (Quebec) Central Ave., Madison, NJ 07940, (201) 822- Columbus, OH 4321 6, (61 4) 885-3224. 16th Photographic Flea Market, Montreal Holi- 2395. May 26 0 day Inn, 6700 Trans-Canada Hwy, Pointe- May 8 (IN) Claire, Quebec. Contact Robert Tucci, 675 De New York City Camera Show South Bend, IN CameraIComputer Swap Meet, (see April 28). a63 Bearn, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec J3A Century Center, South Bend, IN. Contact 1 Y2, Canada, (514) 348-91 84. Roger Smith, 8863 E. Black Point Rd., Syra- cuse, IN 46567, (219) 856-3863, eves or fax anytime. May 12 (CA) Hayward Camera Show & Sale, Centennial Hall, 22292 Foothill Blvd., Hayward, CA. Con- rqrrectio.,. tact Carney & Go., 231 Market Place #379, San Ramon, CA 94583, (51 0) 828-1 797. t how it escaped (jetection mystery, but the "'Lana is May 12 1:; . . . 'unes" mentioned twice in the Camera Exchange Show & Sale, Holiday Inn, Rt. 92, Deland, FL. Contact Florida Camera SIS Update on page 26 of the Shows, (904) 738-0549. Nov./Dec. 1995 issue is of course supposed to be Looney Tunes. Our apologies to Rugs, Daffy and the Ran

(b IanuarylFebruary1996 STEREO WURLD Rochester A Stereo Fix for '96 NSA Annual Convention Rochester, NY August I-5,1996 Holiday Inn Genesee Plaza 1~ochester Convention Center h he Next Best ~hin~'HASSLE-FREE 3-D WITH THE TECO-NIMSLO to Being There! CAMERA AND 3-VIEWER Use the lightweight auto-exposure The three-reel View-Master packet for the Atlanta International 3-D camera to make: Festival was designed and ~roducedb 3-D Book Productions in 36 Slide pairs tK e Netherlands and includes Close-ups at 3 distances detailed text describing the Lenticular Prints scenes. Use the Universal viewer to display: Realist and View-Master rollfilm Reel A: Contemporary views by NimsloINishika rolls Atlanta Stereographic Association Mounted slide pairs members Bill Walton, Larry Moor, PRICES: Cynthia Morton and Clark Brown. New camera ...... $145 Reel B: The Battle of Atlanta com- *Your Nimslo modified (UK) ... $63 memorated through rare stereo- Close-up attachments views. 6",12", 30" dist's (ea) ..... $29 Opti-Lite flash ...... $29 Reel C: The Atlanta Cotton States Eveready case ...... $12 Exposition of 1895, using some of Teco 3-Viewer...... $87 the historic views seen in the Stereo Add $3 shipping per order. Theater show, and the Invited Calif. residents add 73/4% sales tax. Exhibit of the same name by Mike Griffith. MFD. BY: TECHNICAL ENTERPRISES 1401 Bonnie Doone While they last, the packets are available for $10 (postage included) Corona Del Mar, CA 92625 Tel. 71 4-644-9500 from the NSA, PO Box 398, Sycamore, OH 44882. 800-903-TECO lll~mericanSocial History and Social Movements

A Few Sale 5 (late Spring) Highlights: Outstanding stereo - Western, Railroads, Indians, African-Ameri- can, Mining *Lincoln ferrotypes and broadside *WildWest Shows incl. Buffalo Bill *Civil War photos incl. Indiana general tintype, fifer, autographed generals cdvs *Outdoor, Masonic, military, Black daguerreotypes and other fine photography

SPECIAL FEATURE: AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY Recently purchased lifetime collection plus other exceptional consignments: SLAVE SALE & RUNAWAY BROADSIDES; DOCUMENTS FROM 1802 VA SLAVE INSURRECTION; PHOTOGRAPHS incl. dag., ambros, tins, cdvs; ABOLITION- ISM incl. pincussion, 1793 convention proceedings. A RARE OPPORTUNITY NOT TO BE MISSED! 111 Send $30 for Sales 5,6, & 7 to: ASH&SM 4025 Saline Street, Pittsburgh PA 15217 I(4 12) 421-5230 (9:30-4:30 EST); (412) 421-0903 fax I. Watkins Pacific Coast Series - Chinese Lady. (Many other Watkins in sale.) 2. Locomotive "Baby," ca. 1860s. 3. Tonto Apache Chief

I Good News from Europe for devotees of Stereo Photography. I 3D-Magazin features up-to-date information about all aspects of Three-Dimensional Imaging:

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STEREO CAMERAS 23 x 21 REALIST PROJECTORS AND ACCESSORIE5 NORMAL PLASTIC STEREO MOUNTS m *NOW AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY* 23 x 28 EUROPEAN Reuseable, sna p-together. projecta ble, pre- cision design. glassless or one-sided Anti- Newton glass design. For information, m leave your address on service at 617-332- 23 x 31.5 5460 or E-mail: [email protected] WIDE or SASE to: 111 3-D Concepts By Jon Golden 23 x 33 16 Roundwood Road FULL-FRAME Newton, MA 02164

- ANNOUNCING FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY FOUNDATION THE RAILROADPHOTOGRAPHS OF ALFREDA. HART,ARTIST

By Mead B. Kibbey

The California State Library Foundation is pleased to announce our publication of an important new photographic history book written by historian and National Stereoscopic Association member Mead B. Kibbey. Photo-historian and NSA President Peter Palmquist edited and introduced the book Between 1864 and the driving of the Golden Spike in 1869, Alfred A. Hart took 364 stereos of the extraordinary accomplishment of the CPRR in building the railroad over the Sierra and across the desert from Sacramento to Promontory. There are 556 illustrations including every one of Hart's 364 CPRR views and the text covers details of building tunnels, snowsheds and bridges with information on laying 10 miles of track in 12 hours and 19th century stereo production. This hard-cover publication is 12 x 9 inches and 240 pages. ORDER FROM: California State Library Foundation Price $55.00 less 10% with this ad. plus $4.00 1225 8th Street, Suite 345 shipping. California residents add $4.26 sales Sacramento CA 95814 (Phone 916-447-6331) tax

STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFchn~ary1996 b) THE ADDED DIMENSION, INC

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Now there are 3-0 cardboard viewers that can be painted, decorated, assembled and mailed to show repro- duction of your stereo views. There are two versions. Both versions view the European format of 6 x 13 cm and the American 2.5" x 5". For inexpensive reproductions simply make 71% whole card reductions of 3.5" x 7" Holmes-Bates cards.

EH 71 -A QUANTITY PRICE Cut from 14-point Bristol board, this viewer is shipped as an unprinted flat in order to receive your appliques, printing, stampings, or other custom art work. 1 to 10 $2.50 Each It's then easily assembled with double face tape, staples or your favorite glue. 11 to 50 $2.00 Each The EH 71 -A features a self-erecting lateral septum piece (like that in a standard Over 50 Call for Quote stereoscope). Fold-up sides lock the erect viewer into a rigid trapezoidal cross section. Its stage can be cut away for use as a 6 x 13 transparency viewer or a page-poised "booknviewer.

EH 71-B This viewer differs from the "EH 71-A" version in being pre-printed, assembled, 1 to 10 $3.00 Each without sides, and having a fold-up longitudinal (separator style) septum that 11 to 50 $2.25 Each locks the viewer erect. Over 50 Call for Quote

HAND-HELD LORGNETTE The Added Dimension lorgnette (the one with the popular flip-up brow rest fea- 1 to 10 $3.95 ture) now has even better optical quality. Its 10" focal length and prism power 11 to 50 $3.00 can accommodate stereo pairs up to 4 inches wide (8"total, any height). Over 50 Call for Quote

TEMPLES These flexible, snap-on temples have a 4-position adjustment for comfort. They 1 to 10 $.50 convert our lorgnette into a pair of 3-D viewing glasses, which frees your hands 11 to 50 $.35 to hold a book or magazine and turn the pages. With its temples and flip-up brow Over 50 Call for Quote rest, our lorgnette can be worn with or without your normal reading glasses.

Minimum Order $5.00.Add $3.00 for Shipping and Handling. Orders $5.00 and above, add $2.00 for Shipping and Handling. Check or Money Order only. No Credit Cards

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a January/February1996 STEREO WRW SOTHEBY'S

F.J. Haynes "Our Artist at the Falls, Missouri River" (Portrait of F.J. Haynes with stereo camera.)

Our April 18, 1996 sale of photographs will offer over 7,500 stereographs in approximately 20 lots, including views by Watkins, Muybridge ('Helios'), Savage, Haynes, Russell, Langenheim, Upton, Anthony, Chase, Lilienthal, Bedford, and many others, from the collection of the late Abraham Stransky.

SOTHEBY'S

AUCTION IN NEW YORE APRIL 18, 1996. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL Denise Bethel, Christopher Mahoney or Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo at (212) 606-7240. To order a catalogue, call (800) 444-3709. Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021

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STEREO WORLD Januarylkhruary 1996 @ Swann Galleries regularly offers stereoscopic images at our Spring and Autumn Auctions.

Thomas R. Williams, Stereoscope Daguerreotype of a Still Life, 1850s, sold on October 3, 1994 for $5,290.

19th & 20th Century PHOTOGRAPHS AT AUCTION April 24 at 10:30 a.m. & 2:30p.m.

Illustrated Catalogue $25 in U.S. / $35 Overseas

For further information, and to discuss consignments to future sales, please contact Daile Kaplan, Director of Photographs tel: (212) 254-4710 fax: (212) 979-1017

MC* Member International Association of Auctioneers AUCTIONS

(since 1981) John Saddy 50 Foxborrough Grove London, Ontario N6K 4A8 CANADA Main Phone Line (519) 641 -4431 Personal Fax Line (519) 641 -2899 Email [email protected]

CONSI[GNMENTSWEILGOME FROM AN'IYWHXTRIE ON IEAIRTIHI

TERMS FOR CONSIGNMENT

EACH LOT IS CHARGED ITS INDIVIDUAL COMMISSION DEPENDING ON ITS REALIZED PRICE.

If lot realizes up to $40 ...... 30% If lot realizes $41 .OO to $200.00 ...... 25% "I SPECIALIZE IN If lot realizes $201 .OO to $500.00 ...... 20% CONSIGNMENTS" If lot realizes $501.00 or more ...... 15%

I (Etc.1 These auctions include STEREO CARDS Ranging in price from bulk fine View-Master, strong in lots at 25 cents per card, to single-card lots at hundreds U.S.A. and Belgium-made reels, packets, etc. 1'11 of dollars per card. I also handle viewers, Richard handle any 3-D format including Tm-Vue films and glass views, full-size glass views, tissues, cased cards, Meopta reels & Realist f~rmatslides. I also images, boxed sets, and more (from 1850s to 193 0s).

handle cameras and other equipment. m+

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STEREO WORLD JanuaryIFchmary 1996 THE MAGAZINE OF 3-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING, PAST & PRESENT

...... * ...... A Publlotlon d NATlONAL 1985 ROSE COURT Reel C Scene 1, "Rose Festival Princesses in View-Master mxOPK: Park. " From 1 973 through 1 985, the View-Master plant in Beaverton, OR ASSOCMTION, INC. documented the activities of Portland's annual Rose Festival Queen and Court, including a tour of the plant, on special View-Master reel sets which were presented to the court. Scenes from several of these scarce reels appear in the View-Master column bv Wdfoana and Maw Ann Sell on txwe 16.