On View
Not on viewStereoscopes
Dimensions8.89 × 18.42 × 31.75 cm (3 1/2 × 7 1/4 × 12 1/2 in.)
MarkingsBrass plaque on bottom: "JOSEPH L. BATES, BOSTON / PATENTED AUG 15TH 1867"
Credit LineGift of Mr. Allen French (1954)
Object numberH2501
DescriptionWooden stereoscope with handle. Consists of viewing portal of leather with two glass squares to look through. Looks down a wooden cross with two wire hooks for holding an early photograph. Brass plaque on bottom reveals maker/patent.
Object number: 1998.13.1.21
Object number: H1588
Object number: H2080.0001