Object number
59/466/1-2
Description
Two stereoscope slides. The first depicts a stack-making scene, the second shows a man with a gun and another man filling a wheelbarrow.
These two slides are for viewing on a stereoscope. Two slides of the same image - a left-eye view and right-eye view - are viewed together through a stereoscope to produce a three-dimensional image. Each of these slides is mounted on card. The first slide depicts a stack-making scene, and the second shows a man holding a gun leaning against a wall and another man filling a wheelbarrow.
Physical description
2 stereoscope slides; card
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Description: Two slides as follows:– (1) Stack making scene 1858 (2) // ?Thatching: wheelbarrow and man holding a gun. // Dimensions: Probably the same as 59/465 [17.5 x 8.5cms] // Associated information: According to the Accession Register there were two slides under this number. There are 77 slides under accession 59/465 but the Register says 75 [see images for list of slides]. Two might belong to this accession number. There is one slide with no accession number on it in the box. // References: NB. BUILDINGS of Agricultural 35/13745 stereoscopic picture of vernacular building.’
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