Stereoscopic photographic camera

Manufacturer	Unknown
Date	ca. 1860
Register	02160

Camera for stereoscopic photographs. It took two simultaneous photographs of the same image, but from two slightly different angles. The two camera lenses are separated by about 65 mm, a separation similar to that of human eyes. To produce the three-dimensional effect, each of the two photographs had to be seen by one of the two eyes, using a stereoscopic viewer. The brain was responsible for merging the two images creating the effect of relief and depth of field. Throughout the second half of the 19th century and until 1910, stereoscopic photography was enormously popular. Millions of stereoscopic photographs with all kinds of subjects were sold. Specialised companies, such as the London Stereoscopic Co. sent photographers around the world to capture images of distant worlds that they would later put on the market.

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