Double Vision

Now on exhibit at the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County are a collection of stereoview photographs that were treated and rehoused in the Preservation Lab this past winter.

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What are stereoview photographs? Stereoview photograph slides were popular in the late 19th, early 20th century. The slides contain two images that appear three-dimensional when viewed traditionally through a handheld stereo-viewer. Check our our previous blog entry to learn more.

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Animations created from the Conservation Lab’s photographic documentation of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s collection of stereoview slides.
Ashleigh Schieszer (PLCH) — Book and Paper Conservator