Stereoscope

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Stereoscope viewing device with a metal looking piece and a wooded mount and frame. Exterior of metal viewing piece has etched decoration as well as a manufacturer's mark reading, [MAN'F'D BY / UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD / NEW YORK /PATENTED JUNE 11, 1901 / FOREIGN PATENTS / APPLIED FOR]. At end of wood frame, which attaches to bottom of metal viewing piece, is a wood mount with metal slits where a photograph can be placed. Wood mount has ability to slide forward and backward on frame. At bottom of viewing piece is a rounded wood handle that folds up and down.

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