The Stereoview Collection
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Windows on another century.

Original antique stereoscopic views, selected for their history, condition, and power to bring the past into focus.

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The collection

Collection in progress: six original views are joined by sample listings that will be replaced as the collection grows.

Two pictures.
One vivid world.

Stereoviews are twin-image photographic cards made to be seen through a stereoscope. Each image records the scene from a slightly different angle; together, they resolve into a remarkably lifelike three-dimensional view.

From the 1850s through the 1930s, they carried distant cities, natural wonders, news events, and everyday life into the parlor. Publishers such as Keystone View Company and Underwood & Underwood produced millions—each one a small, tangible portal to its time.

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