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Posted on 18 December 202018 December 2020

The Irving Theatre: VistaScreen’s rarest set shows London’s first strip joint

Header image for VistaScreen's "The Irving Theatre Set One"

The rarest, and today generally most expensive, VistaScreen set ever produced features The Irving Theatre, located on Irving Street in the West End. Far from what you'd think of when you think "West End Theatre", however, the Irving was London's first proper strip club - and it looks fantastic.

Posted on 12 November 202012 November 2020

Views from Various Trenches, Part II of II (Remembrance Day 2020)

The second half of my third Remembrance Day post, a day late but with more sleep, picks up where the last one left off and remembers combatants from five further countries.

Posted on 11 November 202012 November 2020

Views from Various Trenches, Part I of II (Remembrance Day 2020)

Remembrance Day 2020: Header

The first half of my third Remembrance Day post explores my relationship with the man who inspired this blog - as well as showing some scenes worth remembering!

Posted on 31 October 202031 October 2020

VistaScreen Halloween: Stereoviews from Betty Brimmer’s Puppet Theatre

Header image for Halloween Puppet Theatre post

Stanley Long set out to take some stereoviews of puppets for children to enjoy. Unfortunately he went to Betty Brimmer's Puppet Theatre, which is a thoroughly grotesque and ghastly place, full of misshapen ghouls, racist caricatures, and little girls who are soon to be bear food.

Posted on 12 October 202012 October 2020

Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Wickenburg Massacre and White Perspective

Header image depicting Mohave Indians, taken on the 1871 Wheeler Expedition, during which the Wickenburg Massacre occurred

T.H. O'Sullivan's portrayals of Indigenous peoples are indisputably amongst the most lauded. But are they also problematic? Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and I will utilize this opportunity to examine the white perspectives that have pervaded our culture - through the lens of one of the "great stereographers".

Posted on 25 September 202025 September 2020

Why I Love Amateur Glass Stereoviews: 7 Great War Slides from France

Header image from an amateur glass stereoview

Long-time readers of Brooklyn Stereography should be unsurprised that I love amateur glass stereoviews. In this article, I use a set of seven received earlier this week to highlight exactly why.

Posted on 30 August 202030 August 2020

Mystery Box #2: Completely Random European Glass Stereoviews

Random European Glass Stereoview composite header image

After opening this box of previously un-looked-at European glass stereoviews, I had to take into account my small Brooklyn flat and make the hard choice to deaccession them from my archive and sell them. This is never a decision I come to lightly. But limited space is limited space.

Posted on 19 August 202019 August 2020

Raumbild’s non-fascistic “Tiere aus aller Welt” (Animals from All Over the World)

Raumbild is most closely associated with Nazi propaganda produced between 1936 and 1945. But after the war, Otto Schönstein's images were much more benign - and I needed a break from heady stuff. So enjoy the lovely animal stereoviews of Tiere aus aller Welt!

Posted on 8 July 20208 July 2020

Nudes from the Weimar Republic: Guest Post by Stacey Doyle Ference

Header for Weimar Nudes by Stacey Doyle Ference

In the first full-on guest post on Brooklyn Stereography, I allowed my beautiful wife Stacey to write about some beautiful nudes by a nameless photographer.

Posted on 3 July 20203 July 2020

Eastbourne Model Village: Benjamin White’s Masterwork in 3D

An awful mood turned pleasant due to some of my VistaScreen 3D collection - most notably Eastbourne Model Village from the late 1950s.

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