Three random glass stereoviews that came with (yet another) stereoscope - an artist's studio, the artist himself, and the artist "painting" a nude art model.
Series: Artist, Studio, and Art Model
One-shot #6: Negative Notions
An examination of how one can take a century-old Great War negative in rough shape and recover as much detail as possible to provide a salvageable archival digital positive.
Alexander O. Fasser: An American Surgeon in Paris
An American surgeon left for France in October 1915, returning six months later with stories, knowledge, a sense of horror - and about 500 Great War stereoviews, taken by him with a camera he bought while there and quickly learned to use quite well.
One-shot #5: Wartime Filmmaking
A digital reproduction of a stereoview of a filmmaker filming the possible corpse of a soldier, probably at the Somme.
New Acquisition: “Millie’s Nine”
I recently acquired 9 new Great War glass stereoviews from a very generous eBay seller - and present them with captions here.
Manille in the Dugout
French soldiers passed the interminably long days, weeks, and months in the trenches in numerous ways. One of these ways was by playing the card game Manille.
No Men Stand in No Man’s Land
The first in a daily series on the Great War that will continue through the end of November, to honor the memories of those who fought and those who died.
Series: London Zoo
A light-hearted series of poorly shot stereoviews from the goodly folk at VistaScreen.
One-shot #3: Bierstadt & Draper’s Moon
An examination of a 3D image of the moon that predates the moon landing by almost a century - and explore its technique and the people and companies involved.
Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein
A frank discussion of the notable German stereoscopic company primarily active during the Nazi era, and how its images will be presented on this blog.