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Posted on 1 May 20202 May 2020

May Day 2020: Berkshire Knitting Mills 1924: The Nazis of Reading, PA, in 3D

In the 1920s, change was brewing right here in the USA - by industry barons secretly (or not-so-secretly) in league with Adolf Hitler's Nazi party.

Posted on 3 June 20193 June 2019

One-shot #27: Interior of the Chicago Water Works Pumping Engine House in 1875

Miraculously, the Chicago Avenue Pumping Station survived the great fire of 1875 due to a German immigrant fireman. Happily, local stereographic photo outfit Lovejoy & Foster produced a fantastic, painterly view of the great steam-powered pumping station within 4 years later.

Posted on 29 May 201915 July 2019

1903: Pittsburgh Plate Glass in Tarentum, Pennsylvania

While much is made of Pittsburgh's once-thriving steel industry, the importance of the city's glass industry cannot be understated - in 1900, a single Steel City firm produced 60% of the nation's plate glass. Take a peek inside the PPG facility in Tarentum, PA in 5 fantastic stereoviews from U&U!

Posted on 23 November 201831 July 2019

Series: Blue John Caverns

Explore the caves that inspired one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's horror stories in 3D, through VistaScreen's series of 10 stereoviews.

Posted on 10 November 201831 May 2019

One-shot #9: Procuring Salt in Ithaca, NY

The idea of finding out about a previously-unknown-to-me industrial site in a city in Ithaca, where I spent four happy years, and knew like the back of my hand, was exciting to me. And what a cool stereoview I got! Unfortunately, that's about all I got...

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