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A BIT OF HISTORY Random Stuff From Annette's Collection: The Stereoscope, 1900's Must-Have Gadget, Teaches Us About Thinking Historically

Annette Laing
Jan 12, 2022
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Stereoscope and stereoscopic slide
This is not my stereoscope, but its very close, and a better photo than I could have taken! Image: Public Domain, Wikipedia

I’d been looking for one of these for years. And then I spotted it, in a ramshackle barn of a junque shop in a small Pennsylvania town: A stereoscope, lying crookedly among a clutter of items on the dusty glass counter.

No price tag…

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