Tag Archives: 3D

view view master master ad ad

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. January 1959. The USA was digging into the space race and to capitalize on it, View-Master offered a special deal for a viewer and seven photos of a Vanguard Rocket being launched in Florida at Cape Canaveral plus three … Continue reading →

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the charm of 3D for kids

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. My wife had a View-Master and light source and reels when she was little down in New Toronto. A few years later this ad appeared on page 58 of the January 17th, 1955 issue of LIFE magazine. The charm … Continue reading →

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you do remember movies, don’t you?

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. In 1922 Europe, a French company developed a home projector to show copies of commercial 35mm movies at home in a new format called 9.5mm. Shortly after their projectors retailed, Pathé introduced a companion movie camera using the same standard. … Continue reading →

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1956 and stereo is rising again

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. In the 1950s, stereo made one of its periodic rises to the conscious mind of the common man. Books. cameras, attachments and movies touted the impressive 3D imagery. I remember seeing a 3D movie one Sunday starring Vincent Price … Continue reading →

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double your pleasure …

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Fellow member George Dunbar came up with this period advertisement for the Iloca Stereo camera (version 1) from a January 1951 Popular Photography magazine ad.  You may be more familiar with one of the camera’s aliases, the Realist, or … Continue reading →

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Celebrating 150 years of Canadian Photo History

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Robert

NEXT TORONTO MEETING: Wed, June 21, 2017 About a half dozen speakers: Celebrating One-Five-Oh! Our promotions editor Sonja Pushchak said it best: “Join us for Victorian cupcakes and the sort of coffee Sir John A. used to drizzle on his whiskey. … Continue reading →

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NSA Summer Convention

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Robert

Toronto. My friend Bob Wilson, our resident authority on stereo, Sent me a note a few days ago regarding the National Stereographic Association (NSA). Its convention will be held this coming August in Irvine California on August 8 – 17, 2017. … Continue reading →

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Wiggle GIF Stereos

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Photographic Canadiana editor Bob Lansdale sent me this “wiggle 3D” image with a c1880s view from the top of King St in Saint John, NB. The image was shared in the Canadian Photographic History group on Facebook by Jim Murray. Note that … Continue reading →

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Some NYC stereos: 1850s – 1930s

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. PHSC member and regular contributor George Dunbar found these NYC stereos from the NYC Public Library (a long time member of the PHSC) collection in an article by Nick Mead in The Guardian, London England. Stereo cards have been popular … Continue reading →

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