a Holmes stereo card viewer
Toronto. A common sight at our fairs is the ubiquitous ‘stereo card’. You know, the usually slightly curved cards with two similar images ‘glued’ to the card. Often the cards are undated and it’s difficult to estimate a date.
Past-president, Les Jones, himself a professional sports photographer and entrepreneur (and future author) solved this dilemma by reaching out to others and creating a chart to assist in dating stereo cards.
This chart was reproduced and distributed in issue 23-4 of the journal (January, 1998). The preamble gives this caveat and information sources, “NOTE: All dates are approximate: some photographers and publishers continued to use a certain style long after it had been discontinued elsewhere. There are also differences between European (E) cards and North American (NA) cards. Information courtesy of William Darrah and George Gilbert.”
Members can view and print the chart from the issue 23-4 pdf file on the free members-only DVD/thumb drive. If you have any questions on membership, drop Lilianne an email at member@phsc.ca. To join, see MEMBERSHIP above and/or Membership at right.
