Lestrade Simplex stereoscope.
Category
Photographic technology
Date
1958 - 1968
Materials
Plastic, Metal
Measurements
67 x 120 x 75 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521129.1
Summary
Lestrade Simplex stereoscope. Cream plastic body, screwed together, with metal advance lever. Takes a card that holds 10 stereo pairs. The card has sprocket holes to feed through the viewer. The construction of the viewer is indicative of its production dates. (See link in General Note.) Markings: Stamped into the plastic below the eyepieces is: "Stereoscope Lestrade Simplex. Brev. SGDG".
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.