Stereoscope slide
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894)
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Photograph, cardboard and paper
Measurements
Each slide - 175 mm (length); 88 mm (width), Box Lid - 187 mm (length); 92 mm (width); 38 mm (height)
Place of origin
Aberdeen
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666380
Summary
A blue cardboard box lid with a hole in the centre containing twenty-four stereoscope slides. A torn paper label on the box lid reads 'Parke's Superior Pure Coaltar Soap Prepared Only By Drug Stores, Ltd. London.' Each rectangular cardboard mount contains two identical black and white or sepia photographs, used to create a 3D image. The photographs depict street scenes, figures in costume, landmarks, snow scenes, landscapes and others. Some of them have a printed paper label on the reverse providing information about what the image is of. The total number of items is 25.
Marks and inscriptions
On the reverse of some of the stereoscope slides: 'DERBYSHIRE/ ED. CTTEE./ MUSEUM' On the reverse of some of the stereoscope slides: '22.6.54.1' On the reverse of some of the stereoscope slides: 'G.W. Wilson, Photographer, Aberdeen'
Makers and roles
Francis Bedford (1816 - 1894), manufacturer George Washington Wilson (1823 - 1893), manufacturer