Stereoscopic Museum

The his­to­ry of stere­oscopy is longer than that of pho­tog­ra­phy and there are plen­ty of things to delight a collector’s heart. The fol­low­ing items belong to the Stere­oscopy Col­lec­tions Project launched by Pas­cal Mar­t­iné and André Ruiter. This part is curat­ed by Pas­cal Mar­t­iné and Mary Fri­argiu and rep­re­sents the first cen­tu­ry of stere­oscopy up to 1950, with a pref­er­ence for glass slides and their view­ing devices. They are such inge­nious and yet beau­ti­ful pieces of tech­nol­o­gy and art!

Latest Hand-held Stereoscopes

Boxed Stereoscope 'Le Cartoscope'; c. 1910; M-SH141

Boxed Stere­o­scope ‘Le Cartoscope’

Binocular Stereoscope 'Jumelle Lux Luxe'; Bize, Lucien; 1904-1918; M-SH140

Binoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Jumelle Lux Luxe’

Foldable Stereoscope 'Mundoplast', Metal with original storage box; Max Link; c. 1925; M-SH139

Fold­able Stere­o­scope ‘Mundo­plast’, Met­al with orig­i­nal stor­age box

Foldable Stereoscope, Metal; Mattey; 1910-1930; M-SH138

Fold­able Stere­o­scope, Metal

Stereoscope 'en ivorine' marbled design; Mattey; 1915-1930; M-SH137

Stere­o­scope ‘en ivorine’ mar­bled design

Brewster Stereoscope; Duboscq-Soleil; c. 1855; M-SH136

Brew­ster Stereoscope

Stereoscope for short-sighted; Mattey; c. 1915; M-SH113

Stere­o­scope for short-sighted

Stereoscope 'La Corollaire'; Gaumont, Léon; c. 1910; M-SH135

Stere­o­scope ‘La Corollaire’

Stereoscope 'Lumineux' for Verascope F40 ; Richard, Jules; c. 1940; M-SH134

Stere­o­scope ‘Lumineux’ for Veras­cope F40 

Foldable Stereoscope 'Kilburn viewing case'; Kilburn, William Edward; c. 1855; M-SH133

Fold­able Stere­o­scope ‘Kil­burn view­ing case’

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Latest Tabletop and Floor-stand Stereoscopes

Foldable Pantoscope 'à double socle'; Mattey; c. 1910; M-ST077

Fold­able Pan­to­scope ‘à dou­ble socle’

Large, foldable Graphoscope, Luxe ; Lewis, Henry J.; c. 1875; M-ST076

Large, fold­able Grapho­scope, Luxe 

Tray-Stereoscope 'Le Taxiphote modèle optique' with Original storage cabinet; Richard, Jules; c. 1925; M-SF011

Tray-Stere­o­scope ‘Le Tax­iphote mod­èle optique’ with Orig­i­nal stor­age cabinet

Tray-Stereoscope 'Metascope Spécial à foyer court' with Original Storage cabinet ; Mattey; c. 1930; M-SF010

Tray-Stere­o­scope ‘Metas­cope Spé­cial à foy­er court’ with Orig­i­nal Stor­age cabinet 

Chain-Stereoscope for 200 Views with large Mirror for illuminating Autochromes ; Mattey; c. 1890; M-SF009

Chain-Stere­o­scope for 200 Views with large Mir­ror for illu­mi­nat­ing Autochromes 

Chain-Stereoscope for 200 Views, Luxe ; Boulade Frères; c. 1910; M-SF008

Chain-Stere­o­scope for 200 Views, Luxe 

Tray-Stereoscope 'Le Taxiphote No. 1bis'; Richard, Jules; c. 1925; M-ST075

Tray-Stere­o­scope ‘Le Tax­iphote No. 1bis’

Tray-Stereoscope, side-loaded; Photo Comptoir Roubaix; c. 1905; M-ST074

Tray-Stere­o­scope, side-loaded

Tray-Stereoscope 'Planox'; Plocq, Alexandre; c. 1925; M-ST055

Tray-Stere­o­scope ‘Planox’

Boxed Stereoscope 'à Éjecteur' with 'Socle-classeur'; Gaumont, Léon; c. 1930; M-SH111

Boxed Stere­o­scope ‘à Éjecteur’ with ‘Socle-classeur’

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Other New Records

Catalogue Richard 1931, German archive copy; M-D086

Cat­a­logue Richard 1931, Ger­man archive copy

Catalogue Richard 1911, Belgian edition; M-D085

Cat­a­logue Richard 1911, Bel­gian edition

Catalogue Mattey 1927 with 1929 and 1930 price lists; M-D084

Cat­a­logue Mat­tey 1927 with 1929 and 1930 price lists

Brochure Richard 'Le Vérascope et les Homéoscopes'; M-D083

Brochure Richard ‘Le Véras­cope et les Homéoscopes’

Offprint 'Perspective Photographique et Perspective Oculaire'; Richard, Jules; 1894; M-D082

Off­print ‘Per­spec­tive Pho­tographique et Per­spec­tive Oculaire’

Chansonnette 'Le Vérascope'; Lelièvre, Léo; c. 1905; M-D080

Chan­son­nette ‘Le Vérascope’

Personal travel documents 'Congrès d'Oran' of Jules Richard; M-D078

Per­son­al trav­el doc­u­ments ‘Con­grès d’O­ran’ of Jules Richard

Ballade en l'honeur du Verascope J. Richard; Calbet, Maurice; 1907; M-D077

Bal­lade en l’honeur du Veras­cope J. Richard

Religious book with a secret compartment with private nudes; c. 1900; M-A018

Reli­gious book with a secret com­part­ment with pri­vate nudes

Boxed set of 100 WWI stereo views and stereoscope; Mattey; c. 1910; M-V009

Boxed set of 100 WWI stereo views and stereoscope

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Besides the infor­ma­tion about my col­lec­tion, many amaz­ing sto­ries about col­lect­ing and the his­to­ry of stere­oscopy can be found on this web­site. You can direct­ly access them via their cat­e­go­ry pages: 

> About Stereoscopes

Two hand-held stere­o­scopes. On the left, the Vic­to­ri­an Expo­si­tion Opera Stere­o­scope, 1862, on the right, the French L’Iris Stéréo­scope, c. 1900.

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Glass stereo pho­to­graph of “Chateau de Rhe­in­stein”, Ger­many sold by Duboscq-Soleil, Paris c. 1860.