Record Details

Name/TitleBinoc­u­lar Stere­o­scope ‘Stereo-Dioskop’

About this objectThe Stereo-Dioskop is a com­pact binoc­u­lar-style stere­o­scope. The view­er was a com­mer­cial suc­cess and was also dis­trib­uted by oth­er Ger­man cam­era man­u­fac­tur­ers includ­ing ICA, Con­tes­sa-Net­tel, and Franke & Heidecke.

(from: Com­pendi­um of Stereoscopes)

Place MadeGer­many

Mak­erBusch, Emil

Mak­er RoleMan­u­fac­tur­er

Date Madec. 1925

Tech­niqueSin­gle-view, manually

Tech­niqueFocus, lens tubes

Peri­od1893–1939

Sub­ject and Asso­ci­a­tion Descrip­tionEmil Busch took over the opti­cal firm in Rathenow from his uncle Eduard Dunck­er in 1845. The com­pa­ny began pro­duc­ing pho­to­graph­ic devices from 1852 and became known for high-qual­i­ty instru­ments and optics. In 1865, it intro­duced its new­ly devel­oped wide-angle lens, the Pantoscop.
From 1872, the com­pa­ny con­tin­ued as Rathenow­er Optis­che Indus­trie-Anstalt vor­mals Emil Busch A.-G.. In 1927, the major­i­ty of the shares was acquired by Carl Zeiss Jena. Busch con­tin­ued man­u­fac­tur­ing cam­eras but ceased lens pro­duc­tion. The com­pa­ny build­ings in Rathenow were destroyed at the end of World War II.

For­mat45x107mm

Object TypeStere­o­scope

Medi­um and Mate­ri­alsglass slides

Object num­berM‑SH010

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