Object Details

Foldable Stereoscope ‘Indupor’ with original storage Box

Foldable Stereoscope ‘Indupor’ with original storage Box

Historical Context

Stereo-Indu­por-Gesellschaft was found­ed in 1920 by the pho­tog­ra­ph­er Alfred Krauth and Carl Nei­thold. The com­pa­ny was based in Frank­furt am Main. Stereo-Indu­por devel­oped a new sys­tem cen­tred on the 9 x 12 cm for­mat. The Indu­por sys­tem com­prised stereo cam­eras, stere­o­scopes, and acces­sories, includ­ing frames for stere­oviews. With this sys­tem, the com­pa­ny tar­get­ed appli­ca­tions in por­trait and indus­tri­al stereo pho­tog­ra­phy. Stereo-Indu­por also pub­lished and sold sets of stereoviews.

Details

The choice of the large 9 x 12 for­mat was notable, as the pre­ced­ing decades had seen a trend towards small­er for­mats such as 45 x 107 and 6 x 13. The Indu­por sys­tem achieved mixed suc­cess. The stereo cam­eras are rare today, which indi­cates lim­it­ed com­mer­cial suc­cess. The fold­ing stere­o­scope, how­ev­er, was high­ly suc­cess­ful. The view­er was pro­duced on a large scale, and many rebrand­ed, and pos­si­bly imi­tat­ed, ver­sions are known. The front pan­el of the view­er was used in the company’s logo.

(from: Com­pendi­um of Stereoscopes)

Date Made

c. 1925

Place Made

Ger­many

Period

1893–1939

Type

Stere­o­scope

Manufacturer

Stereo-Indu­por-Gesellschaft

Technique

Sin­gle-view, manually

Format

9x12cm

Medium

paper cards
Tags: fold­able hand­held

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