Stereoscopic photos are created by two offset images separately to the left and right eye of the viewer. The two nearly-identical images are affixed side by side to a card, and through the use of a stereoscope, these two-dimensional images are then combined in the brain to give the perception of 3-D depth.
Invented in 1838 by Sir Charles Wheatstone, stereoscopic imagery became popular during Victorian times, presenting the world in “3-D” photographs. Consider an antique stereoscope the Victorian-Age "View-Master" of its day. At StereoveiwsForSale.com, you will find a collection of stereoviews mostly about the Western United States, including the building of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Transcontinental Railroad, California and Nevada towns, mining and places of interest like Lake Tahoe and Sierra Nevada Mountains stereoviews.
(stereoview camera photo from historiccamera.com)
Please browse our many categories of stereoviews for sale. We also carry other collectible photographs, postcards, CDVs and historical documents. Our website store utilizes our ebay store, where you may use a payment method of your choice without the need to create an ebay account if you do not have one.
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