Collection Highlights
Dish: footed compote with cover
Date:
1825-1845
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Medium:
Glass
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Luce Center
Photoscope
Object Number:
1995.3
Date:
1930-1940
Medium:
Metal, glass, cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 23 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. ( 59.7 x 21.6 x 29.2 cm )
Marks:
stamped: on front of photoscope: "EXHIBIT SUPPLY CO'S PICTURES/CHICAGO PAT.APPLD.FOR/PHOTOSCOPE"
written: on framed card above photoscope: "Five Sets of Pictures/See Them All/Directions/Place a coin in slot and push slide way in..."
Description:
Tabletop photoscope stereo viewer from penny arcade; black-painted metal box with framed advertisement at top rear; inserting a penny in slot allows viewer to push slide and view five different stereoscopic images: "How Charlie Fooled the Cop," Handout Hector Helps Clean House," "Dusty Road's Dinner," "Pat and the Blind Pig," and "Biddy, The Irish Wash-Woman." Below images is notice "Approved by New York Censors."
Gallery Label:
This photoscope was used in a New York penny arcade ca. 1935, and its images were approved by New York censors. It is the type of amusement popular at places like Coney Island.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
