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David White Co. Stereo Realist Model ST41 Stereoscopic Camera

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David White Co. Stereo Realist Model ST41 Stereoscopic Camera

Category

Communication

Classification

CHENHALL - Tools & Equipment for Communication - Photographic T&E - Camera Equipment - Camera - Camera, Stereoscopic

Object Origin
Manufacturer:

David White Company

Date Manufactured:

c. 1955

Physical Characteristics

Object Description: Black and silver stereoscopic camera with three (3) lenses. There is a black cover over the three lenses that can be lifted up. White text and a camera icon are engraved on the front of the cover. There are two (2) silver dials on either side of the top edge of the camera. There is a silver shutter button on the proper left side. The back of the camera is a textured black plastic. There are two (2) circular openings at the bottom edge of the back...

Marks: "STEREO / Realist" On inside of the cover flap is a chart: "HYPERFOCAL TABLE" with the appropriate settings to use at various distances for a focused photo.

Measurements: Object:
    Height: 2.75 in, Width: 7 in, Depth: 2.5 in
    Weight: 1.8 lbs

Credit

Gift of Peter Bro, 1999.1.3

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David White Co. Stereo Realist Model ST41 Stereoscopic Camera

About: David White Co. Stereo Realist Model ST41 Stereoscopic Camera

About: David White Co. Stereo Realist Model ST41 Stereoscopic Camera

Made by the David White Company in the 1950s, this Stereo Realist Model ST41 camera helped popularize stereo photography, becoming one of the two best-selling stereo cameras of the 1950s and 1960s. Stereo cameras have two or more lenses and produce two adjacent photos which appear three-dimensional when looked through a stereoscope, simulating human binocular vision.

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