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Box of 11 Stereoscopic Photographs (Mostly Gelatine and Collodion Transparencies) for Taxiphote-Type Viewer, Probably 1920s

Inventory Number 41776


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.41776

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Some photographs captioned in writing on the glass. Printed label on box: 'Wellington S.C.P Lantern Plate' etc.
Object type
Photograph
Dimensions
Height: 45mm Width: 107mm
Inventory No
41776

Description

Original card box containing a set of 11 small, taxiphote-format glass stereoscopic transparencies, and several slips of paper and card cut to the same size; they consist of 6 gelatine transparencies, 4 collodion, and 1 auto chrome. One of the collodions is broken. They mostly show views of Oxford, Hampton Court, the River Thames, and Kingston-on-Thames, with one of the Moon and the auto chrome showing a pot of plants. They are mostly captioned in writing on the glass. One of the uncaptioned ones is a busy street scene of Cornmarket Street, Oxford with motor cars of the 1920s.