2. With Stereoscopice Effect
Print
Underwood & Underwood
American, 1880–1931
2. With Stereoscopice Effect
1901
Letterpress print
Overall: 3 7/16 × 6 15/16 in. (8.8 × 17.7 cm)
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
Inscriptions Printed in black on recto, L: Underwood & Underwood. Publishers. \ New York. London Toronto-Canada. Ottawa-Kansas.
Printed in black on recto, R: Works and Studios \ Arlingont, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington, D.C.
Printed in black on recto, BR: 2 \ WITH [underlined] STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT.
Printed in black on verso, OA: No. 2. \ This Stereoscopic Diagram is for use in \ your sample outfit when canvassing. \ Here you have nothing but simple straight \ lines drawn on a flat surface. Always show \ the diagram in the hand first, then in the \ stereoscope. Outisde the scope the lines have \ a jumbled appearance. There is hardly any \ suggestion of depth. The lines do not stand \ out distinctly from one another. \ Now look in the stereoscope and you have \ actual depth for the eyes. Every line stands \ out by itself. You have in outline a body with \ 14 corners, with all three dimensions-not only \ width and height, but also depth. This ab-\solutely demonstrates that there is such a thing \ as actual depth for the eyes through the stereo- \ scope, that steroscopic photographs when \ seen in the stereoscope become actual spaces \ to our minds. All other kinds of illustrations \ give only a certain appearance of depth. \ Pass now to a stereosocpic photgoraph in \ the stereoscope and we notice unmistakably \ the way every object in the scene stands out \ back of the card, the two phtoographic prints \ being thrown together, serving just like a win- \ dow through which we look. \ (See Diagram No. 1 without stereoscopic effect.) \ Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood.
Stamped in gray on verso, RC: A.F. Onderdonk
Printed in black on recto, R: Works and Studios \ Arlingont, N.J. Littleton, N.H. Washington, D.C.
Printed in black on recto, BR: 2 \ WITH [underlined] STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT.
Printed in black on verso, OA: No. 2. \ This Stereoscopic Diagram is for use in \ your sample outfit when canvassing. \ Here you have nothing but simple straight \ lines drawn on a flat surface. Always show \ the diagram in the hand first, then in the \ stereoscope. Outisde the scope the lines have \ a jumbled appearance. There is hardly any \ suggestion of depth. The lines do not stand \ out distinctly from one another. \ Now look in the stereoscope and you have \ actual depth for the eyes. Every line stands \ out by itself. You have in outline a body with \ 14 corners, with all three dimensions-not only \ width and height, but also depth. This ab-\solutely demonstrates that there is such a thing \ as actual depth for the eyes through the stereo- \ scope, that steroscopic photographs when \ seen in the stereoscope become actual spaces \ to our minds. All other kinds of illustrations \ give only a certain appearance of depth. \ Pass now to a stereosocpic photgoraph in \ the stereoscope and we notice unmistakably \ the way every object in the scene stands out \ back of the card, the two phtoographic prints \ being thrown together, serving just like a win- \ dow through which we look. \ (See Diagram No. 1 without stereoscopic effect.) \ Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood.
Stamped in gray on verso, RC: A.F. Onderdonk
