Cheyenne Wyoming Main Street Stereoview c1870 Union Pacific RR 1978 Reprint P428 For Sale

Reproduced from original in the Collection of Gary Kessel by Stereo Classic Studios in 1978. Original image published by A. J. Russell sometime around 1870.

This is a stereoview (also known as a stereograph or stereoscope card). It was one of the first forms of 3D photography. The images were captured with a special stereoscopic camera, which had two lenses - simulating the view of our left and right eyes. The two, nearly identical pictures were then mounted next to each other (most commonly on a piece of cardstock, glued on as photographs or printed as lithographs). The image could then be seen in three dimensions when viewed through a device known as a stereoscope, stereopticon, and/or televiewer.

Standard-size stereograph, measuring about 3.5 x 7 inches.