Results tagged “stereograph” from Swell 3D

"The Morning After" is the eighth in my "Antique 3-D Cheesecake" series of glamour stereographs converted to 3D anaglyph. It was published by the Exhibit Supply Co. of Chicago, Illinois, in 1923. More than 30,000 mornings ago.

Time again for a gander at bygone glamour...

"Lady of the Night," a stereoscopic study of flesh, fur, lace, and velvet, was published in 1928 by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago, Illinois. And it is now Number 7 in my "Antique 3-D Cheesecake" series, which you can always see in the Glamour category.

Number 6 in the Swell 3D Antique 3-D Cheesecake series of old glamour stereograph photos, "The Clinging Vine" was published in 1927 by the Exhibit Supply Company.

The fifth glamour stereograph in my Antique 3-D Cheesecake series, "The Sheik's Daughter" was published by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago, Illinois in 1923.

1919 stereograph by Keystone View Company: "Palace Gate, Imperial City, Peking, China"

The 2008 Olympics begin tomorrow in Beijing. I shall leave it to others to ponder the wisdom of allowing the brutal tyrants of China to host the Olympic games, or whether to boycott the games in protest. I don't have any Olympic sports coverage here on Swell 3D. Instead, I have these nine 3D photos of old Peking (as Beijing was then called), which I converted to anaglyph for 3-D glasses from historic stereographs. This is the Beijing of a century ago, brought to you through the magic of stereo photography.

1902 stereograph by C.H. Graves: "Manchurian ladies at tea and cards, Peking, China"

For number 4 in my "Antique 3-D Cheesecake" series, I chose this duo of handsome ladies, published as "Sisters" by the H.C. White Company of North Bennington, Vermont, in 1902. Everything in the picture is emblematic of the Art Nouveau style of that time, from the bouquet of roses and daisies, to the dendriform iron furniture, to the natural beauty of the models themselves.

"Antique 3-D Cheesecake" is my ever-expanding collection of old stereograph glamour photos converted to red/cyan anaglyph for 3-D glasses. You can always see the whole series in the glamour category on Swell 3D.

The previous three photos in the series:

Behold "The Girl in the Moon," the third beauty in my "Antique 3-D Cheesecake" series of glamour stereographs converted to red/cyan anaglyph. She was published in 1923 by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago.

(Does she make you thirsty for a Miller High Life)?

All old photos have a certain poignancy, as they are frozen views of a past that will never return. You can never take the same picture twice, not really, because time itself does not freeze.

"Stereoscopy 150" is a gallery of historic 3D stereo photos converted to anaglyph for 3-D glasses. There are 44 historic photos from various European and American studios. The website is Polish, but text is also provided in English, German, and Russian.

A "photoplasticon" was a device for displaying stereographs to the public; imagine a sort of giant ViewMaster that could accommodate 25 viewers at a time. According to the website, there are still four photoplasticons in Poland.

The view of Berlin above was shot in 1903 by the American Benjamin Kilburn studio. When the photo was taken, the church in the background was newly built, about as young as the four girls marching in the foreground. The church was destroyed by bombs in 1943. Anyone visiting the same spot now would get a view more like this one. I do not know whatever became of the girls.

I felt like posting another Antique 3-D Cheesecake this morning. Number 2 in the series is "Birth of a Pearl," published in 1923 by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago, Illinois. The big "© 1923 E.S.CO." by her knee was stamped on the left image. I could have cloned it out easily, but I left it for authenticity.

From the lack of waves, or shells on the beach, I suspect that the ocean behind the model is really Lake Michigan.

I am starting a new series on this site, called "Antique 3-D Cheesecake." A hundred years ago, just as now, female beauty was a popular subject for photographers and their patrons. To me, the regnant style of that period seems more decent and tasteful -- and not incidentally more beautiful -- than that of today. But whether you agree with that opinion or not, you will surely rejoice to see these long-hidden works of art once again uncovered, as it were.

Every week or so, I will be posting an antique stereograph glamour photo, converted to red/cyan anaglyph for 3-D glasses. This is the first. It's titled "Before the Bath." It was published in 1902, by the H.C. White Company of North Bennington, Vermont.