Word ladders are a relatively easy stereo effect to draw by hand.  Print a phrase on a sheet of graph paper, centering one word per line.  Place the sheet on a light box.  Center your phrase on the left side of a card, and trace the first word.  Then, trace the second word, but move […]

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There are many ways to produce a stereo image, some more high tech than others: stereo cameras, two cameras, digital manipulation of a photo or drawing.  One of the simplest is just to place two identical objects a few inches apart, and photograph them.  You then get two perspectives of the same image, and you […]

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To our earlier post (10/21/08), illustrating the classic axiom, we add this variant.  It’s from 1902, from Underwood & Underwood; the caption reads “Try our sausages!  Made while you wait!– you can see just what you’re getting!”
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Let me add this image to my earlier remarks on cat food.  The caption reads “Rat on Toast — for Dinner.”
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It’s been said that the two things you should never watch being made are laws and sausages.  This vintage stereo card shows one of the above.
The observation is usually credited to Bismarck; a check of the www reveals multiple versions of it, and no definite source.  Huh.  The image can be safely ascribed to the […]

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A smallish and ullagistic crowd showed up on a rainy afternoon for “Through the Blackboard,” our third public outing.  We started late (there were screens and projectors to wrangle), but after that, all unfolded smoothly.
After a few introductory remarks, Doug opened up the ullage: this time, a Belgian Trappist ale, which was presented to Geoff […]

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And one last, for a nightcap.  There’s a verse on the back:
Here’s to your health, old man in the moon,
Here’s hoping you’ll get full again pretty soon.
Here’s hoping your last quarter’ll last through your dark days.
May you light the way homeward for good fellows always.
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Our third view is “From original negatives by L. M. Rutherford. Published by P. F. Well, New York.”
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This second view is credited to John P. Soule, 199 Washington St., Boston. It’s not clear if he was the photographer or the publisher; my guess is that he was both.
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This week we’ll salute our beloved satellite with some stereoscopic photos of the moon.  The moon is really too far away for our binocular vision to kick in.  But it does rotate on its axis, so that photos taken at different times during the night will show a slightly different perspective.  Pop them into your […]

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