1872 Antique 3D Victorian Anthony & Co Wood Stereo Viewer Stereoscope +25 Cards

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Seller: Top-Rated Seller 1-highbidder ✉️ (10,071) 100%, Location: Orem, Utah, US, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 222225042420 1872 Antique 3D Victorian Anthony & Co Wood Stereo Viewer Stereoscope +25 Cards. 1872 Antique 3D Victorian E & HT Anthony & Co Wood Stereo Viewer Stereoscope Excellent Vintage Condition! + 25 Vintage Stereo Cards Included __________________________________________________________________ I have collected 3D photo memorabilia for 30+ years and it's time that I let some of my prized collectibles go.  The Stereoviewer: This is one of the coolest looking viewers I have had in my 30 years of collecting! On the bottom  handle fixture, it is marked A @ Co. I believe this is a shortened version of E & HT Anthony. If  someone out there knows more about this than I, please email me and I will update the listing. It is  also dated 1872 making this one of the older hand held viewers that I have ever had in my collection.  I'm not sure what kind of wood this is, but it is a darker colored wood with the original varnish on it.  A refinishing of this viewer might be beneficial, but I will leave this to the new owner to decide.  Being that the viewer is over 145 years old, I would say that it has been lightly used over this period  of time. The larger than average lenses are clean and clear with no fogging or crazing. This viewer has  one of the squarish viewer hoods which were later replaced by the more easily made round hoods. A  unique feature of this viewer is the sliding brass rails used for focusing the cards rather than a  sliding card holder of the later issued viewers. The viewer looks to be 95% original with the  possibility of a couple of screws being replacements and one of the card holder wires and base looks  like it might have been replaced at one time. While it still functions 100% this base is a little bent  up and in need to some straightening. The Stereo Cards: It comes complete as shown with 25 vintage stereo cards! 11 are various color lithographed scenes taken from the Holy Land  Series most of the rest are photographs on curved orange mounted cards from the dioramas of Life of Christ. As I understand the  curvature of the cards match the curvature of the lenses to make the scenes even more realistic with  less distortion. All cards are all typical of pre-1900 stereoviews and all look AWESOME in 3D! Please check out my photos and if you have any questions, please email! Thanks for looking! PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE 3D STEREO VIEWERS, VIEWS, and CAMERAS --------- About the E & HT Anthoney Company from Wikipedia: E. & H. T. Anthony & Company was the largest supplier and distributors of photographic supplies in the United States during the 19th century. Company founder Edward Anthony, a Columbia College trained civil engineer who had studied photography with Samuel F.B Morse, started in the photography business in 1842 by opening a Daguerreotype gallery in New York. Five years later he opened a separate shop devoted exclusively to photographic supplies and as sales grew rapidly ceased operations in his daguerrotypist gallery. In 1850 Anthony began the production of daguerreotype cases, camera boxes, and photographic chemicals. His brother, Henry T. Anthony, joined the business two years later in 1852. The Anthony brothers' factory was located at New York City's Harlem Railroad Depot occupying 1/4 of the building by 1854 and advertised that their company was the largest manufacturer and distributor of photographic apparatus and material in the world. In 1859 Anthony added stereoscopic view cards, photographic albums, and gallery furniture and backdrops to the company's product lines. The Anthony company also maintained a close business relationship with famed American photographer and portraitist Mathew Brady. From February, 1870 until April, 1902 the company published a monthly magazine called Anthony's Photographic Bulletin which included many photographs and illustrations as well as a wide variety of contributed technical, practical, and scholarly articles along with advertisements for the Anthony company's products and other services. In the 1890s the company also developed and produced two consumer cameras of their own design—a camera-box called the "Buckeye" and a more expensive bellows-box type called the "Marlborough"—as well as an extensive line of photo cases and other products. The firm’s name was formally changed to E. & H.T. Anthony & Co. in 1862 and in 1877 was reorganized as a corporation with Anthony as president, his brother as vice-president, and Colonel V. M. Wilcox as manager and secretary. After death of both brothers, Wilcox became president, Richard A. Anthony (son of Edward Anthony) vice-president, and Frederick A. Anthony the secretary. In 1883 the company produced the first commercially manufactured hand instantaneous camera, called the Schmidt Patent Detective Camera, in America. E. & H.T. Anthony merged with the Scovill and Adams Company in 1902. The E. & H. T. Anthony & Company was the corporate predecessor of the Ansco Company. Copyright © 2018 TDM Inc. The photos and text in this listing are copyrighted. I spend lots of time writing up my descriptions and despise it when un-original losers cut and paste my descriptions in as their own. It is against ebay policy and if you are caught, you will be reported to ebay and could be sued for copyright infringement and damages.
  • Condition: Viewer is in Excellent working condition with normal wear for a 145 year old item. Please read my description. Cards are in very good to excellent condition!
  • Brand: Anthony and Co
  • Model: Hand Held Stereo Viewer
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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