Today, constant entertainment is in the palm of our hands.
With the touch of a screen we can instantly see a movie right before our eyes.
Back then they did not have that commodity.
Featured below is an item that was actually common in most households.
It is a Stereoscope with a few of it's Stereograms.
Invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1838 it was
meant for a way to view pictures with more
depth, and to see images, usually of exotic and unknown places
in a way that the viewer could imagine himself there.
This was quite popular until the 1930's when interest in motion pictures became more prevalent. A family member who would have traveled about would usually bring back a picture
to their family of the location they went to so they as well
could"view"what their family member saw. Stereoscopes have
been accredited to the technology that brought us the 3D movies that we all love today.
