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Beckers' Table Top Sweetheart Stereo Viewer

Manufacturer Alexander Beckers (American, 1815 - 1905)

CultureAmerican

DateCA. 1865

MediumWood, glass, and metal

DimensionsOverall: 18 x 10 x 11 in. (45.7 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number91.91

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DescriptionThis is a wood two-sided "sweetheart" table-top viewer for stereographs. The original Beckers viewer patent was issued in 1857.

Exhibition History"Photography Remembered: A Selective View from the Robert W. Lisle Collection", The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, October 19, 1990 - January 13, 1991. Published ReferencesPHOTOGRAPHY REMEMBERED: A SELECTIVE VIEW FROM THE ROBERT W. LISLE COLLECTION (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1990), pp. 42, 45; color ill., p. 45.