A Ghost in the Stereoscope!

Dublin Core

Title

A Ghost in the Stereoscope!

Subject

The Stereoscope

Description

This artifact is a newspaper advertisement for stereoscopes, and stereoscope slides that depict numerous objects and scenes, including a scene that shows a ghost. This advertisement shows a merging of Victorian literature and storytelling with the new concepts of Virtual Reality like the stereoscope through the use of the widely popular ghost stories of that era. By developing and selling stereoscope slides that depict ghosts and supernatural scenes, viewers were able to be more fully immersed in the ghost stories that were being told during the "Christmas and Winter Evenings" that are referenced in the advertisement.

Creator

Unknown

Source

19th Century UK Periodicals

Publisher

Peter Parley's Annual

Date

Unknown

Rights

New York Public Library

Format

Advertisement

Type

Display Advertisement

Files

Ghost in the Stereoscope!.pdf

Citation

Unknown, “A Ghost in the Stereoscope!,” Manhattan College Omeka , accessed November 22, 2024, https://omeka-pilot.manhattan.edu/items/show/341.

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