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Stereoscope (Holmes-type)
This version of the stereoscope was invented by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1861 and remained in production for nearly a century.
The devices in this exhibit were donated by Dr. Ralph E. Wileman, Professor Emeritus of Education at UNC-Chapel Hill. He collected the toys and devices, as well as the slides, films, and photos which can be shown on them while he was at UNC. For thirty years he had been collecting antiques, and on one occasion he found himself at an antique dealer in Maine. She showed him her collection of optical toys and he was immediately taken by them. In 1996, he decided to share his collection with the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. The Laura Hayes Wileman and John Howard Wileman Collection, named in honor of his children, is the largest and most varied of it’s kind in the southeastern United States.
These digital images were taken and donated to NCSSM by Alex Maness www.alexmaness.com/ of Durham, NC. Prints of the images are available for purchase and can be obtained from the artist. Inquiries may be made directly to him; Alex Maness, 336-707-6121, alex@alexmaness.com.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Stereoscope (Holmes-type)
This version of the stereoscope was invented by Oliver Wendell Holmes in 1861 and remained in production for nearly a century.
The devices in this exhibit were donated by Dr. Ralph E. Wileman, Professor Emeritus of Education at UNC-Chapel Hill. He collected the toys and devices, as well as the slides, films, and photos which can be shown on them while he was at UNC. For thirty years he had been collecting antiques, and on one occasion he found himself at an antique dealer in Maine. She showed him her collection of optical toys and he was immediately taken by them. In 1996, he decided to share his collection with the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. The Laura Hayes Wileman and John Howard Wileman Collection, named in honor of his children, is the largest and most varied of it’s kind in the southeastern United States.
These digital images were taken and donated to NCSSM by Alex Maness www.alexmaness.com/ of Durham, NC. Prints of the images are available for purchase and can be obtained from the artist. Inquiries may be made directly to him; Alex Maness, 336-707-6121, alex@alexmaness.com.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.