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Vegetable market and bridge over the river Shannon (E.), Athlone, central Ireland

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People unloading their produce from carts and horses gathered at market place beyond bridge, town in background.

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Stereographs are devices capable of building a three-dimensional​ image out of two photographs that have about two and a half inches difference between them so that it could imitate the two eyes’ real field of view. Combining these images into a single one with the help of stereoscope, a person can experience the illusion of the image’s depth. Stereoscope uses the same principle as in human binocular vision. Our eyes are separated by about two inches, so we see everything from two different angles. When the brain combined those views in a single picture, we get the spatial depth and dimension. Stereographs were extremely popular between 1850 and 1930 all around the world. Millions of stereographs were made during that time. There was a broad range of themes: landscape, travel, historical moments, nature disasters, architecture and many others. Nowadays, simply launch this collection full screen and put your mobile device in Google Cardboard Viewer.

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carts and wagons ireland athlone city and town life farmers markets photographic prints stereographs vegetable market vegetable market bridge river shannon river shannon 3 d glasses stereoscopic views history of ireland stereograph cards underwood and underwood photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress
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01/01/1903
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Underwood & Underwood.
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Stereographs

Stereoscopic photography was very popular in 19th and 20th centuries for their ability to recreate the illusion of three-dimensional view.
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carts and wagons ireland athlone city and town life farmers markets photographic prints stereographs vegetable market vegetable market bridge river shannon river shannon 3 d glasses stereoscopic views history of ireland stereograph cards underwood and underwood photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress