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The World in Your Parlour: The Stereoscope, a Gilded Age “Virtual Reality” Experience

  • Wyman Osterhout Community Center 7 The Old Rd Voorheesville United States (map)

Historian Stuart Lehman will explore how the new 19th Century art of photography combined with the stereoscope, or “Stereopticon,”  photographic view cards provided everyday people with 3D immersive experience that introduced people to scenes and changed how people viewed the world.  Join us for a hands-on presentation as we explore this popular pastime and see how local photographers made places in the Albany area, including the new State Capitol and the Helderberg’s come alive.

Earlier Event: February 1
Adamsville Ancients Fife and Drum Corps