3-D Imagics – Wim van Keulen

This is one of the finest works on the history of 3-D and the images created by past photographers. Wim van Keulen discusses in detail the processes developed to create and print 3-D cards as well as the many devices used to view them during the “Golden Age of 3-D”, from 1838 to 1900.

Although the book itself is beautifully illustrated, the pièce de résistance is the collection of 12 View-Master Reels containing 84 carefully selected and painstakingly reproduced stereo views created by stereographers of that era as stereocards. The subjects include Stereocards from England, 19th Century Children, Tissue Cards, Stereocards from the European Continent, The American 3-D Scene, and many others. For the serious View-Master fan and anyone interested in the 3-D of this era, this book is a must!