3D photos from 1850s Japan

by
Mark Frauenfelder
from on (#1RDCR)

Japanese-men1.gif

These 1850s photos of Japan were taken with a stereoscopic camera like the one shown here. The photos were hand-tinted and meant to be viewed with a stereoscope. (A View Master is a stereoscope.) The images here are animated GIFs that blink back and forth between the two photos, giving you the 3D effect without having to use a stereopscope.

Children-at-a-temple1-2.gif

Japanese-builders-1.gif

Japanese-women-bowing-1.gif

Women-eating-1.gif

Japanese-priest-1.gif

Japanese-lamp-shop.gif

Japanese-women-carrying-logs.gif

Japanese-hats.gif

woman-reading.gif

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