Laramie’s Living History —
A Variety of Other Topics
A series of stories prepared for the Albany County Museum Coalition, an alliance of institutions that promote Laramie’s historic and cultural resources. This series originally appeared in the Laramie Boomerang.
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Stereographs: Victorian Popular Entertainment Important visuals in the days before television
In 1851 the Victorians discovered a way to take the viewer to a different place. It may not seem all that spectacular to us today with virtual reality and other interactive medias but for the Victorians it was truly a life changing experience. The stereograph: a device used to view a photograph in three dimensions was produced for anyone who could afford them.