Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving cut paper doll That curious hole aside

That curious hole aside

One of my favorite Brimfield finds

Garden City

and especially the stack of handwritten correspondence inside dating back to the 1850s

Fantastic 19th C. Homemade Stereoview of Sea Creatures, Related to Louis Figuier Engraving cut paper doll That curious hole asideThere are stereoviews and then there are stereoviews this is one of two early albumen photo stereoviews I'm listing this week of the gorgeous and special variety; a different species entirely from the later stereocards with images printed on the card. And this is a curious one, too. The image is very similar to an engraving ("Ideal Scene of the Lias Period with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus") in French scientist Louis Figuier's 'The World Before the