HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM
THE HILLMAN FAMILY

Victorian Christmas Stereoviews
Part I: The Night Before Christmas
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STEREOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHY
STEREOVIEWS ~ STEREOGRAMS ~ STEREOSCOPES
 
A stereogram or stereoview is a flat two-dimensional image viewed in such a fashion as to produce a three-dimensional effect..Stereographic photography was invented almost immediately after photography itself. During the Victorian era photographers were sent out to photograph the world in 3D, and the photographs were reproduced over and over to meet the demand -- manufacturing and assembling the views was big business. .Looking at stereographs was as common in Victorian times as watching TV is today. People would relax in their parlor and be transported around the country and around the world with a box full of stereos and a hand-held or tabletop viewer. 

Stereo pictures are taken by means of a camera with two lenses. This provides two separate pictures 2.5 inches apart, about the distance between the eyes. Although the pictures appear the same, they are not. When looked at in a viewer, which has prismatic lenses, your eyes will blend the two views into one and the brain perceives it in three dimensions the same as normal vision. It's estimated that over 7 million different images were commercially produced, and these had runs anywhere from a handful to thousands! The demise of the stereoscope began with the advent of other forms of entertainment media and by the 1940s, about the only type of stereoviewing available was the View Master.

Manufacturing Stereograms
Manufacturing Stereocards

A 19th Century Christmas
The Night Before Christmas

Christmas Anticipation
Christmas Anticipation


Frost workers painting windows
Frost workers painting windows
'Twas the night before Christmas
'Twas the night before Christmas

Christmas Tree Spirit
Christmas Tree Spirit
Christmas Tree
The Christmas Tree

Christmas Praying
Christmas Praying
God bless father. God bless mother. God bless Santa Claus.
God bless father. God bless mother. God bless Santa Claus.

Christmas Dreams
Christmas Dreams
Christmas morning and you are not awake! ~ Jack Russell dog ~ Victorian doll
Christmas morning and you are not awake! ~ Jack Russell dog

Christmas Chimney
Christmas Chimney
Santa brings dollies
Santa Brings Dollies


Santa's Flag
Santa's Flag

Santa in the fireplace ~ 1870s
Santa in the fireplace ~ 1870s
Santa Claus' arrival with a bag of toys
Santa Claus' arrival with a bag of toys

Dear Old Santa has something for all
Dear Old Santa has something for all
Santa Claus filling stockings
Santa Claus filling stockings

Father Christmas
Father Christmas
Santa Claus looking up those who are good
Santa Claus looking up those who are good

Santa is caught
Santa is caught

Santa shares the toys

New Toys
New Toys
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve

Turn the Page to StereoView Album #2
THE HILLMAN CHRISTMAS AND WINTER SOLSTICE SITES
Christmas Greetings 
from the Hillman Family
Christmas On The Web
Histories ~ Trivia ~ Scripts
 VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS I
3-D Stereocards from the past
A Coca Cola Christmas
Over 40 Sundblom Santas
 Christmas in the Good Old Days
by David Adams
VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS II
3-D Stereocards from the past
.Norman Rockwell
Christmas Mosaic
101 SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS
A montage of Christmas album covers
VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS III
3-D Stereocards from the past
Hillman Family Newsletter
Xmas 2003
Hillman Family Newsletter
Xmas 2004
Sue-On's Archive of
Annual Newsletters
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Hillman Family Newsletter
Xmas 2005
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Visit Our StereoView Galleries of the Chicago World's Fair 1893
Stereo Intro & Chicago
White City Buildings
Fair Exhibits I
Fair Exhibits II
Midway Adventure
Victorian Peep Show
Ed's Tour I
Ed's Tour II
Ed's Collection I
Ed's Collection II
 Souvenirs
Hillman Victorian 
Xmas Card Pt. 1
Hillman Victorian 
Xmas Card Pt. 2
Hillman Victorian 
Xmas Card Pt. 3
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From the Edgar Rice Burroughs Personal Library
The Danton Burroughs Family Archive
50 StereoView Cards of the Sears, Roebuck, Co. ~ circa 1906
Sears Cards 1-10
Sears Cards 11-20
Sears Cards 21-30
Sears Cards 31-40
Sears Cards 41-50

 
Bill Hillman's Brandon Colour Archive Galleries
CONTENTS
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Archive Page I
Archive Page II
Archive Gallery III
Archive Gallery IV
 Archive Gallery V
Archive Gallery VI
Archive Gallery VII
Archive Gallery VIII
Archive Gallery IX
Archive Gallery X
Archive Gallery XI
Archive Gallery XII
Archive Gallery XIII
Archive Gallery XIV
Gallery XV: Fire Hall
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Mental Health Centre
Other Hillman History
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