New stereographs acquired! (Or rather, old stereographs acquired.)
And another "viewer", this one with the wire support for the cards. 'Tis made of wood.
(Wooden lenses :D ? Hmm...)
Subjects range from fancy French hotel dining room, to somewhere in Ireland, to the botanical gardens in Dunedin (NZ), to a couple of spiffing young chaps posing on a bridge in laconic fashion.
Other subjects as well, it was a mixed lot.
Most of the images are in less than stellar condition, but still cool nonetheless, and all are over 50 years old - in the case of the French hotel dining room, around 100.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friday, March 20, 2009
What luck! Today, I had a hunch that I should go to a small out of the way antiquey type shop on the quest for brass cogs, for Nich's birthday (him being very much into Steam-punky things).
Whilst mulling over a couple of choice pieces of dysfunctional clockery, I spied a pair of farrier's tongs, and seized them at once. (Nich also does blacksmithing).
They went down well.
:)
BUT, also while I was there, I enquired about things stereographic as I usually do, and there happened to be an old stereograph hand-held viewer, from the Versailles Exposition, 1900!
Alas the wire support from the end is missing, but it is still quite functional.
I bought it at once!
And a friend whom I've just dropped home from the birthday doings, said that he'd come across a biscuit tin of stereographs, in a (now closed - Agh!) second hand store. Said store is apparantly sending its stock to auction. I will find out when and where, if I can.
The other purchase was a lovely Air New Zealand plastic hei-tiki, which is wonderfully kitschy cool.
And yay me, for making this second posting in 2009, in such short order!
I'd like to thank the saké from the birthday place-of-dining, for that.
Domo arigato, gozaimasu!
Whilst mulling over a couple of choice pieces of dysfunctional clockery, I spied a pair of farrier's tongs, and seized them at once. (Nich also does blacksmithing).
They went down well.
:)
BUT, also while I was there, I enquired about things stereographic as I usually do, and there happened to be an old stereograph hand-held viewer, from the Versailles Exposition, 1900!
Alas the wire support from the end is missing, but it is still quite functional.
I bought it at once!
And a friend whom I've just dropped home from the birthday doings, said that he'd come across a biscuit tin of stereographs, in a (now closed - Agh!) second hand store. Said store is apparantly sending its stock to auction. I will find out when and where, if I can.
The other purchase was a lovely Air New Zealand plastic hei-tiki, which is wonderfully kitschy cool.
And yay me, for making this second posting in 2009, in such short order!
I'd like to thank the saké from the birthday place-of-dining, for that.
Domo arigato, gozaimasu!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Woohoo! Alas my seriously neglected blog!
Ahwell.
Only 8 or 9 guesses before I managed to hit my email and my password AT THE SAME TIME!
So, back from the Viva La Vida Coldplay concert (thursday, Auckland) - FUN.
Funfunfunfunfun.
And why music makes the world seem better sometimes.
I have a t-shirt and tour poster, not that I need more sentimental detritus in my life, but it was such an awesome and win event, that it required me to spend more money on it.
Plus I have my souvenir cutout butterflies, woooo!
:D
Ahwell.
Only 8 or 9 guesses before I managed to hit my email and my password AT THE SAME TIME!
So, back from the Viva La Vida Coldplay concert (thursday, Auckland) - FUN.
Funfunfunfunfun.
And why music makes the world seem better sometimes.
I have a t-shirt and tour poster, not that I need more sentimental detritus in my life, but it was such an awesome and win event, that it required me to spend more money on it.
Plus I have my souvenir cutout butterflies, woooo!
:D
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