January 8, 2009
Stereoview photographs (also known as stereographs) became popular in the late 1800s as a form of entertainment. Before there were photographs in newspapers or magazines, people would pass around a stereo viewer and look at these cheap photographs (which simulated a three dimensional view) as a social activity.
Although many towns had a stereoview photographer and there were plenty of local subjects, stereoviews were also a way for people to learn about faraway places. Several companies emerged to publish and distribute stereoviews on every imaginable subject, the biggest and most successful being the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Stereoviews were also distributed to schools for educational use, and remained popular throughout the early 1900s.
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