NO MAN'S LAND
Stereo Images of "The Great War" 1914-1918

Lest We Forget

 
Part 1: The Ground War
Part 2: The Air War


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Proud Men of the North Who Fought Like Shining Angels, on Flanders' Fields
Proud Men of the North Who "Fought Like Shining Angels," on Flanders' Fields

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Wrecked German Submarine
Searching the Ruins
Searching the Ruins
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Captured German Guns
Captured German Guns

German Pill Boxes
 
U.S. Transport Leviathan Formerly Vaterland a German superliner seized by the US -- Largest Ship Afloat
U.S. Transport "Leviathan" Formerly "Vaterland" --
a German superliner seized by the US -- Largest Ship Afloat
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Ghastly Glimpse of Wounded Belgians in Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
Ghastly Glimpse of Wounded Belgians in Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
Human Wreckage in No Man's Land
Human Wreckage in No Man's Land
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French Cannon Trained on the Trenches of the Huns
French Cannon Trained on the Trenches of the Huns
Soldier with Large Projectile
Soldier with Large Projectile
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U.S. Army Tractor Negotiating the Steep Valley of the Rhine
U.S. Army Tractor Negotiating the Steep Valley of the Rhine
How France Aided Her Fighters - Tanks Going to the Front
How France Aided Her Fighters - Tanks Going to the Front
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War Dog Assisting in Rescue and First Aid
War Dog Assisting in Rescue and First Aid
General Pershing and Officers Gathering at Paris
General Pershing and Officers Gathering at Paris
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U.S. National Army On Parade in Chicago ~ August 4, 1917
U.S. National Army On Parade in Chicago ~ August 4, 1917
Our Answer to the Kaiser ~ 2,000 Doughboys Eager to Fight for Democracy
Our Answer to the Kaiser ~ 2,000 Doughboys Eager to Fight for Democracy
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Artillery In Action
Artillery In Action
French Battery Going Into Action
French Battery Going Into Action
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German Artillery At Antwerp
German Artillery At Antwerp
Our Boys in France Learning Correct Use of Gas Masks
Our Boys in France Learning Correct Use of Gas Masks
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   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.

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