Description: Placer Gold Mining Columbia Tuolumne County CA Lawrence & Houseworth Stereoview About The Photographer:Thomas Houseworth (1828-1915), a native New Yorker, travelled West with an interest in mining and arrived San Francisco in 1849. Houseworth met George S. Lawrence (dates unknown) while working a claim in Calaveras County, Calif. The two men were mining partners for the next two years, looking for gold in Trinity County, Calif. Lawrence settled in San Francisco, where he opened a jewelry shop and, later, in 1852, an optical shop - which he asserted was the first of its kind on the Pacific Coast. In 1855, Lawrence and Houseworth formally established a partnership, selling stereoscopic views and equipment. Intended as a form of armchair travel, stereographs made use of the principles of binocular vision ("the mental fusing of slightly dissimilar images seen separately by the viewer's two eyes into one image with three-dimensional characteristics"). As optometrists, Lawrence and Houseworth were uniquely well-positioned to bring this new technology to the masses.Information from: Carletonwatkins.org website Please See our other views. We do combine shipping.Keyword Search:Stereo ViewStereoscopeStereographStereoscopio Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
Price: 600 USD
Location: Bolton, Massachusetts
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Stereoview & Stereoscope
Brand/Publisher: Lawrence & Houseworth
Subject: Historic & Vintage
Antique: Yes
Vintage: Yes
Production Technique: Stereoview
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original Print
Time Period Manufactured: 1860-1879
