1942 Carl Lange Stereoscopic Opthomological "Coordinator" Slides - Set 1 whale pattern and then there is a

and then there is a signature and date hidden in the shrubbery at the bottom

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and rather brilliantly painted to look positively ancient and very armadillo-like

created not so much to be artful as to serve a function

Overall dimensions: 5 1/2" wide x 6 7/8" tall

1942 Carl Lange Stereoscopic Opthomological "Coordinator" Slides - Set 1 whale pattern and then there is aI was pretty excited to find a box full of these handmade slides at the flea market this weekend a box in which many were rolled up in a St. Louis newspaper from 1945, seemingly untouched since then! What I've learned is that Carl W. Lange Sr. and Jr. , who copyrighted this set of stereoscopic slides in 1942, were father and son opthomologists with a practice near St. Louis and a particular commitment to curing myopia (nearsightedness.) They wrote and