Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway lemons this one features three compartments--

this one features three compartments-- one with an old honey comb still inside

” joked the gallery’s Kevin Duffy

housed in a red satin draw string pouch embroidered with an ace of diamonds on one side and a five of diamonds on the other

Minor fold lines here and there and general light wear

giving a sense that it itself was zapped more than a few times

Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway lemons this one features three compartments--Another antique stereoview that I like for the geometries and almost Escher esque sense of infinite continuum, existent with the CT State Capital staircase to begin with but much amplified by the double image. At the time the image was taken, the state capital designed by prominent architect Richard M. Upjohn in a high Victorian gothic style had just recently been completed (1879), so this was an early framing of what has since become an iconic