United Stereoscopic Society/A. J. Snow archive

The former property of Albert J. Snow founder of the United Stereoscopic Society

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United Stereoscopic Society/A. J. Snow archive
comprising: a 6 x 13cm., mahogany-body stereoscope, a pair of Busch Detectiv Aplanat No. 1a 4 inch lenses on a stereo lens panel; F. Drouin (trans. Matthew Surface) The Stereoscope and Stereoscopic Photography (Percy Lund & Co., c.1909); Theodore Brown Stereoscopic Phenomena of Light and Sight (The Gutenberg Press, 1903); Thoedore Brown Direct Stereoscopic Projection (lecture to the Optical Society. December 15th, 1904); Oliver Wendell Holmes The Stereoscope and Stereoscopic Photographs (Underwood and Underwood, 1904); Sayings and Doings (No. 2 April 1909; No. 32, May 1912); U.S.S. menus, rules and Committee photographs); twenty-six stereographs mostly by A. J. Snow used to illustrate Sayings and Doings; two postcards showing W. I. Chadwick and workshop; copy letter dated 8/9/1956 from A. J. Snow to the editor of Amateur Photographer outlining the history of the U.S.S.

Provenance

A direct descendent of Albert J. Snow.

Literature

John Singleton and Maurice Baker 'The Illustrated Story and Times of The Stereoscopic Society 1893-1993' in The Stereoscopic Society Journal, Number 122, September 1993, p. 11.
K. C. M. Symons, Time Exposure [History of the Stereoscopic Society].

Lot Essay

The United Stereoscopic Society was founded in 1904. Notices were placed in British Journal of Photography, Focus and Amateur Photographer by A. J. Snow asking for any photographer in the London area interested in stereoscopy to make contact. The outcome was a meeting and the formation of the USS which included members of the Stereoscopic Society (which is still extant and thriving). The USS and Stereoscopic Society, because of an overlapping membership, enjoyed cordial relations throughout their combined existence.

The new Society met monthly and numbered amongst it's membership such luminaries as Theodore Brown, W. J. Chadwick, Dr H Rodman and others. The Society was formally affiliated to the Royal Photographic Society.
The United Stereoscopic Society was wound up in 1965.

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