Vectograph
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Vectographs
Early Print 3D photographs ( Lantecular ) in late
1930s by Polaroid
shown here is one sample of what was in Grand Central
Station in very large format. The one in my collection is abt. 3X5.
As was told by Charles Hodges who took photographs
for both Polaroid Corp. & Other Stereo card companies.
[email protected]
12-26-02
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I am interested in Vectorgaphs. I wrote the Polaroid historian that
works
at Harvard and was supposed to give a talk to PHSNE last weekend, but
go no
response as of yet!
>To: [email protected]
>From: Richard Bolt <[email protected]>
>Subject: Charles Debois Hodges & Vectographs
>Cc:
>Bcc:
>X-Attachments:
>
>I saw your biography in new PHSNE newsletter yesterday and wanted
to write
you about Vectographs. Some past e-mail between myself & Eastman
House
Andrew Eskind <[email protected]> ) are attached below that will
likely explain
why I am interested. If you have time, I would like to know more about
Polaroid & the Vectrographs. Thanks---Dick
>
>name: Mc Elheny, Victor email: [email protected] phone: (617) 253-7992
address: E51-282
>department: Sci Tech & Society title: Visiting Scholar
>Below is part of e-mail that went to him:
>Charles Hodges had made stereo card photographs in 30s for Keystone.
He did
child photography using one of the Biedler-Viking 5X7 twin cameras
on one
focusing platform for child photography. One of the 3 built and patented
is
in the Smitheonian & I have another. I think the 3rd was disassembled
in
period. There were many copies of this type of design in photo magazines
of
the 60s as I remember.
>He also used a Graphic stereo camera to make Polaroid 3D lantecular
prints
called Vectoigraphs in the late 40s. He did the Grand Central huge
wall
vectographs for " Life Savers" adds. I have one of his 4X5 samples
of this
process. I wonder if Polaroid has one of the full sized ones?
>
>
>Life member and one of 4 founders of the 20 yr+ old PHSNE, Photographic
Historical Soc. of New England, now over 600+ world-wide. Collector
of
Antique Cameras plus Collector & historian of US Salt Print Industry
1850-1859).
>*My main webb page http://www.his.com/~dickbolt/
>Rebuilding my Photo History Page slowly:
http://westwood.fortunecity.com/isaac/571/