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Hi Dorothea,

Since you are working on a history gallery, I am guessing you are  
looking for  a stereoscope for viewing 3d stereo pairs, something like  
this:

http://www.3dstereo.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=3D&Product_Code=VN-HOLM

or, if you can transfer your photos to slides, this device is a very  
practical and rugged solution:

http://www.3dstereo.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SVN-OV6x6&Category_Code=

All the best,
Tom Nielsen
www.TheExhibitGuys.com

On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Dorothea Crosbie-Taylor wrote:

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> My name is Dorothea. I am with the Oakland Museum of California,  
> working in
> the History Dept. We are currently undergoing a renovation of the  
> History
> Gallery. My question is has anyone built stereoscopes for visitor  
> use in an
> exhibition? We are looking at building our own here at OMCA and  
> wondered
> what the difficulties might be? Does anyone have plans or diagrams  
> that we
> could make use of? What might be the average cost of fabricating a
> stereoscope? Thank you in advance for your time and attention.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Dorothea Crosbie-Taylor
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> Oakland Museum of California
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