Catalogue and price list of stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus, magic lanterns, and artistically-colored photographic views on glass.
A trade catalogue issued in 1887 by T.H. McAllister of New York, listing stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus and magic lanterns for lantern-show exhibitors and dealers. The pictures are plain wood-engraved views of boxed projectors with chimney-like ventilators, lenses and gas or oil fittings, drawn in clear black line with flat grey shading. A designer could take their tidy mechanical forms and spare engraved hatching as a model for vintage technical illustration.
