In the former decades of photography , stereoscopywas a very popular technique for create the conjuring trick of depth in photograph . These early “ 3D ” image must have seemed like magic , and photographers wasted no metre document the admiration of the day in this magnificent Modern format . The boom in bridge - building technology ply the sodding subject .
The undermentioned twenty animated GIFs were all created from stereoscopic card over a century old that show beautiful bridges from around the world , peck from theamazing collectionof the Swedish Tekniska Museet . No pauperism for particular viewing instrument ( stereoscope)—just sit back and enjoy the vital , almost three - dimensional view .
Brooklyn Bridge, c1883-1900.
Source : Tekniska museet
Brooklyn Bridge, over East River, New York, c1860-1880
A walk on Brooklyn Bridge. Photo: Underwood & Underwood, 1904.
View of Devils Bridge over the Schöllenen Gorge, Switzerland. Photo: Charnaux Freres & Co, c1860-1880.
The bridge to Saint Sébastien over the river Loire in France, c1860-1880.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge, in North Somerset, England, c1870-1890.
The Clifton Suspension Bridge during construction, c1870-1890. The man with the high hat is possibly the architect Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
The Royal Albert Bridge over River Tamar between Plymouth and Saltash, England, c1870-1890.
Bridge over river River Garry in Killiecrankie, Scotland, c1870-1890.
The castle and bridge in Conway, North-Wales. Photo: Francis Bedford, c1870-1880.
The Hungerford Bridge in London, c1870-1890.
The Britannia Bridge (Pont Britannia), the bridge over Menai Strait in Wales. Photo: Francis Bedford, c1870-1890.
The Menai Suspension Bridge between the island of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales. Photo: Francis Bedford, c1870-1890.
Bridge in Chamonix, France c1860-1880.
The new Buspension Bridge by the Niagara Falls. Photo: Geo. E Curtis, c1860-1880.
View from The Pyrenees with the bridge Pont Napoléon, near Luz-Saint-Sauveur, France. Photo: C. Lamy, c1860-1880.
The High Bridge, NYC, c1860-1880.
Rialto Bridge, Venice, c1870-1900.
Bridges over the river Saône (Rhône), Lyon. Photo: Jean César Adolphe Neurdein, c1860-1867.
The bridge to Sister Island, Niagara Falls. Photo: Geo. Baker, c1860-1890.
Top animgif : Niagara Suspensior Bridge from Monteage House – Tekniska museet
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