Holographica Reading Room

Holography 'Museum'

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:47:00 +0000

My Holography Reading Room is completed and enjoyed its first open house on Saturday, Jan. 7th, 2012. It is a privately-owned 'micro' museum, located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and documents not...

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Holographica Hiatus

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:15:00 +0000

My regular readers will be well aware of my pondering a break in the online postings of Antiquarian Holographica. That time has finally come. At this juncture, it could be a week, a month, a year, or...

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American Banknote Stamp

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:03:00 +0000

Many of you may recall the famous American Eagle National Geographic cover, or still gaze in amazement at the hologram on your MasterCard. Both of these holograms, and so many others, were created by...

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Marie Antoinette 3D

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:08:00 +0000

A beautiful 1860 French tissue stereoview card showing a chamber of Marie Antoinette @ Petit Trianon, Versailles (click on photo to enlarge). This is a transmission SV card, which means that the...

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Latest Holography Holdings Report

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:22:00 +0000

Here is the latest (4th quarter, 2011) index of holdings for the Antiquarian Holographica collection. The report is in PDF format, and is approx. 350k in file size. You may download or review your...

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3D View-Master Christmas

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:52:00 +0000

Click on the above photo to enlarge it. You will need 3D glasses to see it on your screen in the third dimension. I created this 3D anaglyph from the original 1948 View-Master reel entitled: "The...

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Japan Commercial Holography

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:13:00 +0000

Yes, today is the Thanksgiving day holiday here in the USA, and I suppose I should not be posting. We're having our family holiday get-together on Saturday, however, so today is a free day for my...

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Stereo Fotografija Latvia 1925

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:52:00 +0000

I think my holography friends will enjoy the 1925 advertisements of AGFA and Kodak materials (below). We'll make this post a photo spread (click images to enlarge):

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Holography Collection Update

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:23:00 +0000

Today's selection, an antique double camera trade card, is not promoted as being stereo, but I would imagine that it would function as such. This was given to me as a gift from the National Valentine...

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View-Master Pioneers 1939

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:13:00 +0000

This 1939 photo, held in the Antiquarian Holographica collection, shows several of the first pioneers of the Sawyer's View-Master stereoscope. Included in the group are Clare Cooper, who began his...

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Holography for Photographers

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:27:00 +0000

Today's selection is a booklet entitled "Holography for Photographers: Everything you need to know to start making holograms if you have a darkroom". The authors are Craig Bonda, Ira Brodsky, John...

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Musée de l' Holographie, Belgium

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:48:00 +0000

Today's historical holography selection is issue #1 of a newsletter from the Museum of Holography, Brussels, Belgium. It is mentioning Al Razutis' Wavefront Magazine, so I am going to place the date...

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Laser Spectrum Newsletter

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:21:00 +0000

This Saturday morning post is for my online friend Bob Hess. Bob collects what are now considered antique lasers. His foray into the world of collecting is exhilarating to observe from afar (he is in...

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Holography As Radical Departure

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:31:00 +0000

Holography entered into the 1960's in what appeared to be a continuance in the lineage of three dimensional imaging. However, to be more accurate, holography provided more of a radical departure from...

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Photolamps for Display Holography

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:30:00 +0000

We often overlook the little things in holography, such as photolamps. Where would holography be without the proper illumination that only certain lamps provided. We all know how badly a hologram can...

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Holography Museum, Library or Archive?

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:55:00 +0000

There has been a question burning in my mind lately: "Am I creating a museum, a library or an archive as I open my collection to the public? You see, what I have been maintaining since my first...

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The Franklin Institute and Laser History

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:02:00 +0000

The Franklin Institute of Philadelphia celebrates "The Amazing Laser" in this 1971 book by Ben Bova. Back in the 1960's, there were black-tie dinner evenings held there providing lifetime achievement...

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View-Master Project Apollo

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:13:00 +0000

Due to a sudden onset of illness, I was unable to post these past few days, but as of today I am back in the vertical position once again. Today's selections -- and let us make this one a "Frank's 3D...

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Nabisco Shredded Wheat 3D

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:19:00 +0000

I know that many readers might consider today's selection "junk", but I can't tell you how happy I am to come across an item such as the one featured today: a 1953 Nabisco 3D Wild Animal Show order...

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Dieter Jung Holography

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:48:00 +0000

The collection has a good selection of printed pieces for holography / media artist Dieter Jung, including many of his exhibit catalogs, courtesy of the artist himself. Since it was / is his birthday...

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Hologram from Lenticular "Master"

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:11:00 +0000

This story has been moved to my own HOLOWORLD.COM web domain. Thank you for your interest in this! The response has been amazing. -- Frank

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Doris Vila Exhibition Poster

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 04:02:00 +0000

Here is a photo of your humble host, carefully prepping a silk-screened exhibition poster for display at the Holography Reading Room. This particular poster dates from 1984, and was for an exhibit by...

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Remembering eWorld

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:17:00 +0000

I wonder how many people remember eWorld, Apple's online service from 1994 to 1996? With the sad passing of founder Steve Jobs yesterday, one will be hard pressed to read about it in any of the...

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1965 View-Master Factory Pay Sheet

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:30:00 +0000

You're probably thinking to yourself, "Has this guy finally lost his mind?", and I understand completely. But, you see, I'm very interested in the throw-away items of everyday living, and today's 3D...

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Art & New Media, 1984

noreply@blogger.com (Frank De Freitas) — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:06:00 +0000

Not much to see today, as we have before us a report on the International Meeting of Experts on Art and New Media, held in Montreal and Ottawa on Dec. 19-21, 1984. It doesn't seem that long ago, but...

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