Re: Original Holmes cards

[P3D Eric Goldstein <egoldste@xxxxxx>]

P3D Dr. George A. Themelis wrote:
> 
> >The Pioneers                     1850-1860
> >The Excitement                   1860-1865
> >The Grand Flowering in America   1865-1873
> >Flooding the Market              1873-1881
> >Mass Production and Distribution 1881-1920
> >The Decline                      1920-1935
> 
> This is a very interesting chronological summary... It is striking to me
> that it took a good 50 years from peak to decline for the stereo views.  50
> years is a very long time... as much or more than one person's mature
> lifetime.  In sharp contrast, it took Realist-format photography only 5-10
> years from peak to decline (and much less for 3d movies.)  Why is this so?
> 
> The Early years       1947
> The Excitement        1950
> The Peak              1952
> Flooding the Market   1955
> The Decline           1958


What other medias/mediums were competing with stereo in vying for
people's leasure time/money? Movies (and radio) boomed in the 20s, and
TV boomed in the 50s...

>From 1850 - 1910, I don't think there was a new entertainment technology
which came along of great enough significance to displace
photography/stereos...


Eric G.


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