lenticular postcards, and a lifelong (unacknowledged) hobby

[P3D Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

While cleaning out my attic to get ready for a yard sale, I came across some 
lenticular 3D postcards from about 30 years ago.  I had given up looking for 
these, so I was quite pleasantly surprised to find them.  I was also 
surprised to see how good they looked.  One is a model shot of a lunar module 
(prototype) landing on a craggy lunar surface.  The other is a recreation of 
Millet's "Angelus" painting, showing a man and woman taking a break from 
toiling in the fields to bow their heads in reverence, set against a glowing 
sunset.  Nice looking stuff.

It reminded me that I've always been interested in 3D, though I never 
admitted it until I became aware of this group, and learned that there are 
active hobbyists in this field.  As I kid, I always had a huge collection of 
View-Master reels.  In fact, I was the only teen ager I knew who still had 
his View-Master.  I also used to buy holograms from Edmund Scientific, and to 
get 3D comic books, etc. whenever I could find them.  Since I was the only 
one I knew who had this interest in 3D, I just thought of it as some 
personality defect, and not a legitimate hobby.

Years later, when I found out that it was possible to take stereo pictures, 
and that there were evan cameras made for doing this, I was totally 
enthralled.  I immediately bought a splitter, and then a Realist.  Now that 
I've finally gotten a projector, I'm hoping to open some other eyes to the 
wonders of 3D.

-pd

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                                    Peter Davis
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