[sell-3d] Seton Rochwite items

[Sgraynred@xxxxxx]

 Hi, here is the first of probably 3 lists of Rochwite items. My 
desire is to sell, probably as a lot, so that the key works stay 
together. Offers will be considered. Some items will be copied for 
the NSA's Holmes Stereoscopic Research Library prior to if or when 
they sell.Listing of Seton Rochwite effects (partial)

Listing of Seton Rochwite effects (partial):

 This is a beginning list of the engineering / development items I 
have recently obtained from the Seton Rochwite estate. Yet to come 
are items such as: camera data studies leading up to the Realist (log 
like and dated), original Jules Richard Stereoview literature and 
letters from 1938 (what hooked Seton on 3-D), flash development, 
slide mounting, original detailed schemes and studies for the Realist 
ranging from distance between a persons eyes to the final parts lists 
which he designed, original pricing from the David White Co., 
personal camera box, 80-100 optics and prisms, fixtures and test / 
measuring equipment, Much more. 

1. Disclosures:
· Invention of a Film Winding Mechanism. Signed, Witnessed and 
Notarized - Oct. 29, 1951 (with notarized blueprint)
· Invention of a Camera Rangefinder. Signed, Witnessed and
Notarized -
 Oct. 29, 1951 (with notarized blueprint of hand sketches and 
descriptions)
· Device for Aligning and Mounting Films. Signed, Witnessed and 
Notarized - Oct. 6, 1949 (with notarized blueprint)
· Invention of a Stereoscopic Camera. (Onion skin copy of original
- 
unsigned - This disclosure describes the transport system as being 
unique in that it progresses 1-1-4-1-1-4 vs., the Realist at 2-2-2-2. 
Shutter, focus and lens mounting are also described and unique. (Kin-
Dar?)
· Invention of Certain Camera Details. Rangefinder, Focusing and 
others. Signed, Witnessed and Notarized - Oct. 29, 1951 (with 2 - 
notarized blueprints of hand sketches)
· Invention of a Shutter-Diaphragm Mechanism. Signed, Witnessed
and 
Notarized - Oct. 29, 1951 (with notarized blueprint)

2. Early Camera Studies:
· Sketches of  "Ideas for Stereo Movies" Dated - Sept. 21, 1944
and 
Signed Seton Rochwite
· Hand and Drafted Sketch on onionskin of exploded and numbered
views 
of what must be the Realist ??. Dated - Oct. 20, 1947 and Initialed 
S.I.R.
· Developmental sketches posing engineering / design opportunities 
for calibration and viewfinder options (on onionskin). Dated 12-28-43 
Not signed. 
· Detailed, drafted, sketch of camera concept (3 view) on
onionskin. 
Dated - about 1939. (looks like Rochwite's hand)
· Developmental sketches on back of  22" x 12" graph paper showing 
prism arrangements, advancement mechanisms, exposure platen spacing 
escapements and BEST OF ALL the question - "Should focusing knob be 
on left end?" Dated - 12-27-43 Paper is a little rough but all the 
detail is there.

3. Development of camera 8:
· Correspondence with the Kinder Co. re. Flash synchronizer 
development, lens arrangements, viewers (With the statement "I think 
we can build a better viewer than either the Eastman or Revere 
without any trouble"), plus additional photo, color and aberration 
discussion. Dated - July 16, 1954.
· Hand written Idea for a Box Stereo with Achromatic lenses f.11 
Dated - June 13, 1952.
· Blueprint of Objective Lens and Barrel The Kinder Co. Retraced
by 
S.I.R. April 6, 1954. (full manufacturing detail)
· German Blue Print for Pocket Stereo. Dated March 30, 1952.
· 12, or more ideas on one page of  12"x18" onion skin
(adjustments, 
frame counters, lenses, loading, shutter speed and cocking mechanism 
plus more. Dated and signed by Roscwite Sept. 17, 1957.
· Correspondence with Marquette University, two way, re. An 
Interferometer that Seton built for the school of Dentistry. This 
includes some of his study notes on light collimation and bandwidth. 
There is also a discussion of cost over run with no funding to cover!!

4. Folder on the Jules Richard Verascope "F40" French Camera:
· This includes a letter of  Description for the development of 
Stereo photography, a 24 page, hand typed, description of the 
Verascope function and a hand-typed packet of parts, costs and 
descriptions. This, along with, Photostat copies of camera and 
details. Primary dating - Dec. 12, 1945.

Steve




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