![Seth Washburn House, corner of Evergreen and Summer Streets, c. 1865](https://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/Local_History_Images/hou-98-0070-lhr.jpg)
In the Local History Room we have a number of stereoscopic photographs, known as stereographs or stereoviews. These prints feature two nearly identical images, side by side, typically mounted on a 3.5-by-7-inch card. When viewed through a stereoscope, they create the illusion of a single three-dimensional picture. They were popular among commercial and amateur photographers from the late 1850s to the 1920s.
The three stereoviews featured here belong to a series called “Views of Marshfield and vicinity” by M. Chandler of Marshfield.
![Main Street, looking south, c. 1865](https://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/Local_History_Images/pla-98-0001-lhr.jpg)
![Thomas Hill, looking north, c. 1865](https://www.kingstonpubliclibrary.org/newsite/wp-content/uploads/Local_History_Images/pla-98-0002-lhr.jpg)
Source: Images from the Local History Room Image Collection (IC7).