Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2007.22.010A—C
Accession#:
2007.22
Credit Line:
Transferred from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
Object Name:
Stereoscope
Year Range from:
1950
Year Range to:
1996
Description:
Stereoscope/Height Finder
A: Stereoscope
The top is a green metal rectangle with two glass lenses that one looks through. The rectangle pulls apart reveiling a small ruler that reads from 70 to 50mm. On the top of the rectangle it says: Air Photo Supply, Model PS—2 (On left), J.T. Kline (on right). On the front left 'Kline' is written. On the bottom of the ruler is 'Kline'. On the base of the left section is 'Made in Japan, for Air Photo Supply, Yonkers NY 10705. The green metal rectangle is supported by two hollow rectangular metal legs. Each leg has a piece of masking tape at the bottom. They are mobile.
B: Frame
Short 'u' shaped piece of black plastic. Two clear plastic legs protrude from the inside of the frame. It has a silver metal wheel on inside of the 'u' that moves the leg closest to it. On one side it says: Height finder, Model HF—2. At the base it says: Abrams Instrument Corp., Lansing Michigan U.S.A., .01mm. On the bottom it says: B—7256.
C: Case
Brown leather case. White stitching and black snap on front.
Used to measure objects and terrain features. Used in conjunction with a stereoscope to measure heights of objects and terrain features from stereographic pairs of aerial photographs.
A: Stereoscope
The top is a green metal rectangle with two glass lenses that one looks through. The rectangle pulls apart reveiling a small ruler that reads from 70 to 50mm. On the top of the rectangle it says: Air Photo Supply, Model PS—2 (On left), J.T. Kline (on right). On the front left 'Kline' is written. On the bottom of the ruler is 'Kline'. On the base of the left section is 'Made in Japan, for Air Photo Supply, Yonkers NY 10705. The green metal rectangle is supported by two hollow rectangular metal legs. Each leg has a piece of masking tape at the bottom. They are mobile.
B: Frame
Short 'u' shaped piece of black plastic. Two clear plastic legs protrude from the inside of the frame. It has a silver metal wheel on inside of the 'u' that moves the leg closest to it. On one side it says: Height finder, Model HF—2. At the base it says: Abrams Instrument Corp., Lansing Michigan U.S.A., .01mm. On the bottom it says: B—7256.
C: Case
Brown leather case. White stitching and black snap on front.
Used to measure objects and terrain features. Used in conjunction with a stereoscope to measure heights of objects and terrain features from stereographic pairs of aerial photographs.
Notes:
The J.T. Kline, may be Jeffery T. Kline, who died in January 1997. See the document file for additional information.
People:
Kline, J.T.
Search Terms:
JMIC
Mining
T&E
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Mining
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2007.22.010A
2007.22.010B
2007.22.010C
2007.22.010A
2007.22.010B
2007.22.010C