Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway lemons and quite extraordinary

and quite extraordinary

giving a sense that it itself was zapped more than a few times

with sculptural forms evocative of towers and rockets and all sorts of things

Minor fold lines here and there and general light wear

Rare C. 1880s Stereoview of Hartford State Capital Main Stairway lemons and quite extraordinaryAnother antique stereoview that I like for the geometries and almost Escher esque sense of infinite continuum, existent with the CT State Capital staircase to begin with but much amplified by the double image. At the time the image was taken, the state capital designed by prominent architect Richard M. Upjohn in a high Victorian gothic style had just recently been completed (1879), so this was an early framing of what has since become an iconic