Catalogue of stereopticons, dissolving view apparatus, magic lanterns : and list of over 3000 carefully selected views for the illustration of subjects of popular interest. (1867)

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McAllister, Optician, 49 Nassau St., New York. 29 Parson Carving the Pig—It bites his nose. Punch with his family on his nose. Robber and Traveler—Your money or your life. Row, boys, row—Man rowing a boat. Rum Punch—Punch Bowl and Mr. Punch. Sailor Riding a Pig—He is upset. Sailor Dancing. Silence—Little girl with moving eyes. Snip, the tailor—Sewing a coat. Smoke—Old Annt Chloe and her Pipe. Star spangled Banner—Sailor nailing the Flag to the mast. Stocks Down— A man with his feet in the stocks. Strong Beer—Boy sitting on a keg is blown up. Swell—A man whose clothes grow very large. Tailor and Cabbage—Head of cabbage changes to a tailor. Tight Boots—Boy pulling off a man's boot, falls on the floor. Topsy—Negro woman's head with moving eyes. Uncle Ned—A negro man dancing. Windy Day—Old Woman's Bonnet and Wig blown off. Woman exchanges her head for a cat's head. Young America—Child standing in his father's shoes and smoking a pipe. STEREOSCOPIC VIEWS 0 ? WORLD-RENOWNED PLACES OF INTEREST, TAKEN FROM NATURE, AND PREPARED FOR THE STSREOPTICOH. The following are Stereoscopic Views directly from nature, upon glass, transparent, expressly taken and prepared to produce a brilliant effect upon the screen, when magnified by an Oxy- Calcium or Oxy-Hydrogen Stereopticon, with Achromatic Lenses, such as Nos. 400, 401, 403, 411,413,415,417,419. The light of a Coal Oil Lamp is not sufficiently intense to produce a satisfactory picture. Of the great variety of Stereoscopic Pictures the following have been selected as among the most interesting and suitable ones, and constitute what has been moat appropriately called the " Stereopticon Exhibition." gggg FOREIGN VIEWS. 82.00 Each. ITALY. Rome—Panorama. St. Peter's Cathedral. High Altar. Tomb Pope Pius [Vil. Trajan's Column. The Forum. Arch of Constantine. " of Septimus Severus. Coliseum. Castle of St. Angelo. The Vatican. Temple of Vesta. Temple of Antonine and Faostin. Fountain of Monte Pincio. Naples—Panorama. Cloister of St. Martin. Royal Palace. Beds of Lava at Vesuvius. Ruins at Puzzuoli. Venice—Panorama. The Rialto. Bridge of Sighs. Ducal Palace. " Courtyard. " Giants' Stairway. Church of St. Mark. Florence—The Baptistery. The Campanile. Cloister of St. Mark. " of St. Maria Novella. Place de la Signoria. Tomb of Lorenzo de Medicls. Gardens of Pitti Palace. Statue Gallery. Milan—Model of the Cathedral. Arch of Peace. Pisa—Leaning Tower. Baptistery. Como—Panorama. Pompeii—Ruins of Temple of Venna. Poestuin—Ruins of Temple. Taormina—Ruins of Theatre. Etc., Etc., Etc. SWITZERLAND. Geneva. • Schaiihausen. Berne. Zurich. Lausanne. Lucerne. " Thorwaldsen's Lion. Constance. Mont Bianc.