The Magnet - Magic Spectacles Photographic Supplements

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/Magnet1466.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/Magnet1466.jpg" width="337" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/Magnet1461.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/BluebirdAl/Magnet1461.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>1936<br /><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;">MAG-020 Magic Spectacles - Photographic Supplement to The Magnet<br />The Magnet</span>6</strong></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Commencing with the 14 February 1936 issue of The  Magnet (front cover illustrated above) and for the next five issues, the publication gave away six sheets of photographs. They are printed in blue and red and are very 'fuzzy', that's because by looking at them with the 'Magic Spectacles' the images would appear in 3D. These sheets rarely become available these day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I've tried searching the internet for more information without much success but I presume that these were one of the earliest types of 3D imagery.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>(Sheet 1) 14-02-1936</em><br />???? (Football - looking at the illustration on the front cover this might be just one photograph - the other 5 sheets each contained two photographs)</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>(Sheet 6) 21-03-1936</em><br />Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion - F.A. Cup Final, 1935<br />Hawker Harts Squadron</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Non football sheets:</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>(Sheet 2) 21-02-1936</em>The famous All Blacks Rugby Team in Action<br />Great Sydney Harbour Bridge</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>(Sheet 3) 28-02-1936</em><br />Abyssinian Sharpshooters<br />Italian War Tanks Advancing</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>(Sheet 4) 21-03-1936</em><br />L.N.E.R. Silver Jubille Train<br />New York Central Streamlined Loco</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><em>(Sheet 5) 21-03-1936</em><br />New Cunard White Star Liner, “Queen Mary”<br />French liner, “Normandie”, entering New York Harbour</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span>

The Magnet - Magic Spectacles Photographic Supplements

1936 MAG-020 Magic Spectacles - Photographic Supplement to The Magnet The Magnet 6 Commencing with the 14 February 1936 issue of The  Magnet...

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