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Cable Car

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Schmidt, David
Date made: 1976
Materials: 360° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 50 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Three sheets of film adhered together with clear tape to form one continuous image (each sheet is a 120-degree hologram); film is placed in a special rotating structure. As structure rotates, viewer sees a San Francisco trolley car / cable car pulling into a turnaround; a crowd of people stand around the area, waiting for the car to turn around; several people walk through the scene, closer to the foreground; creator's signature is written at the bottom middle portion of the film; rainbow-colored image.


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MOH-1977.49