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Cable Car
Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Multiplex Moving Holograms; Schmidt, David
Date made: 1976
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
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MOH-1977.29
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: Multiplex Moving Holograms; Schmidt, David
Date made: 1976
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Rainbow-colored image of a cable car slowly moving among a group of people in San Francisco; when viewer stands to right of hologram, the trolley is shown facing the viewer; when the viewer moves to left, the trolley slowly turns so that by the time the viewer reaches the far left of hologram, its side is visible; as viewer moves to left, people are also shown walking closer to the foreground.
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1977.29