To celebrate 5 years of Stereoscopy Day and 100 years of the Rolleidoscop stereoscopic camera, I would like to take you on a virtual stereoscopic 3-D tour of the legendary manufacturers Franke & Heidecke’s factory in Brunswick (Braunschweig), Germany, in 1938. Captured through the lenses of a Heidoscop and a Rolleidoscop, the fairly unique presentation set I’m sharing was photographed by Otto Schönstein and produced by his company Raumbild-Verlag for Franke & Heidecke, who later became known as Rollei.
The blog post in which the images are shared also includes context of the era of their production, which should not be overlooked, as the Raumbild-Verlag was a de facto photographic arm of the Propaganda Ministry of the Nazi Party, and any media produced was reviewed by this Ministry. Franke & Heidecke were also described as a model German National Socialist factory and business in another set of Raumbild-Verlag images. The images are shared for the unique insight into the workings of the factory and the stereoscopic cameras used, not for what they may have been representing through propaganda.
The virtual tour is very kindly being hosted by long-time supporters of Stereoscopy Day, 35mmc, a community-authored blog about photography and cameras, edited and published by Hamish Gill, alongside a small core team.
The full post can be found here.
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Loved that, thanks for taking the time to scan and prep the images and text! I love the Raumbild sets. If I ever win the lottery I’ll collect them (!) but have just a few.
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Yes, me too, I love the quality of the Raumbild images, but I was unsure how these would go down considering the history of the company. It was pure luck that I found this set a few years ago, and it wasn’t at the usual high price (the seller didn’t really know what it was).
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That’s great; deals like that are what make collecting fun! I bet those poor workers spent ages ensuring every room was 100% tidy and organised before the shots were taken. 🙂
I always think they’re ok to present if you wrap it with an explanation so it’s clear to anyone who doesn’t know you that you’re not promoting anything other than the images. Had this conversation once or twice recently and it frustrates me that some just think everything they personally disagree with should never be seen again. History should be learned from, not buried.
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