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We only have one 1860s Scottish image ar this time. We have more English images and we suspect that the syles would be similar, although we are less sure about prevalence. Here we have one side of a Scottish stereoview showing two boys, presumably brothers, wearing belted tunics scaling a wall with ivy. The boys are wearing Glengaries and long pants with their matching tunics. An old man sawing logs and their little sister is watching them. This would have been a staged scene, but it does tellus that in addition to the tunics we see in studio portraits that were dressy outfits, the tunic was akso worn as an everyday garment. We think the company is Sawyer, but we are not sure. The card is not dated, but we think it dates to the 1860s. These stereoscope cards appeared in the 1850s with the development of albumen prints, and were widespread by the 1860s. The albumen process is the same process used for CDVs and cabinet cards. People at the time were not flooded with images. Books and magazines existed, but images were very rare. All of a sudden with sterescope images of giraffs, elephants, African rivers, and Asian mountains could be availan;e in home libraries. All middle class homes had sterescopes in the prlor and in america even working-class families could have them, although the family collection of cards would be more limited.
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