Stereo slides

Switzerland, unpublished, [before] 1966-1975. Large collection of colour stereo slides, in uniform trays and boxes, preserved in two leather suitcases. With the original stereo camera and a contemporary stereoscope with working light.

A very impressive total of circa 3050 stereo slides of an extremely precise and well-documented travelogue. Many show daily life, scenic views, etc. of a world gone by, and from before mass tourism. Mostly with short annotations and dated. All in very good condition. The photos were taken by the Swiss commercial traveller and amateur entomologist Pierre Pfanner (1901-1985). Includes a typed index list of the photos with more detailed descriptions (in French) of the images, as well as an overview of the itinerary, stating numbers of months and days spent in countries regions, and cities.