Stereoscopic viewer 'Le Taxiphote' and slides, railway interest

Stereoscopic viewer 'Le Taxiphote' and slides, railway interest

LE TAXIPHOTE STEREO-CLASSEUR, DISTRIBUTEUR AUTOMATIQUE / BREVETE S.G.D.G' made by Jules Richard, c.1920s, complete with a selection of glass stereo positive slides by Verascope Richard (Jules Richard,1848-1930), c. 1890-1900, subjects include the construction and railway sites, bridges and station in South America, especially Brazil, locations include Porto Maua (Bay Guanabara) and Raiz da Serra. Stereoscopic viewer size, 490 x 280 x 280mm, wood, metal and glass, with a plaque underneath the peepholes with the name of the stereoscopic viewer model and the licence S.G.D.G., another plaque in French explaining the mode of operation, glass stereo positive slides (163) size, 45 x 107 mm, handwritten title and number, typed publisher name.

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The stereo positive slides document the construction and offer views of South America Railway system, with particular focus on Brazil railway. The latter was built by Irineu Evangelista de Souza's company, Imperial Companhia de Navegação a Vapor - Estrada de Ferro Petrópolis. The original railway connected Port of Mauá, in the Bay of Guanabara, to Raiz da Serra. This railway was the first Brazilian railway and was inaugurated on 30 April 1854. Subsequently, the railway was expanded and opened to regular traffic in 1858. The railway connected in the first section of The Recife and São Francisco Railway Company, which had 31 km, Cinco Pontas and the vila do Cabo. This constituted the second railway in Brazil managed by an English company. The planned construction was only finished in 1862. In late 1889 there existed in Brazil 9.583 km of active railways, which served 14 of the 20 provinces.