Spotlight on the Collections: Pye 1220 Stereogram
Tyler Jumps, Museum Maker Project Volunteer
My name is Tyler Jumps. I am part of the Documenting Northern Lincolnshire’s History Volunteer team. I am researching the Pye 1200 stereogram. It was popular in the 1960s. Look out for it in the 1960s living room display next time you visit the Museum!
I wanted to know when this model was produced. I asked the Pye History Trust to help me with this.
I am interested in how technology changed over the years, especially technology for listening to music. Pye was known for their stereograms, televisions and radios.
I have noticed that more and more people are listening to music on vinyl records this year.
I want to know what people were listening to in the 1950s and 1960s when this Pye 1220 Stereogram was being used. In the 1950s and 1960s there were lots of different types of music. There was rock and roll, gospel, rhythm and blues, country and western and pop. Nowadays I have noticed that people like to listen to country and K-pop. I personally like to listen to heavy metal. I think these genres will be popular for a long time.
I am interested in the fact, that even as new technologies have changed, vinyl records are still being used today to listen to music. Even new music is being released on vinyl records such as Sabrina Carpenter.
Although vinyl records are popular today, people generally use smaller record players than the stereogram on display to listen to them. Although stereograms could perhaps be changed, for example we can add a Bluetooth function, you won’t find them in many living rooms today.
Some stereograms, such as this one, can be used to listen to the radio as well.
Tyler Jumps volunteers as part of the Documenting Northern Lincolnshire’s History project at North Lincolnshire Museum. This is a National Lottery Heritage Fund project undertaken in partnerships with North East Lincolnshire Museums Tyler is also a member of the Museum Makers programme, which is a series of weekly sessions aimed at adults with additional needs. Tyler has been carrying out research on her favourite objects across the galleries and in the stores. Tyler is helping to make our collections more discoverable for audiences by carrying out documentation and interpretive work.
