This old collectible card from 1926 was produced by a company called Major Drapkin & Co. We have previously featured a couple of optical illusion cards from the same company, The Rod Illusion a...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2014/10/find-the-sailors-cutlass/
Anyone who owns a camera can create their own optical illusions using forced perspective. In the photograph below, which looks to be from the 1940’s, a woman sitting on the beach holds two of...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2013/03/vintage-forced-perspective-photographs/
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was a common practice for cigarette companies to include cards with their products to help advertise their brand. Ogden’s Cigarettes, a branch ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2013/01/vintage-ambiguous-tunnels/
Looking at the man on the horse below, can you tell whether he is riding away from you or toward you? Does the dog walking along side of him give you any clues? What do you think? This illusi...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2012/11/ambiguous-horse-optical-illusion/
In honor of Halloween, an illusion involving something macabre seems appropriate today. The following illusion is a skull afterimage illusion. In order to get this illusion to work, stare at ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2012/10/vintageskull-afterimage-illusion/
This is an excellent example of the way in which our eyes deceive us. In the street view shown below, the line AB looks to be much longer than line CD. If you measure them, however, you will ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2012/10/length-of-lines-view-of-street/
A man, a woman and their dog are out for a Sunday drive in their small car. Do you notice anything else present in this picture? Perhaps something that appears somewhat sinister? This image w...
In 1754, William Hogarth produced the following engraving for a pamphlet about linear perspective. It features many deliberate perspective problems. How many can you find? Continue reading th...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2012/09/satire-on-false-pespective-by-william-hogarth/
In the late 19th century, Quaker Oats released a pamphlet with an optical illusion on the cover. The paper that the Quaker Man is holding below reads , “How many packages can you count?” ...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2012/08/vintage-quaker-oats-illusion/
A man’s face is hiding somewhere in this scene from an advertising puzzle card from 1880. Can you find it? The man’s face becomes easier to see when the image is rotated counterclockwise...
http://www.anopticalillusion.com/2012/06/vintage-hidden-face-illusion/