Stereoviewers and Stereopticons / 1904 Online Photo Library for Fun

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• University of Washington Stereocard Collection. A nice digital exhibition of about 170 items, based on their collection of mostly western views. There's a good overview of stereoviews and background of the collection is on the More Info page. (The compact description in the "More Info" is admirable and worthy of emulation.)
• Small Town America: Stereoscopic Views from the Robert Dennis Collection. (New York Public Library). A magnificent collection, donated by Robert N. Dennis in 1982 (some 12,000 stereoviews), focusing on small-town life in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Includes many important New York City views. Online collection rather than online exhibition. The site has a cumbersome interface with little textual description and description limited to the (archival) series-level, but it remains a truly magnificent collection, showing the architectural and urban development of New York City from ca. 1850-1910 (mainly 1865-1900). Graphics can be slow on a dial-up connection.
• Cliff house Project. The San Francisco Cliff House only lasted a few decades, but as this interesting hobbyist site shows, it was well-documented by stereoscopic photographers.
• The National Stereoscopic Association's Oliver Wendell Holmes Stereoscopic Research Library, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Describes holdings (includes many musuem pieces). Some of the equipment (viewers, etc.) are really neat. See also: Anthony Studio references
• Stereography, a useful introduction to contemporary stereography maintained by Pamela Minch. There are some nice pictures of viewers (not as good as Wing, below).