Jules Richard

Early career Richard's father Félix Richard was an instrument maker in Paris; his uncle was the electrical instrument maker Paul-Gustave Froment. the 'RF' monogram persisted as the company's symbol. From 1893 the company produced stereoscopic cameras. After 1891 the company was named Jules Richard. The Glyphoscope, a cheaper version of the Vérascope, followed, and between the two models Richard's company sold 120,000 cameras between 1894 and 1935. In 1899 Richard patented and introduced for sale the Taxiphote, a tabletop viewer for the glass stereo slides produced by the Vérascope.

An example of his Taxiphote camera is included in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. The George Eastman Museum holds over 1,100 of his cameras, camera prototypes and stereographic photos. The History of Science Museum, Oxford holds examples of Verascope and the Taxiphote. The National Museum of American History, Washington, holds an aneroid barometer manufactured by the Richard Freres.

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