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Frances Glessner Lee's Loupe
FrancesGlessnerLee

Origin

Frances Glessner Lee

Type

Loupe

Effects

Allows user to see their surroundings in a 3rd person perspective and zoom in on minor details.

Downsides

None Identified

Activation

Looking through

Collected by

Rebecca St. Clair and Jack Secord

Section

Alcatraz-3563

Aisle

Ness-1252

Shelf

((TBA by Elsa))

Date of Collection

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[Source]


​Origin[]

Frances Glessner Lee is known as the "mother of forensic science". She was famous for bulding incredibly detailed and accruate minatiure dioramas, and for her deep interest in crime solving and investigation. In the 1940s and 50s, she created 18 dioramas, known as the "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death", that were representations of actual crimes used to teach people to look for details in actual murder cases. Each miniature was based on an actual crime scene, and Lee even visited autopsies to ensure the utmost accuracy of her creations. To this day, the dioramas are used to teach forensic seminars.

​Effects[]

When the loupe is looked through, the viewer will see their surroundings from a 3rd person prespective, and everything will take the appearance of a constructed minature diorama (people will look like dolls, blood wll look like paint, and so on). Users are able to zoom in wherever they want, in order to observe very minor details. As such, this artifact is extremely useful for identifying the cause of a crime more easily.

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