Strange Animal Stories
Orthoscope Set
1936 (made)
1936 (made)
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Ortho-scope and 3-D book, 'Stange Animal Stoires' by Helen Mckenna. Stroybook illustrated with 6 £-D pictures of animals in the wild. In addition there are silhouette illustrations in the text. The covers are printed in orange, black and white. The isnide front-cover has a pocket to hold the Ortho-Scope viewer, bearing the publisher's name, address and trademark as well as information advertising that additional orthoscopes are available for 5c each and that the eye-piece is made from lumanith. The viewer is a strip of black card with two round eyepieces of celluloid, one red and one blue. There is a cut-out spce for a nose. In silver, 'Ortho-scope: Truth in Pictures' is printed, as are instructions for folding it.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Strange Animal Stories (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed paper, card and plastic |
| Brief description | Orthoscope set, 3-D picture book with glasses, 'Strange Animal Stories' by Helen Mckenna, printed paper, card and plastic, published by Dickery Company, United States of America, 1936 |
| Physical description | Ortho-scope and 3-D book, 'Stange Animal Stoires' by Helen Mckenna. Stroybook illustrated with 6 £-D pictures of animals in the wild. In addition there are silhouette illustrations in the text. The covers are printed in orange, black and white. The isnide front-cover has a pocket to hold the Ortho-Scope viewer, bearing the publisher's name, address and trademark as well as information advertising that additional orthoscopes are available for 5c each and that the eye-piece is made from lumanith. The viewer is a strip of black card with two round eyepieces of celluloid, one red and one blue. There is a cut-out spce for a nose. In silver, 'Ortho-scope: Truth in Pictures' is printed, as are instructions for folding it. |
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| Accession number | MISC.639&A-1986 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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