View-Master
View-Master and Slide Set
1981 (manufactured)
1981 (manufactured)
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| Place of origin |
The View-Master was first developed in the United States by Sawyers Inc, a company that specialised in scenic photographs, and was launched at the New York World's Fair in 1938. This example is one of a special edition produced to commemorate the Royal Wedding in 1981 between Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Title | View-Master (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Injection-moulded plastic, card with embedded photographs |
| Brief description | Purple plastic View-Master and three reels made in Belgium by Gaf in 1981 |
| Physical description | Purple plastic viewer with two eye pieces and two corresponding rectangular plastic windows that allow the light in. There is a slot through the middle of the viewer into which a circular disc can be placed. There is a black plastic lever to one side which rotates the disc when pressed down. Three circular discs of card with fourteen small colour photographs on film set around the outer edges. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Mr Peter Button |
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| Summary | The View-Master was first developed in the United States by Sawyers Inc, a company that specialised in scenic photographs, and was launched at the New York World's Fair in 1938. This example is one of a special edition produced to commemorate the Royal Wedding in 1981 between Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.126:1 to 4-2014 |
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| Record created | April 29, 2015 |
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