Item 2018.09.02.143 - Multi-Vue stereoscopic viewer kit

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Multi-Vue stereoscopic viewer kit

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2018.09.02.143

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  • [ca. 1950] (Manufacturing)
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    Tru-Vue Company

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1 piece of photographic viewing equipment : stereoscopic viewer ; 14 photographic images : 14 stereoscopic colour transparency cards

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This item is a promotional stereoscopic kit given out by Chevrolet General Motors photography to display interiors and exteriors of their new car line. Each image is titled with the car name. The 3D viewer is black and made from metal and plastic. The viewer comes with a built-in light that requires C batteries. Stereoscopic cards are placed through the slot in the bottom of the stereoscope, next the image would be viewed through the viewer. Lens can be adjusted by the metal knobs on the side to correct vision. A push-down button on the body of the viewer turns on a small internal light bulb which brightens the stereoscopic transparencies. This makes the image easier to see. Box of kit is made from cardboard and leather with snap buttons to open and close. Slots within the box divide and house viewer and stereographs.

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Collected by the late Dr. Martin J. Bass and Gail Silverman Bass and donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives by Gail Bass in 2018.

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