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Whiting, Richard R.
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- Richard R. Whiting
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[between ca. 1900 and 19--]
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Richard R. Whiting and his brother William A. Whiting began their careers as salesmen for Keystone Viewing Company until leaving their positions to start their own company in the early turn of the twentieth century. Whiting purchased a number of patents for compact portable stereoscopes with built in storage. The brothers began publishing stereo views until reorganizing the company in 1913 under the name American Novelty Company. With a new company title came a new focus- manufacturing coin operated machines. This included designs like the Sculptoscope that sold in quantity until World War II.
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Wing, Paul (1996) Stereoscopes: The First One Hundred Years. Nashua, New Hampshire: Transition Publishing.