General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC WITH WHITE METAL HARDWARE/ CARDSTOCK BOX

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

11.5 cm

Width

7.5 cm

Height

8.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still images

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

SAWYER

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Oregon

City

Portland

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY 1950'S

Canada

PURCHASED AND USED IN CANADA

Function

USED TO VIEW SPECIALLY FORMATTED STILL IMAGES. THE IMAGES ARE MAGNIFIED AND APPEAR TO HAVE DEPTH.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF A WIDELY USED, MAINLY BY CHILDREN, PICTURE 'ENTERTAINMENT' DEVICE BEFORE THE ADVENT OF THE TELEVISION AND VIDEO AGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

VIEWER: MOLDED IN BACK: 'Sawyer's/ VIEW-MASTER/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. U.S. PAT. 2,189,265/ CAN. PAT. 406893 BRIT. PAT. 536492/ OTHER PAT. PEND. MADE IN U.S.A./ PORTLAND-ORE.'/ ON BOX LID: 'Sawyer's/ VIEW-MASTER/ MADE IN U.S.A./ STEREOSCOPE/ FOR VIEWING THREE-/ DIMENSION VIEW-MASTER/ KODACHROME PICTURES/ SAWYER'S Inc./ PORTLAND 7, OREGON'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

VIEWER: BLACK/ BOX: MAROON BASE; SILVER LID WITH MAROON & ORANGE PRINTING

Decoration

N/A