The box loudly proclaims that this viewer is 'The happiest invention since a childs laughter' The sturdy plastic viewer has a smoothly-working mechanism. 1985: Box 48: View-Master box of stereoscope viewer and 56 reels. The viewer comes in its original box (which has some surface damage). Forgeries of Tru-Vue are also known, including the British True-View from the 1950s that copied the style of viewers, filmstrips, and film boxes, and a True-View viewer made in Hong Kong during the 1950s that copied the shape of a Tru-Vue viewer but accepted opaque cards instead of films. This Tru-Vue 3-D Viewer from the 1950s is designed to view rectangular 3-D cards of color picture stories. Competitors of Tru-Vue included the American company Novelview from the 1930s and the British manufacturer Sightseer from the 1950s. In some cases, a surrogate (substitute image) is available, often in the form of a digital image, a copy print, or microfilm. following steps to determine whether you need to fill out a call slip in the Prints and Photographs Reading Room to view the original item(s). The company is historically significant as a bridge between the stereoscopic cards of the 19th century and the View-Master reels of the mid-20th. Another Tru-Vue scenic adventure Other Title.
Both View-Master and Tru-Vue products were manufactured into the 1960s by Sawyer's. Tru-Vue moved at that time from Rock Island, Illinois, to Beaverton, Oregon, near where Sawyer's had built a new plant, and for a few years was a subsidiary company of Sawyer's. The company was purchased in 1951 by Sawyer's-the manufacturer of the View-Master-because Tru-Vue had an exclusive contract to make children's filmstrips based on Disney characters. The films were based on attractive scenery, children's stories, travel, night life, and current events. When held up to light the images appeared in 3D. The viewers were made of bakelite and available in multiple colors. The film strips, or film cards, were fed through a slide viewer similar to a View-Master, which was art deco or streamlined in style.
In-laid box in good shape, hinges are good, box is numbered 44 on inside cover, a couple wood insets were replaced, but overall a really nice complete item. Film boxes a little dusty/discolored, but each has its respective film. Bakelite viewer without cracks, lenses are pristine. Tru-Vue was a manufacturer of stereoscopic filmstrips and corresponding stereoscope viewers, based in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1932–1951 and in Beaverton, Oregon, from 1951 until the late 1960s. Vintage Tru-Vue black red space age Lighted stereoscope 3D viewer Requires 2 D-cell batteries however I could only get the light to come one when the battery contacts at an angle so you may need to bent the metal contact Includes 12 cards as. Vintage 1930-40's TRU-VUE Viewer (Rock Island, IL) with In-Laid Presentation Box and all 12 Original Films.
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