photograph viewing equipment

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Code

300162918

Scope note(s)

  • General term for photographic equipment specifically used for viewing.

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  • Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus

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Hierarchical terms

photograph viewing equipment

photograph viewing equipment

Equivalent terms

photograph viewing equipment

  • UF equipment, photograph viewing

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photograph viewing equipment

3 Archival description results for photograph viewing equipment

Revolving stereoscope viewer (A. Mattey)

Item is a wooden tabletop stereoscope with binocular viewer made with 50 built in glass stereographs of landscapes from Quebec and Montreal, factories and vernacular photography. Top of the stereoscope can open for additional light. Inside the object is a revolving metal belt (patented by Alexander Beckers) holding the stereographs that can be turned by the circular handles on the outside of the viewer.

Written on object: 76/Unis-France Stereoscopes Mattey-Paris/3.

View-Master

Item is a handheld view master manufactured by Sawyer's Inc and first introduced at the New York World Fair (1939-1940). Item is made of plastic and metal. Reel of 7 diametrical, 16 mm colour transparencies of famous landmarks in British Columbia, Canada. The lever on the side of the viewer will rotate the reel one frame at a time once pressed. Reels are interchangeable and come with a variety of themes.