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Monocular Viewers

Cameras

Accessories

Instructions, Brochures, etc.

Monocular Viewers

Monocular viewers are used to look at 35 mm slides or filmstrips. Only one eye is used, so there is no 3-D effect.

A viewer made by Chromat-O-Scope Co., Los Angeles, CA, USA. The box has a patent date of 1945 on it. It's made of reddish-brown swirled plastic, and has a blue and gold decal on the top saying "Imperial Chromat-O-Scope." It can be focused by turning the eyepiece. Although it is a monocular viewer, the box proclaims it will give a "3 Dimension Effect." Right...

Another Chromat-O-Scope viewer, probably a later model than the one above. This one's also made of brown swirled plastic, but the design is a little different and the "Imperial Chromat-O-Scope" logo is molded into the plastic. The box for this viewer is identical to the one above.

This Chromat-O-Scope viewer is called the Ultra-Vue. The round body is made of dark brown swirled plastic. The black eyepiece can be moved for focusing.

This is a Mini-Master viewer, made by Craftsmen's Guild, Hollywood, CA, USA. Maroon plastic, non-focusing.

This strange Zadiix brand viewer is made to resemble a camera. The decal on the top says "ROYAL DE-LUXE." It's made of dark brown and black bakelite pieces, and is constructed well. The large eyepiece turns for focusing. It has a built-in light; this example is probably missing the button (located on the top where a camera's shutter button might be). Made by J & M Products Co., Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Cameras

A Realist stereoscopic camera from the 1950s made by the David White Co., Milwaukee, WI, USA. The camera has two lenses for taking simultaneous photographs (pairs). It uses 35 mm film. A black bakelite cover flips down over the lenses. Features: frame counter, range finder, shutter speed adjustment (down to 1/150 s), f-stops from 3.5 to 22, and manual cocking of the shutter (the lever underneath the lenses). The central lens is for the viewfinder.

Accessories

A Radex "Stereo Parallel" (Radex Stereo Co., Los Angeles, CA, USA). The unit is mounted on a tripod, then a camera is mounted to the unit. It allows you to take a stereoscopic pair of pictures with a regular camera. One picture is taken, the camera is shifted, then another picture is taken. It comes in a green box similar to the one for the slide holders below.

A box of slide holders from the Radex Stereo Co., Los Angeles, CA, USA. A stereo pair of 35 mm slides is placed in the metal holder, then inserted in the viewer.

Instructions, Brochures, etc.

Here are the instructions for the Radex Stereo Parallel (shown above).