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How View-Master Came to Use Clay Figures in Kids’ Reels

How View-Master Came to Use Clay Figures in Kids’ Reels

And a look into Florence Thomas' work life as the first View-Master staff artist.

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Oct 11, 2024
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I’m on vacation this week but, as a special treat, I’m reprinting an article in full from View-Master’s Dealerscope newsletter, published by Sawyer’s Inc. in September 1948!

Content note: This reprinted article contains references to Little Black Sambo, a book series that was very popular from the early 1900s to the 1950s that featured racist depictions …

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