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View-Master’s Personal Stereo Camera System

View-Master’s Personal Stereo Camera System

Create your own View-Master reels!

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Rebecca Kilbreath
Sep 07, 2023
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View-Master certainly played a big part in the 3D craze of the 1950s. And, starting in the spring of 1952, View-Master introduced a 3D camera for personal use that would let shutterbugs take their own 3D pics that could then be turned into personal View-Master reels.

View-Master touted the news in its April 1952 newsletter:

The new View-Master Personal …

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