The pocket rotoscope

1904?

Not on view

The Rotary Photographic Co., Ltd., produced both a large and a small collapsible tin metal stereoscopic viewers under patent #442342. This is the small version. Both were designed to resemble a book when closed. This viewer contains eleven Rotoscope cards: five views from the Paignton Series, and six views from the Torquay Series, eleven cards in total. -- description by Mindell Dubansky in consultation with Lynn Heckman

"Works: West Drayton, Midd. Patent Rd. No. 442,342. With 12 real photographic stereograms. Views, statuary, celebrities, children, comic scenes, etc. Price 1-." -- Cover

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Object Information

Overview

Title: The pocket rotoscope
Date: 1904?
Geography: London, England
Dimensions: 1 stereoscopic viewer : printed tin box with black and white photographs ; Height: 2 13/16 × 1 3/4 in. (72 × 45 × 15 mm)
Credit Line: Gift of Lynn and Bruce Heckman
Object Number: N7433.3 .P63 1904
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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