AIREQUIPT  MULTIVIEWER FOR 35 MM STEREO SLIDES 

I STARTED OUT MAKING A STEREOVIEW HOLDER SIMILIAR TO THE ONES ON MY PEDESTALS. IT EVOLED INTO THREE ROTATING LAZY SUSAN LEVELS. MY OTHER COVID PROJECT IN TEXAS IN DECEMBER 2020

A PLANOX TRAY VIEWER THAT UTILIZES A MAGNETIC PICK UP. THIS ONE IS FOR 45 BY 107 GLASS VIEWS.

A KEYSTONE TELEBONOCULAR VIEWER IN TEXAS.

A WOOD AND FABRIC COVERED CARDBOARD VIEWER THAT FOLDS INTO A BOX. THE GLASS SLIDE IS A BABBITT VIEW OF BLONDIN CROSSING NIAGRA .

THIS IS A VERY SMALL MASHER'S STEREOSCOPE WITH PAPER PHOTOS RATHER THAN DAGUERRETYPES

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STEREOGRAPHISCOPE WITH A TINTYPE PHOTO FOR VIEWING THROUGH THE LARGE LENS.

ANOTHER PEDESTAL VIEWER I MADE USING LENSES FROM AN ANTIQUE HANDHELD VIEWER. I MADE A WIDER LENS BOARD TO ACCOMODATE GLASSES AND COVERED AN ALUMINUM HOOD WITH LEATHER.

MY CRAFTSMAN STYLE VIEWER WITH A WIDE HOOD TO ACCOMODATE MY GLASSES, MODELED AFTER A STICKLEY LAMP.

ANOTHER HAND HELD VIEWER USING A PARTS LENSBOARD AND HANDLE. I PUT A SHOE ON IT TO OFFSET THE HANDLE MORE TO THE SIDE

A SMITH, BECK AND BECK ENGLISH VIEWER. THE VIEWER CAN BE INVERTED AND STORED IN THE STAND SECTION.

A WHITING PENNY OPERATED MULTIVIEWER. DROP THE PENNY AND PULL THE TRIGGER TO CHANGE  TO THE NEXT OF FIFTEEN VIEWS. HOLDS FOUR OR FIVE SETS OF LITHO VIEWS. IT CAME WITH A BOX OF ABOUT 200 VIEWS THAT COULD BE CHANGED OUT.

A WOODEN VIEWER I MADE THAT FOLDS INTO A BOX. DESIGNED AFTER THE ABOVE TYPE VIEWER.


Texas Steam Punk Viewer. Fire Hose Nossel for the Pedestal and Cow Hide Hood.


BELOW ARE SOME STEREO VIEWERS I BOUGHT AT THE 2017 3D CON IN AUGUST IN IRVINE, CALIFORNIA.

FRANK AND HEIDEKE BONOCULAR VIEWER FOR 45 BY 107 GLASS PLATES.

HERE IS A MULTI VIEW STEREOSCOPE SIMILIAR TO MY BECKERS VIEWER WITH ONLY ONE SET OF LENSES. THIS MODEL HAS THE WIRES TO HOLD THE VIEW FROM FALLING OUT. I THREW TOGETHER A LIGHT STAND TO ILLUMINATE THE VIEWS.

AND ANOTHER 7 BY 13 TAXIPHOTE RECENTLY PURCHASED FOR TEXAS.

A MINATURE VIEWER FOR DISPLAY

UNKNOWN BREWSTER VIEWER. I LOVE THE SHAPE.

A BECKER'S SWEETHEART VIEWER. I HAD TO DO SOME MINOR MOUNTING ADJUSTMENTS ON THE ROTATING MECHANISM. I ALWAYS WANTED A DUAL VIEWING STEREOSCOPE.

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LORNETT VIEWER MADE WITH LENSES FROM A HANDHELD VIEWER.

THIS VIEWER IS FOR 7 BY 13 CM PLATES AND CAME WITH FIFTY VIEWS OF A BOAT TRIP WITH SEVERAL VIEWS OF MOVIE CAMERAS ON ADJACENT BOATS, AND FIFTY VIEWS OF A HUNTING TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS.

AN ICA BONOCULAR VIEWER FOR 45 BY 107 MM GLASS PLATES.

I ALWAYS WANTED A LAZY TONG TYPE VIEWER.  WHEN I BOUGHT THE VIEWER ON THE RIGHT IT CAME WITH A SECOND SET OF LAZY TONGS.  I UTILIZED A LENS BOARD FROM A PARTS VIEWER AND CUT OUT THE HANDLE AND SEPERATOR PIECE AND ASSEMBLED THE VIEWER ON THE LEFT. I REMOVED THE LENS HOOD IN EACH CASE BECAUSE THE HOOD CONFLICTS WITH MY GLASSES.

I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR STEREOVIEW CARD HOLDERS.  I RECENTLY BOUGHT THESE ON EBAY. FOR THESE PHOTOS I PLACED THE CARD HOLDERS ON A PEDESTAL I USE FOR ONE OF MY STEREOSCOPES WHICH HAS A  CARD HOLDER I MADE TO FIT THE PEDESTAL.

A VIEW SHOWING THE LED LIGHT SWITCH I BOUGHT AT HARBOR FREIGHT. I ALSO HAVE A LED WITH A DIMMER VERSION. THE LIGHT STAND HAS A METAL PLATE FOR THE MAGNETS ON THE SWITCH.

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THIS STEREOGRAPHISCOPE HAS A UNIQUE EMBRODIERED FRONT PANEL. IT HAD BEEN BOUGHT IN FRANCE IN THE 1970'S BY IRVING LERNER, A MOVIE DIRECTOR/EDITOR  WHO WAS THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. I HAD ENVIED IT ALL THESE YEARS AND IT WAS  RECENTLY GIVEN TO ME BY IRVING'S DAUGHTER.

A STEREO GRAPHOSCOPE FOR EITHER PHOTOS OR STEREOVIEWS. IT CURRENTLY HAS A LENTICULAR PHOTO I TOOK WITH A NIMSLO.


A LARGE MIRROR STEREOSCOPE FOR LARGE VIEWS . I MADE SOME 18 INCH WIDE BY 8 INCH HIGH VIEWS .

THIS "STEREOVIEWER" BY KEYSTONE WAS MADE FOR EYE TESTING BUT I ALWAYS WANTED THIS VIEWER FROM THE 50'S OR 60'S BECAUSE OF THE OPTICS AND BUILT IN LIGHTING.

I TOOK THE TELEBONOCULAS TO THE LEFT AND BUILT A WALNUT PEDESTAL AND PAINTED IT SOME CRAZY COLORS.

THESE VIEWERS WERE MADE BY THE FRENCH FIRM JULES RICHARD TO GO WITH THEIR GLASS PLATE STEREO CAMERAS . THIS MODEL IS FOR 45 BY 107 MM PLATES. SHOWN IS STAND WHICH HOLDS TWELVE SHELVES WHICH EACH HOLDS FOUR TRAYS FOR TWENTY-FIVE PLATES EACH.

I BOUGHT THIS KEYSTONE PEDESTAL TELEBINOCULAR BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT FIXTURE EVEN THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE PEDESTAL. I FOUND THIS BRASS FIRE HOSE NOZZEL AT THE SAME SWAP MEET. NOW I HAVE ANOTHER STEAM PUNK VIEWER.

THE ABOVE KODAK TRANSPOSING CONTACT PRINTERS MAKE GOOD PICTURE FRAMES FOR SOME OF MY FAVORITE STEREO RELATED STEROVIEWS, INCLUDING GANDI LOOKING THROUGH A TELEBONOCULAR VIEWER

TWO RECENT BREWSTER VIEWERS. TOP ONE HAS BOTH FOCUS AND INTEROCULAR KNOBS.

A SIMPLIFIED CRANK VERSION TAXIPHOTE NEXT TO A LEVER MODEL IN A PLEXIGLASS HOUSING I MADE TO SHOW THE INTRICATE BRASS GEARS.

This is a Mirror Stereoscope made for viewing sequential aerial photographs. A mid 20th century version of a Wheatstone stereoscope. I am showing a Mexican version of the teacup ride at Knott's Berry Farm taken with my W3 Fuji camera at a "Taste of Knott's". You could eat but not go on the rides due to Covid 19.

KEYSTONE ORTHOSCOPE 56. I LIKE THE LENSES AND LIGHT.

I BOUGHT THIS KEYSTONE ART DECO TELEBONOCULAR FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURE.

A MIRROR STEREOSCOPE ASSEMBLED FROM A KIT. I USE THIS A LOT WHEN LOOKING AT STEREOVIEWS ON MY COMPUTER.

EDUCA MADE BY UNIS - FRANCE. THE PLATE HAS TWO ROWS OF STAGGERED IMAGES . THE PLATE IS RAISED OR LOWERED AND THEN THE VIEWING LENSES ARE SHIFTED LEFT OR RIGHT AND THE NEXT ROW IS VIEWED. SHOWN WITH THE FORTY PLATES STORED IN THE BOTTOM SECTION.

A MULTI VIEWER WHERE THE GLASS PLATES DROP TO THE VIEWING POSITION THEN DROP DOWN TO THE LOWER SECTION AS THE LENSES ARE MOVED OUT.

THIS VIEWER IS FOR 6 BY 13 CM PLATES AND CAME WITH A LIGHT FIXTURE.


MY FIRST MULTIVIEWER WHICH HOUSES MY SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE LITHO STEREOVIEWS.

WHILE I WAS WAITING TO HAVE MY TINTYPE STEREO VIEW TAKEN THE WOMAN NEXT IN LINE HAD JUST BOUGHT A LEWIS PATTBERG TYPE VIEWER WHICH SHE LET ME BORROW FOR MY PICTURE. I LATER FOUND THIS PEDESTAL MOUNTED VERSION AT THE TRADE SHOW.

UNIS FRANCE BREWSTER TYPE VIEWER. GLASS PLATES, OR PAPER VIEWS WHEN MIRROR UNDER THE FLAP IS LIFTED UP TO REFLECT LIGHT ONTO THE VIEW.

ALTHOUGH I HAVE A NUMBER OF KEYSTONE STEREO CARD FILES,  I JUST BOUGHT THIS UNDERWOOD CABINET WITH TEN DRAWERS. I BELIEVE THE LOWER SECTION MAY HAVE BEEN FOR VIEWER RACKS. ANYBODY KNOW?  ABOVE IS AN ENLARGEMENT OF THE FOLDING VIEWER SITTING ON TOP OF THE CABINET.

ANOTHER FIRE HOSE NOZZEL WITH A BALL AND SOCKET ADJUSTABLE TOP. ONE OF MY COVID ISOLATION PROJECTS.

Eye training or testing. A great Lighted Viewer

I MADE THIS CARD HOLDER FOR THESE MEDICAL VIEWS FOR A GENTLEMAN IN MASSACHUSETS.

A KEYSTONE ART DECO TELEBONOCULAR VIEWER.


ICA BREWSTER TYPE VIEWER FOR GLASS PLATES.

A KEYSTONE EYE TRAINING UNIT. I LIKE THE LENSES AND NO HOOD TO WORRY ABOUT.

I LIKE THIS STEREOGRAPHOSCOPE AS IT HAS A BREWSTER TYPE HOUSING FOR VIEWING GLASS STEREOVIEWS AND THERE IS A LID FOR AFTER IT IS FOLDED UP INTO THE BOX

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I BOUGHT THIS VIEWER FOR THE UNIQUE BRASS RAILS FOR ADJUSTING THE FOCUS.