unusual viewer

["Gregory Scott Terry" <gsterry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Over the weekend I was in a local antique store and saw a very unusual viewer
which I had never seen or heard of before.  Although it was not 3-d I thought I
would post a note to see if anyone else has heard of it.  It was called a
'Viz-Vue' and its style looked somewhat similar to the VM model A.  It was
round and made of metal but it only had one eye-piece similar to the VM.  The
film inside was interchangeable and shaped similar to the VM reels, but it was
basically a celluloid piece of film with about 12 images.  I couldn't find a
date anywhere but it had the original box.  The film inside the viewer was
labeled #4 with some title reference to 'Safety' I think, but the images were
of a topless female model.  The viewer was in excellent working condition
although age and time had taken it toll on some of the paint.  If anyone has
ever heard of this product could you please let me know any information about
it.  Was it popular?  Is it valuable?  Is it collectable?

Thanks for the info!
Greg Terry
school of Design
North Carolina State University

gsterry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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