Re: An Odd Keystone Viewer

[P3D Mark Josephson <icebox@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 28 Jun 1997, P3D David DeJean wrote:

> stereo cards. And last week I bought an odd Keystone viewer. It's metal
> partly covered with a glued-on black leatherette fabric, and collapses into
> a neat little package about 3 by 5 by 1, with two round lenses stuck into
> the flat leatherette-covered side. The opposite side is a pull-out easel.
This is a Keystone Junior viewer.  These are from the early 30's.  The
views for the Keystone Jr. are roughly 2.5 x 4.75 inches (6.2 x 12.9
cm).  Most of the views made for the Jr. were of the 1933 Chicago
Worlds Fair, though I believe there are other subjects.   I've never 
seen any, though.  

> Any collector out there have any information on this? I can't find anything
> like it in the Waldsmith guide or my other resources.
Waldsmith doesn't discuss the Junior in any depth, but he does list the
Junior views in the listings for the 1933 Fair.  He values them about half
as much as regular views of the Fair, which seems about right, the juniors
are a lot more commmon.  I've only seen one of the regular 1933 views, but
the Juniors pop up in auctions on a regular basis.

I strongly suspect that Stereo World must have done some sort of story on
these at some point.
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