Sunday, January 10, 2010

WHAT A VIEW - MASTER

HISTORY'S TIDBIT - "What a view, master!", the genie exclaimed. One of my fondest memories of growing up in the fifties and sixties involved playing with the View-master stereoscopic photographic viewer. While the roots of the view-master date back to the 1939 New York World's Fair, the height of the view master craze stretched from the 1950's to the mid 1960's. The popular disks from that period ranged from eye popping scenics to animated Disney characters. The view-master is still being sold today although its popularity has been largely supplanted by the high tech toys that abound in today's market. Larry Elkins Elkinsphotos Fine Art Photography

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