Sawyer's View-Master
date: label: Date made
content: 1939
label: Associated Date
content: 1939
label: Associated Date
content: 1940
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The view master was first introduced at the New York World's Fair (1939-1940.) Made by Sawyer's Photo Services, the device showed stereoscopic three-dimensional pictures. Originally intended as an educational device for adults, the view master soon become a popular children's toy. This example is a commemorative item from the Fair.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Queens
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Queens
topic: label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: Subject
content: Expositions and Fairs
label: related event
content: New York World's Fair (1939)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
label: See more items in
content: Communications
label: See more items in
content: Photography
label: See more items in
content: 1939 exhibit
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Larry Zim World's Fair Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0438.1742
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0438.1742
label: accession number
content: 1989.0438
objectType: label: Object Name
content: viewer, View-Master
label: Object Name
content: view-master
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (part material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (part material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 9.525 cm