Stereoscopic Trainer
notes: label: Description
content: This type of stereoscopic trainer was based on research conducted by the National Defense Research Committee and the Eastman Kodak Company, and was designed for training antiaircraft gunners during World War II. This example was produced by the Rochester Ordnance District. The inscription reads “Stereoscopic Trainer - Mk. 6-1. Serial No. 538 ... Rochester N.Y.”
label: Description
content: Ref: “Stereoscopic Trainer,” <i>New York Times</i> (Nov. 14, 1943), p. E9.
label: Description
content: “Stereoscopic Trainer,” <i>Science News-Letter</i> 44 (Nov. 20, 1943): 326-327.
label: Description
content: “Stereoscopic Trainer Aids Army Gunners,” <i>Washington Post</i> (Jan. 24, 1944), p. 12.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rochester
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Naval Weapons Plant, Optical Shop
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.319193
label: accession number
content: 237036
label: catalog number
content: 319193
label: serial number
content: 538
objectType: label: Object Name
content: stereoscopic trainer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/2 in x 51 1/4 in x 16 in; 39.37 cm x 130.175 cm x 40.64 cm
label: Measurements
content: trainer: 45 in x 8 in; 114.3 cm x 20.32 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 15 in x 15 1/2 in x 51 in; 38.1 cm x 39.37 cm x 129.54 cm