Manufacturer/Distributor: Acme.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1935.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Acme Viewer” is a small viewer that allows you to view film strips. It was patented in the USA in 1935. The patent number is 1,999,133.
Manufacturer/Distributor: B. Shackman & Co., 86 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York.
Country of Origin: Hong Kong.
Age/Date: 1980.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Acrobatic Dancer” is a reprint of The Edison Phonograph Co. flip book of a acrobatic dancer.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Hobby Craft Company, Chicago, Illinois.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: abt. 1950’s.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Buccaneer Telescope 16 X” is an introductory telescope made for kids.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Federal Manufacturing & Engineering Corporation, Brooklyn, New York.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good.
Description: “Federal Jecta-Scope” is an opaque projector.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: Czechoslovakia.
Age/Date: abt early 1920’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Film-O-Scope” is a film viewer that views film frames as pictures. The frames in this set are of famous actors from the 1910’s to 1920’s. The tin, called Movielets, contains 15 movie frames.
Manufacturer/Distributor:
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: abt. 1920’s.
Condition: Good – unknown if it works.
Description: “Keystone Radioptican” is an opaque projector.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Handy Manufacturing Company, Inc., 80 Webster Street, Worcester 3, Massachusetts.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: abt. late 1940’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Magna-Vue Projector” is an opaque projector.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Mirror Glasses” is a pair of ordinary looking glasses, but 1/2 of each lens on the inside is mirrored so you can see behind you.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. 1930’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Mirror Specs” is a pair of glasses with prisms that allow you to lay down and watch TV. The ad that is with it states these specs are accepted by the American Medical Association for use by the bedridden.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Novelview, Inc., New York, New York.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: abt. 1930’s.
Condition: Fair – lenses missing.
Description: “Novelview” is a small film viewer that shows pictures in 3-D.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. late 1800’s or early 1900’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Binoculars Charm” is a tiny charm in the shape of binoculars with brass fittings. The stanhope viewer shows a picture of Mer De Glace Montanvert in the French Alps. This item is made of carved bone or ivory and was probably made in France.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Fair – pieces broken.
Description: “Opera Glass Wonder Tool” is a Celluloid optical wonder tool that has many uses.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt 1920’s.
Condition: Fair – one viewing ring and lens missing.
Description: “Opera Glass Wonder Tool” is a celluloid optical device that has a multitude of uses including: binoculars, mirror, compass, and much more.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Navir, Milano, Italy.
Country of Origin: Italy.
Age/Date: 1983.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Polaris Optic Wonder” is an optical multi-tool that has the following features: compass, magnifying glass, linen counter/magnifier, binoculars, signal mirror, monocular, stereoscopy.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. late 1800’s or early 1900’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Monocular Viewer” is a tiny monocular with a stanhope viewer showing a series of pictures from Milan. This item is made of carved bone or ivory and was probably made in Italy.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. early 1900’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Pin” is a rhinestone pin with a stanhope viewer showing a picture of a nude man and woman embracing.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in the Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. early 1900’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Pin” is a pin with a stanhope viewer showing a picture of a nude woman reading a book.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in the Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. early 1900’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Pin” is a pin with a stanhope viewer showing a picture of a nude woman laying on a sofa on her stomach.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Discovery Toys, Inc., Martinez, California.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1993.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Scout Scope” is an optical toy with a multitude of uses including binoculars, compass, and much more.
English sign for Sebackroscope. (Drawer)
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in the Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: unknown.
Condition: Good – some scrapes.
Description: “Seebackroscope” is a device that allows you to see things on the side of you without turning your head.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. 1920’s.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Seebackroscope” is a small box with three lenses in it. You can look in one of the lenses and see images on the side of you.
Manufacturer/Distributor:Accutrements.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1996.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “Lookbackroscope” is a small device with two lenses in it and a mirror. With this device you can see what is happening on your side.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. 1930’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Solar Telescope” is a leather look and brass telescope that was made to specifically look at the sun. It has a detachable eye piece that allows viewing of sun.etc. This item is likely from the early 1900’s.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: Early 20th Century.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Cane Handle” is a cane handle made from a mountain goat horn, probably from France, with a stanhope viewer in the curl of the horn. The picture inside the viewer is of Mer De Glace Montanvert in the French Alps.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Sold in the Johnson Smith & Company catalog.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. 1920’s.
Condition: Very good.
Description: “Stanhope Ring” is a ring with a tiny viewer in it showing a picture of the Gateway To The Garden Of The Gods.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Unknown.
Country of Origin: unknown.
Age/Date: abt. 1950’s.
Condition: Excellent.
Description: “T. V. Spectacles” is a pair of glasses that have prisms that allow you to lay down and watch TV.
Manufacturer/Distributor: Tru=Vue Enterprises, Inc., 312 1/2 Nebraska Street, Souix City, Iowa.
Country of Origin: USA.
Age/Date: 1962.
Condition: Very good – box has wear damage.
Description: “Tele=Vue” is a “Prone Position T. V. Viewer.” Trade mark #0738580, Patent #3019689. This item was patented and distributed by the Tele-Vue Enterprises, Inc. and later manufactures by Tele-Vue Mfg. Co., Hayward, Wisconsin 54843.
Manufacturer/Distributor: J & L Randall Ltd., Potters Bar.
Country of Origin: England.
Age/Date: abt. 1950’s.
Condition: Very good – box shows wear damage.
Description: “Telespecs” is a pair of glasses that are binoculars.
