View-Master Reels

Object/Artifact

Railway Village Museum

Contents of box including 12 viewing reels

Name/Title

View-Master Reels

Entry/Object ID

2020.1.37b

Description

A box of 12 viewing reels for a Sawyer's View-Master. Can be viewed by the View-Master in the Boothbay Railway Village collection (202.1.37a). Box also included several informational brochures and advertisement. Most notably, the ad for the light attachment that was sold separately for the later Sawyer's View-Master Model C. Viewing reels included: Old Covered Bridges of New England, Nazareth Galilee Israel, Vermont State North Section, Great Smoky Mountains N.P. II Tennessee & North Carolina, The Tombs of the Kings Thebes Egypt, Grand Canyon National Park Havasupailand Arizona, Grand Canyon National park South Rim-II Arizona, Island of Hawaii, Santa Fe New Mexico, Painted Desert Arizona, Oak Creek Canyon Arizona, and Oregon Caves Nat'l Monument II.

Use

Educational and Recreational

Context

Viewers using reels such as these were considered informational and entertainment for children and adults alike.

Acquisition

Accession

2020.1

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Sawyer's Inc

Date made

circa 1950 - circa 1955

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Viewer, Slide

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Toy, Educational

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Visual Communication Accessories

Nomenclature Class

Visual Communication T&E

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Viewing reels can be used by View-Master, item number 2020.1.37a