looked thru one of theses?

[mtbdudex]

When’s the last time you’ve looked thru one of these?
From my parents home, took it apart, got it working.
Bonus points for anyone under 40 if they answer yes, and what it is, without cheating.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

When’s the last time you’ve looked thru one of these?
From my parents home, took it apart, got it working.
Bonus points for anyone under 40 if they answer yes, and what it is, without cheating.

I believe I did as a kid. If I well remember there was a disk that contained a series of photos (or small slides). The disk would rotate by the press of a bar or button to show one photo at a time. So one could buy several disks to look a photos of different places around a city or the world.

 

[Grey Beard]

I believe I did as a kid. If I well remember there was a disk that contained a series of photos (or small slides). The disk would rotate by the press of a bar or button to show one photo at a time. So one could buy several disks to look a photos of different places around a city or the world.

I am a little past your age cut off point, but weren't they "Viewmasters"
I guess that is a type of "Stereoscope" My Grandad had one, but his was
a sepia toned view.

KGB

 

[MacNut]

My guess is a kaleidoscope.

 

[AlaskaMoose]

My guess is a kaleidoscope.

My wife said the same thing

 

[stillcrazyman]

It is a slide viewer. Vintage 35mm single slot.

Viewmasters had the discs with images.

 

[katbel]

My older sibling had one of those, with disks. It was light green and slightly wider.
We couldn't touch it and then it disappeared

 

[someoldguy]

It's a Viewmaster . or something similar . Haven't seen one in decades . Sort of a stereo pseudo 3d slide viewer .We had one of those when I was a kid .
If I remember right , there were 2 types , one which had a round disk with the images to be viewed , and another type with a long rectangular card .
EDIT : On taking a second look , the slot for the slide seems pretty narrow , so maybe it's just a slide viewer like @stillcrazyman says .

 

[stillcrazyman]

Well, I’m well past 40. Quick search found this.



https://1stopretroshop.com/item-pages/movie-photography-gear/slide-viewer-built-in-light.htm

 

[DeltaMac]

Had a slide viewer just like that, probably went to a yard sale when I stopped taking slides about 50 years ago.
It does not give the viewer a stereo image, just used 2 eyes to make viewing slides easier.

NOT a Viewmaster (which used tiny slides on a rotating wheel, to give 3-D images, changing to a different set every time you slide the lever on one side.

And, definitely not a stereoscope (which has been incorrectly called a stereopticon), with a pair of (almost) identical pictures, side-by-side, mounted on a card that slide into frame that you looked through, adjusting the slide position for the best focus/3-D effect. A much older gadget than the other two, popular from the 1850s, actively produced and sold for the next hundred years.