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VINTAGE 1940s True-View Films10 TRUE VIEW ROLLS
VIEWER / STEREO VIEWS
*ROUGH SHAPE* Inlaid WOOD BOX - SEE PICTURES
10 REELS INCLUDE :
#330 Yellowstone -1-#331 Yellowstone -2-#332 Yellowstone -3-#602 Boulder Dam -2-#513 LOS ANGELES -1-#734 Will Rogers' Shrine#529 Santa Catalina Island -1-#529 Santa Catalina Island -2-
#317 Great Smoky Mountains -1-#1617 Vancouver -1-" The Tru-Vue Company of Rock Island, IL debuted their product at the 1933 Century of Progess World's Fair in Chicago, 6 years and a World's Fair earlier than the View-Master® debut. Although the 3D Stereo Filmstrip format was not brand new, (see Novelview, here at the 3Dstereo eMarket) their marketing and choice of titles made them a smashing success, bringing sepiatone 3D Stereo Filmstrips into the homes across America. The original views were initially made with a 5"x7" Stereo Graflex camera and mounted as black and white prints, then copied onto 35mm transparency film. Each filmstrip usually contains 14 stereo pairs. Some 17 years later, after competing for 11 years against the color 3D Stereo reels of View-Master®,
Tru-Vue tried their hand at color too, but was soon purchased by their competitor, View-Master, who needed the lucrative Disney licenses that Tru-Vue had obtained. For about a year, View-Master produced in Portland, Tru-Vue Filmstrips in both color and black & white film (mostly Disney subjects) and then discontinued the product after an 18 year run.
Tru-Vue 3D stereo cards and 2D cards were not made by the Tru-Vue Company, but were a View-Master bargain-priced product, utilizing the Tru-Vue name which they owned after purchasing Tru-Vue.Today, Tru-Vue 3D Stereo Filmstrips, are collected and viewed by a smaller, but extremely active group of collectors, who regard Tru-Vue's coverage of World's Fairs, Hollywood, Night Clubs, Fashion and Risque as unparalleled in the area of 3D Stereo ">>10- CELLULOID FILMs - See Pictures <<
Approximate Measurements:
- 7" Long
- 5" Wide
- 2 3/4" Tall
Antique Item is Pre-owned
THE TRUE-VUE WAS A PART OF A COLLECTORS ESTATE SALE. Shows signs of age, display and use.
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