Sources

The View-Master URL is compiled from a number of primary and secondary sources:

• Original View-Master Reel & Packet Lists
• Books
• Organizations
• Online Resources
• Auctioneers & Dealers
  • John & Dana Achziger
  • eBay
  • Tim McIntyre
  • Dalia Miller
  • John Saddy

Original View-Master Reel & Packet Lists

• August 1942 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• November 1944 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• June 1946 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• January 1947 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• February 1947 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• June 1949 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• March 1952 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• September 1953 (Sawyer's, Canada)
• March 1954 (Sawyer's, Canada)
• September 1954 (Sawyer's, "export")
• undated list circa S3 period (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• March 1955 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• October 1955 (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• August 1956 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• November 1956 (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• September 1957 (March 1957 in fine print) (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• September 1957 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• undated list circa S3-S4 period (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• undated list circa S3-S4 period (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• undated list circa S3-S4 period (View-Master England, Ltd./Boots Chemists)
• undated list circa S3-S4 period (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• March 1958 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• April 1958 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• Autumn 1958 (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• November 1958 (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• March 1959 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• undated list circa S5 period (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• August 1960 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• September 1961 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• March 1962 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• September 1962 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• April 1963 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• June 1964 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• January 1965 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• March 1965 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• October 1965 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• January 1966 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• January 1967 (Sawyer's, U.S.)
• undated list circa Sawyer's/GAF transition (View-Master England, Ltd.)
• undated pamphlet circa Sawyer's/GAF transition (GAF, printed in Belgium)
• October 1967 (Sawyer's/GAF)
• January 1968 (Sawyer's/GAF)
• April 1968 (GAF, U.S.)
• January 1969 (Sawyer's/GAF, U.S.)
• January 1969 (GAF, U.S.)
• April 1969 (GAF, U.S.)
• September 1969 (GAF, U.S.)
• February 1970 (GAF, U.S.)
• June 1970 (GAF, U.S.)
• undated list circa G3 period (GAF, U.S.)
• undated pamphlet circa 1971 (GAF, printed in Belgium)
• February 1971 (GAF, U.S.)
• October 1971 (GAF, U.S.)
• February 1972 (GAF, U.S.)
• July 1973 (GAF, U.S.)
• April 1975 (GAF, U.S.)
• April 1977 (GAF, U.S.)
• July 1978 (GAF, U.S.)
• November 1978 (GAF, U.S.)
• April 1979 (GAF, U.S.)
• September 1979 (GAF, U.S.)
• January 1980 (GAF, U.S.)

Books

Essential volumes for the serious collector.

View-Master Single Reels, Volume I
Roger Nazeley, ©1987
(send $25.00 to Reel Collector, 4921 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia PA 19124.)

View-Master Viewers, An Illustrated History
Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell
3-D Book Productions, ©1994 (ISBN 9071377253)
(includes six Belgium-made View-Master reels, CR402-1/-2/-3/-4/-5/-6)

View-Master Memories
Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell, with Charley Van Pelt
self-published, ©2000

Stereo Views: An Illustrated History and Price Guide
John Waldsmith
Wallace-Homestead Book Company, ©1991 (ISBN 0870695789)

Collectible View-Master: An Illustrated Reference and Value Guide
Brad & Julie Welsch
self-published, ©2000 (ISBN 0967719704)

Organizations

• National Stereoscopic Association
  P.O. Box 14801
  Columbus OH 43214
   
  publishes Stereo World magazine

• View-Master & Tru-View Collectors Association
  P.O. Box 24522
  Minneapolis MN 55424
   
  publishes ReView newsletter

Online Resources

• View-Master
  Fisher-Price's official Web site for View-Master, including custom sales information to contract for large-run reel production.

• View-Master E-mail Listserve
  Maintained by collector Mary Ann Sell via YahooGroups, a free e-mail list distribution service.

• 3-D Web
  A central hub on the Web for those interested in all aspects of three-dimensional stereoscopic imagery. Very slick.

• Don Adamson's 20th Century 3-D
  Just in time for the fin de siécle! Includes a large array of 3-D viewers, both View-Master & other formats.

• Berezin Stereo Photography Products
  In addition to other 3-D equipment and supplies, Steve Berezin markets a range of new View-Master reels and books illustrated with V-M reels.

• Van Beydler's Stereo 3-D Images
  A graphic-intensive site authored by a professional View-Master photographer (and collector).

• Eddie Bower's View-Master Resource
  Eddie's site is particularly notable for downloadable PDF versions of vintage View-Master camera and projector manuals.

• Craig Camera
  Offers View-Master single reels and packets; View-Master items may also be listed among their 3-D equipment and literature offerings.

• Diane Davison's A Different View of the World
  Detailed information about View-Master & Tru-Vue viewers; includes reel & packet lists.

• Michael Levine's The Australian View-Master & 3D Page
  A good site for hard to find information on Australian-issue View-Master plus two V-M clones, Photoscope and Sight Seer.

• New Vision Technology
  Bob Mannle offers custom View-Master reels in small production runs.

• Giorgio Natale's View-Master Pages
  An Italian site listing V-M viewers, projectors, cameras, & reels. Buonissimo!

• The View-Master Home Page
  Nonpareil View-Master collectors Mary Ann & Wolfgang Sell now have their own site on the Web with information drawn from their extensive collection. Must see 3-D!

• Reel 3-D Enterprises
  David Starkman & Susan Pinsky offer 3-D photography supplies, viewers, & books.

• Shojo's View-Master Information page
  Nice use of period View-Master graphics; includes lists of single reels & viewers.

• Brad Welsch's VMreels.com
  Brad offers a wide range of V-M reels, packets, & viewers, and has just published a 154-page book devoted to View-Master collecting which includes a pricing guide.

• World Wide Slides Online
  The authorized mail-order source for contemporary View-Master.

• Yahoo's directory entry for View-Master Web sites.

John & Dana Achziger

PMB #154
9116 E. Sprague
Spokane  WA  99206
USA
 
telephone: 509/924-9199 (call between 9am & 9pm Pacific time)
e-mail: johna@cet.com

John & Dana offer a wide variety of View-Master through their mail-order service, which is also available on the Web.

• Catalog #22 (February 1996)
• Catalog #23 (April 1996)
• Catalog #24 (May 1996)
• Catalog #25 (June 1996)
• Catalog #27 (October 1996)
• Catalog #28 (November 1996)
• Catalog #29 (January 1997)
• Catalog #30 (February/March 1997)
• Catalog #31 (April 1997)
• Catalog #32 (May 1997)
• Catalog #33 (June 1997)
• Catalog #34 (August 1997)
• Catalog #36 (November 1997)
• Catalog #37 (December 1997)
• Catalog #38 (January 1998)
• Catalog #39 (February 1998)
• Catalog #40 (March 1998)
• Catalog #41 (April 1998)
• Catalog #42 (May 1998)
• Catalog #43 (June 1998)
• Catalog #44 (July 1998)
• Catalog #45 & supplement (September 1998)
• Catalog #46 (October 1998)
• Catalog #47 (December 1998)
• Catalog #48 (January 1999)
• Catalog #49 (March 1999)
• Catalog #50 (May 1999)
• Catalog #51 (July 1999)
• Catalog #52 (September 1999)
• Catalog #53 (October 1999)
• "Quick List" (December 1999)
• "Quick List" (January/February 2000)
• "Quick List" (March 2000)
• Catalog #54 (May 2000)
• "Quick List" (June 2000)
• "Quick List" (July 2000)
• "Quick List" (September 2000)
• "Quick List" (October 2000)
• "Quick List" (November 2000)

eBay Online Auctions

The personal online auction community eBay maintains, among thousands of categories, one for View-Master which is notably active.

Tim McIntyre

P.O. Box 21112
Stratford, Ontario  N5A 7V4
CANADA
 
telephone: 519/273-5360
fax: 519/271-3793 (not home fax, but post office; indicate P.O. box number)

• Auction List (September 1995)

Dalia Miller

3Dstereo.com, Inc.
1930 Village Center Circle, #3
PMB 333
Las Vegas NV 89134
USA
 
telephone: 702/838-7015
fax: 702/838-7016
e-mail: ddd@3dstereo.com

Dalia publishes INSIDE 3-D, a quarterly magazine, and her mail-order service is an excellent source of View-Master rarities that simply cannot be found elsewhere.

John Saddy

Jefferson Stereoptics
50 Foxborough Grove
London, Ontario  N6K 4A8
CANADA
 
telephone: 519/641-4431
fax: 519/641-2899
e-mail: john.saddy.3d@sympatico.ca

John's auctions are highly recommended on all counts - price, selection, & service.

• Auction #92-5 (April 1992)
• Auction #92-6 (May 1992)
• Auction #92-7 (May 1992)
• Auction #VM-1 (July 1992)
• Auction #VM-2 (September 1992)
• Auction #VM-3 (September 1992)
• Auction #VM-4 (December 1992)
• Auction #93VM-1 (February 1993)
• Auction #93VM-2 (February 1993)
• Auction #93VM-3 (April 1993)
• Auction #93VM-4 (June 1993)
• Auction #93VM-5 (August 1993)
• Auction #93VM-6 (November 1993)
• Auction #94VM-1 (February 1994)
• Auction #94VM-2 (May 1994)
• Auction #94VM-3 (September 1994)
• Auction #95VM-3 (June 1995)
• Auction #95VM-4 (September 1995)
• Auction #95VM-5 (October 1995)
• Auction #95VM-6 (December 1995)
• Auction #96VM-1 (March 1996)
• Auction #96VM-2 (May 1996)
• Auction #96VM-3 (July 1996)
• Auction #96VM-4 (October 1996)
• Auction #97VM-1 (February 1997)
• Auction #97VM-3 (August 1997)
• Auction #98VM-1 (February 1998)
• Auction #98VM-2 (April 1998)
• Auction #98VM-3 (August 1998)
• Auction #98VM-4 (November 1998)
• Auction #99VM-1 (March 1999)
• Auction #99VM-2 (March/April 1999)
• Auction #99VM-3 (August 1999)
• Auction #99VM-4 (September 1999)
• Auction #99VM-5 (November 1999)
• Auction #00VM-1 (March 2000)
• Auction #00VM-2 (April 2000)
• Auction #00VM-3 (September 2000)
• Auction #00VM-4 (September 2000)
• Auction #00VM-5 (October 2000)
• Auction #00VM-6 (November 2000)
• Auction #01VM-1 (March 2001)
• Auction #01VM-2 (April 2001)
• Auction #01VM-3 (October 2001)
• Auction #01VM-4 (November 2001)
• Auction #02VM-1 (April 2002)
• Auction #02VM-2 (April 2002)
• Auction #02VM-3 (August 2002)
• Auction #02VM-4 (September 2002)
• Auction #02VM-5 (October 2002)