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What the Butler Saw

Coin-operated Viewers were the product of three technological "miracles" of the 19th century. Images of people and their world were captured by machine for the first time (photography); they were given the illusion of depth (stereoscopy) and, finally, the illusion of movement (cinematography). Coin-freed motion picture devices and 3D viewers first appeared around the late 1880s, but Edison and Dickson's Kinetoscope (1892) enjoyed only a brief vogue on account of its fragile, volatile film stock. Herman Cassler's Mutoscope (1895) with its robust flick-book design was better suited to the rigours of public life and proved much more enduring. Early machines showed novel views from exotic, far-away places and were usually edifying or educational. Soon however, pandering to (though rarely fulfilling) more basic appetites, they caught the eye of the censors.

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A Live Peep-Show

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Added to Viewers by widget2k4 on 18/10/17

A Live Peep-Show



Drop a penny in the slot and the oil filled timer lights 2 bulbs for a set amount of time so you can view the live ants inside. It seems to be a bit of a prank from Mr Bryan to tease the punters into seeing a live peep show.



Bryans   1936
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Automatic Stereoscope

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Automatic Stereoscope



Metal cased clockwork stereoscope showing 12 different views.


Unknown maker   1920s
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Electric Picture Box

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Electric Picture Box



Not many of these floor-standing viewers survive, suggesting that not many were made. It was not a stereoscope, so perhaps it could not rival the success of the Peerless Pictures viewer.

 
 


Firman   1947
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Peerless Pictures

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Added to Viewers by bob on 03/11/18

Peerless Pictures



These robustly constructed floor-standing workhorse stereoscopic viewers provided long service in numerous arcades around the country.



Peerless Company   1950
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