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dgirardin
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Pick up this viewmaster does anybody know how to tell the model and what year it was made? I don't know how to tell if it's plastic or bake light
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Posted 2 days ago
dgirardin
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Pick up this viewmaster does anybody know how to tell the model and what year it was made? I don't know how to tell if it's plastic or bake light
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dgirardin, the answers might be in the embossed information on the body of the View Master, but I'm afraid that your sole picture of it isn't sufficiently well-focused for me to read.
So you can tell by writing in the middle of the viewmaster
dgirardin, I really can't read any of the writing on the body of the View-Master, except the "VIEW-MASTER embossed across the top.
The writing in the area I think you're talking about looks like it starts with "MADE," but I make no guarantees.
The embossed writing at the bottom looks like it might contain some trademark and/or patent information.
Here's the original patent for the View-Master:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2189285A/en
Here's a follow on patent:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2511334A/en
Here are some View-Master resources:
https://www.vmresource.com/
https://www.viewmaster.co.uk/htm/quickref.asp
https://viewmasterinfo.com/
As to whether your View-Master is Bakelite, here are some tests:
https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/ways-to-identify-bakelite-148495
I have added a better picture to help figure this out. Thank you for all your help