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    Posted 2 days ago

    dgirardin
    (161 items)

    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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    1. keramikos, 2 days ago
      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.
    2. dgirardin dgirardin, 2 days ago
      So you can tell by writing in the middle of the viewmaster
    3. keramikos, 17 hours ago
      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
    4. dgirardin dgirardin, 9 hours ago
      I have added a better picture to help figure this out. Thank you for all your help

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