2 Vtg 1940 Los Angeles LA California Tru-Vue 3D Photos Stereoview View-Master

Description

Set of
2 Vintage 1940 Los Angeles LA Tru-Vue 3D Photos Stereo Film Strip View-Master
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I have been collecting 3D media for the last 30 years and finally decided it's time to part ways with some of my favorite
things.
This is a rare complete set of two vintage Tru-Vue film strip reels of 3D pictures taken of Los
Angeles in 1940 with both film strips in matching red & white boxes. Each film strip reel contains 14
different 3D stereo images for viewing within a Tru-Vue viewer stereoscope (not included). See this
historic Los Angeles as it once was in these wonderful 3D photos from 75+ years ago!   See
Lafayette Park, the Ambassador on Wilshire, the Original Brown Derby Cafe on Wilshire, Westlake
Park, Exposition Park, Memorial Coliseum - site of the 1932 Olympics, University of Southern
California, the Little Church of Flowers at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, the Wee Kirk 'O the Heather
at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, Echo Park, the Angelus Temple, Broadway, the
Biltmore Hotel, LA Library, the new Union Passenger Station (inside and out), the new General
Hospital, Post office, City Hall, Olvera Street, Avila Adobe - the oldest building in LA, Nuestra
Senora la Reina de Los Angeles - the oldest Church in LA built 1784, entrance to the new
Chinatown, St. Vincents De Paul, Civic Center, and many more....several with super cool 1930's era
cars in the foreground.  Today these reels are very interesting historic stuff! Complete sets almost
never show up leaving collectors to find each film strip one at a time.
This set contains:
513 Los Angeles #1 (Film dated on the back of reel: 1943)
514 Los Angeles #2 (Film dated on the back of reel: 1940)
Condition:
The film strip reels
are all in excellent condition and are both in their original red and white boxes
with the original cardboard inserts! I have personally gone through each film strip reel with white
gloves on and inspected every frame and every film cog. All are perfect guaranteed! I would
suggest when viewing these rare films (and all other Tru-Vue films), to pull them slowly through the
viewer rather than using the advance lever. This is how the brittle 80 year old cogs get torn.
All of the boxes
have slight shelf wear as to be expected and as can be seen in my photos, but
all flaps are present and there are no writing, tears, or crushes anywhere on the boxes. Each reel is
in its original cardboard sleeve. I have tried my best to photograph every aspect of the boxes and
film strips. Please check my pictures out and if you have any questions, please email!  Packaging
on these will be very secure!
Thanks for looking!
PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE 3D STEREO VIEWERS, VIEWS, and
CAMERAS
About Tru-Vue from the UK Viewmaster website:
TRU-VUE Inc., Rock Island, Illinois USA manufactured the viewers and over 400 different 3D film reels. The company was founded in 1931 and after the 1933 "Century of Progress Exposition" in Chicago grew and flourished through the 1930's and 40's. The original viewers used 35mm filmstrips, generally containing 14 stereo views, which were pulled through the viewer using a lever (visible at the bottom of the left-hand photograph below). In 1949 Tru-Vue sold over a million reels of film!.  The quality of the 3D presented is generally very good, although the films need to be handled carefully. Film-strips and viewers were made between 1933 and 1952. Ultimately the Tru-Vue company was acquired by Sawyers View-Master in 1952, who wanted the rights to Disney licences held by the company.
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