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In 1951, Sawyer's purchased Tru-Vue, the main competitor of View-Master. The takeover included Tru-Vue's licensing rights to Walt Disney Studios properties. [6] Sawyer's capitalized on the opportunity and produced numerous reels featuring Disney characters. In 1955, reels of the newly opened Disneyland were produced. [1] A View-Master Model E ...
Sawyer's, Inc. was an American manufacturer and retailer of slide projectors, scenic slides, View-Master reels and viewers, postcards, and related products, based in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1914 as a photo-finishing company, Sawyer's began producing and selling View-Masters in 1939, and that soon became its primary product.
The View-Master Personal Stereo Camera was a 35mm film camera designed to take 3D stereo photos for viewing in a View-Master. First released in 1952, the camera took 69 pairs of photos on a 36-exposure roll of 35mm film, taking one set while the film was unwound from the canister, and another set while it was rewound.
The company was purchased in 1951 by Sawyer's—the manufacturer of the View-Master—because Tru-Vue had an exclusive contract to make children's filmstrips based on Disney characters. [3] Tru-Vue moved at that time from Rock Island, Illinois, to Beaverton, Oregon, [ 4 ] near where Sawyer's had built a new plant, and for a few years was a ...
The various concerns who owned the View-Master franchise in the 1950s through the 1970s (Sawyer's and GAF), acknowledged using TCE to clean and de-grease parts and equipment, and disposed of the chemical on-site. [1] This disposal was legal at the time. IARC has classified TCE as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. [1]
Location of Sawyer County in Wisconsin. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. It is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of entries in the National Register of Historic Places that are located in Sawyer County, Wisconsin. The locations of National Register properties for which ...
The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation. The New York Historical Museum & Library has been at its present location since 1908. The granite building was designed by York & Sawyer in a classic Roman Eclectic style.
History: website, Museum is a memorial museum dedicated to the history of the Black Holocaust in America which explores the history of African-Americans in America from chattel slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow era, the civil rights movement, all the way to the current day. [3] [4] Americanism Center Museum: Waubeka: Ozaukee: Lake Michigan: History