Craftsmen’s Guild Tri-Scope Stereoscope
United States, 1950s
The Tri-Scope is a small, colorful plastic stereo viewer that came in plain and marbled colors. It was used in a few different 3D sets. The Tri-Story sets for children and an erotica set for adults are shown below. The Tri-Scope viewer was also used in the Dexterama 3D sets.
Tri-Story
We were fortunate to come across this complete Tri-Story set with an intact display box, marbled Tri-Scope viewer, 10 complete cartoon stereoview sets, several “training” stereoviews on clear plastic, extra viewer lenses, and a training manual.
Tri-Scope 3D Set
This Tri-Scope set has different packaging but comes with the same 10 sets of Tri-Stories and an instruction sheet.
Tri-Scope 3D Set - Smaller Size
The box for this set is smaller than the one above but has similar graphics.
Tri-Scope Midget (Erotica)
A rare find. This Tri-Scope set includes the famous “first nude” of Marilyn Monroe (as Norma Jean) that is typically only found in a plastic mount, packaged with the Modelscope viewer. In this set, Marilyn, along with other nude women, are mounted in Craftsmen’s Guild cardboard mounts.
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