Stereo-foto: Daimler-Benz Factory

20 color stereoviews | 1950s Germany

This Stereo-foto stereoscope gives a 3D visual tour of the inside of a Daimler-Benz factory! The color film has aged to an overall magenta hue, although some of reds and blues of the car paint colors still show through.

1955 Daimler-Benz Catalog Sheet for the Stereo-foto Stereoscope

We’re so grateful to Mr. C. Duvall for reaching out to us with additional info on the Daimler-Benz Stereo-foto viewer and granting his permission to post this excerpt from one of his dealership catalogs. So much of this history gets lost over the decades so it’s nice to find artifacts that help connect the dots.

This document helps us understand at least one way these viewers were marketed and sold. It also shows that the films could be purchased separately, although it wasn’t recommended. The film in our viewer is not either of the films listed in this advertisement so we know that additional films were created.

Images from Daimler-Benz Factory 3D viewer:


Stereo-foto / Pendoplast Index

Stereo-foto Weizsäcker, Stuttgart Stereo Viewers:

  1. Daimler Benz | 20 color images

  2. Daimler Benz Sindelfingen Model | 12 color images

  3. Fabric Factory | 48 b&w images

  4. F.A.G. | 40 color images | Branded

  5. Hahn Motorfahrzeuge | 12 color images | Branded

  6. Heidelberg | 40 b&w images | Branded

  7. Le Progrès Industriel | 35 b&w images

  8. NSU Motorcycles | 32 color images

  9. Olympia Typewriters | 12 color images

  10. Perfume Factory | 20 color images

  11. Sampler Demo | 7 color images

  12. Voigtländer Camera | 40 b&w images

  13. Volkswagen | 21 b&w images

Pendoplast Stereo Viewers:

  1. Elektronmetall Cannstatt | 30 b&w images | Branded

  2. Hermann Wiederhold Paint | 30 b&w images

  3. Karl Händle & Söhne | 65 b&w images

  4. Krausswerke | 28 b&w images

  5. Quieta Werke | 30 b&w images

  6. Rotaprint | 32 b&w images

  7. Südkabel Mannheim | 48 b&w images

  8. Factory 1 (feat. Braun A.G.) | 20 b&w images

  9. Factory 2 (feat. Gessner) | 20 b&w images

  10. Factory 3 (feat. Bluthart / drills) | 15 b&w images

  11. Factory 4 (feat. Singer, Union Special, Pfaff) | 24 b&w images