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:
Daimler Benz | 20 color images
Daimler Benz Sindelfingen Model | 12 color images
Fabric Factory | 48 b&w images
F.A.G. | 40 color images | Branded
Hahn Motorfahrzeuge | 12 color images | Branded
Heidelberg | 40 b&w images | Branded
Le Progrès Industriel | 35 b&w images
NSU Motorcycles | 32 color images
Olympia Typewriters | 12 color images
Perfume Factory | 20 color images
Sampler Demo | 7 color images
Voigtländer Camera | 40 b&w images
Volkswagen | 21 b&w images
Pendoplast Stereo Viewers:
Elektronmetall Cannstatt | 30 b&w images | Branded
Hermann Wiederhold Paint | 30 b&w images
Karl Händle & Söhne | 65 b&w images
Krausswerke | 28 b&w images
Quieta Werke | 30 b&w images
Rotaprint | 32 b&w images
Südkabel Mannheim | 48 b&w images
Factory 1 (feat. Braun A.G.) | 20 b&w images
Factory 2 (feat. Gessner) | 20 b&w images
Factory 3 (feat. Bluthart / drills) | 15 b&w images
Factory 4 (feat. Singer, Union Special, Pfaff) | 24 b&w images