Keystone Junior Stereo Viewer

United States, 1930s

Will the “real” Keystone Junior stereoscope please stand up? Here are two styles — one folding and one collapsible — and both can be considered Keystone “Juniors”. Both were manufactured around 1933 by the Keystone View Company in Meadville, Pennsylvania and were designed to hold the smaller 2 1/2” x 4 1/4” stereoviews Keystone began producing around 1933. The spring-loaded, foldable version is unmarked and is considered a special edition, usually found as part of Keystone’s 1933 World’s Fair boxed stereoview set photographed by Kaufmann-Fabry. We have the glossy maroon and mottled gray colors. The collapsible version of the Keystone Junior has a textured finish (we have red and green colors), the Keystone logo on front and the company name on the back of the cardholder — that is, if it has a solid cardholder as there’s a collapsible with an open-backed cardholder. The collapsible version is very similar to the viewer produced later by Advertising Displays, Inc. — pics of that one coming soon.