Tru-to-Life Stereo Viewer

United States, 1950s

The maroon Tru-to-Life “special 3 dimensional viewer” is the same design as the black Modelscope and Treasurscope (see below) and uses the same slide format. Like the Modelscope, its sole purpose (as indicated by the box graphics) was for viewing nude stereo images of women. We’ve found the Tru-to-Life viewer with both a white diffuser and a clear diffuser, as shown below. Also like the Modelscope, this viewer can be found with the “Marilyn Monroe” nude slide (see 4th picture below).

Side-by-Side Style Comparison

Here’s the Tru-to-Life (center) next to the very similar Treasurscope (left) and Modelscope (right) viewers.