2- Vintage 1940 San Diego California History Tru-Vue 3D Stereoview Photos Stereo

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2- Vintage 1940 San Diego California History Tru-Vue 3D Stereoview Photos Stereo Film Reel Strip
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I have collected 3D photo memorabilia for 30+ years and it's time that I let some of my prized collectibles go.
This is a rare complete set of two vintage Tru-Vue film strip reels of 3D pictures taken of San Diego, California in the 1940s with both film strips in matching red & silver boxes. Each film strip reel contains 14 different 3D stereo images for viewing within a Tru-Vue viewer stereoscope (not included). See this historic city as it once was in these wonderful 3D photos from 75+ years ago! Today these reels are very interesting historic stuff, and all in eye-popping 3D! Complete sets almost never show up leaving collectors to find each film strip one at a time.
Reels included:
521 San Diego #1
522 San Diego #2
Some of the views featured in this set are taken of Balboa Park, the Coronado Hotel, Torrey Pine Hills, La Jolla Park, the famous Spreckles Organ, the replica Indian village, rocks on La Jolla Beach, arriving at the San Diego airport in an old fashioned prop plane, from Broadway looking East, El Cortez Hotel, San Diego Senior High School, the San Diego Presidio, the Museum in Old Town, the San Felipe Passenger and Freight ship in port, the USS Utah in the harbor, US Marine Corps Dress Parade, US Marine Corps Administrative Building, US Grant Hotel, and much more...
Condition:
The film strip reels...
are all in excellent condition and all are in their original red and silver boxes with the original cardboard inserts! I have personally gone through each film strip reel with white gloves on and inspected every frame and every film cog. All are perfect guaranteed! I would suggest when viewing these rare films (and all other Tru-Vue films), to pull them slowly through the viewer rather than using the advance lever. This is how the cogs get torn.
Both boxes...
have slight shelf wear as to be expected and as can be seen in my photos, but all flaps are present and there are no writing, tears, or crushes anywhere on the boxes. Each reel is in its original cardboard sleeve. I have tried my best to photograph every aspect of the boxes and film strips. Please check my pictures out and if you have any questions, please email!  Packaging on these will be very secure! Thanks for looking!
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About San Diego:
San Diego is Spanish for 'Saint Didacus'; it is a city in the U.S. state of California on the coast of the Pacific Ocean and immediately adjacent to the United States–Mexico border. With an estimated population of 1,423,851 as of July 1, 2019, San Diego is the eighth most populous city in the United States and second most populous in California (after Los Angeles). The city is the county seat of San Diego County, the fifth most populous county in the United States, with 3,338,330 estimated residents as of 2019. The city is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deep-water harbor, extensive beaches and parks, long association with the United States Navy and Marine Corps, and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development center.
Historically home to the Kumeyaay people, San Diego is frequently referred to as the "Birthplace of California", as it was the first site visited and settled by Europeans on what is now the West Coast of the United States. Upon landing in San Diego Bay in 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo claimed the area for Spain, forming the basis for the settlement of Alta California 200 years later. The Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part of the newly declared Mexican Empire, which reformed as the First Mexican Republic two years later. California became part of the United States in 1848 following the Mexican–American War and was admitted to the union as a state in 1850.
San Diego's main economic engines are military and defense-related activities, tourism, international trade, research, and manufacturing. The city is the economic center of the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation, the second most populous transborder metropolitan area in the western hemisphere (after Detroit–Windsor), home to an estimated 4,922,723 people as of 2012. The primary border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, the San Ysidro Port of Entry, is the busiest international land border crossing in the world outside of Asia (fourth-busiest overall). The city's primary airport, San Diego International Airport, is the busiest single-runway airport in the world.
About the Tru Vue Company from 3DStereo:
The Tru-Vue Company of Rock Island, IL debuted their product at the 1933 Century of  Progess World's Fair in Chicago, 6 years and a World's Fair earlier than the View-Master® debut. Although the 3D Stereo Filmstrip format was not brand new, (see Novelview, here at the 3Dstereo eMarket) their marketing and choice of titles made them a smashing success, bringing sepiatone 3D Stereo Filmstrips into the homes across America.  The original views were initially made with a 5"x7" Stereo Graflex camera and mounted as black and white prints, then copied onto 35mm transparency film.  Each filmstrip usually contains 14 stereo pairs. Some 17 years later, after competing for 11 years against the color 3D Stereo reels of View-Master®,
Tru-Vue tried their hand at color too, but was soon purchased by their competitor, View-Master, who needed the lucrative Disney licenses that Tru-Vue had obtained.  For about a year, View-Master produced in Portland, Tru-Vue Filmstrips in both color and black & white film (mostly Disney subjects) and then discontinued the product after an 18 year run.
Tru-Vue 3D stereo cards and 2D cards were not made by the Tru-Vue Company, but were a View-Master bargain-priced product, utilizing the Tru-Vue name which they owned after purchasing Tru-Vue.Today, Tru-Vue 3D Stereo Filmstrips, are collected and viewed by a smaller, but extremely active group of collectors, who regard Tru-Vue's coverage of World's Fairs, Hollywood, Night Clubs, Fashion and Risque as unparalleled in the area of 3D Stereo.
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