2- Vintage 3D Tru-Vue Stereoview India Bombay Delhi Ellora Reel Film ViewMaster

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2- Vintage 3D Tru-Vue Stereoview India Bombay Delhi Ellora Reel Film ViewMaster
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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.
The two black and white filmstrip reels each contains 14 different 3D stereo images for viewing within a Tru-Vue viewer stereoscope (not included). The reels are in their original red & silver boxes.  These two hard to find Tru-Vue reels of India 3D photos (#1518 & #1519) spotlight the cities of Bombay, Delhi, Agra, and the 34 Cave Temples of Elleroa. They feature stereoviews of Taj Mahal - with several of the strange architecture, the Gateway to India, the Bombay Museum,  Street merchants, the Malabar Hill Fortune tellers,  Elephanta Caves, Tomb of Humayun, Delhi's Parks, The Diwan-i-Am, several views of the Qutub Minar, the abandoned city of Fatehpur-Sikri, the Mirab in the great Mosque, the Jessamine Tower, the Aurangabad, and the great Buddha Hall of Worship.
Reels included:
#1518 India Part 1
#1519 India Part 2
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.
The original boxes...
have very slight shelf wear as to be expected for a little box this old. All flaps are present and there are no tears or crushes anywhere on the boxes.  The flaps feel very tight, as if they haven't been opened too many times. 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 and shipping will include insurance for full value.
Thanks for looking!
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About Tru-Vue from the UK Viewmaster website:
TRU-VUE Inc., Rock Island, Illinois USA manufactured the viewers and over 400 different 3D film reels. The company was founded in 1931 and after the 1933 "Century of Progress Exposition" in Chicago grew and flourished through the 1930's and 40's. The original viewers used 35mm filmstrips, generally containing 14 stereo views, which were pulled through the viewer using a lever (visible at the bottom of the left-hand photograph below). In 1949 Tru-Vue sold over a million reels of film!  The quality of the 3D presented is generally very good, although the films need to be handled carefully. Film-strips and viewers were made between 1933 and 1952. Ultimately the Tru-Vue company was acquired by Sawyers View-Master in 1952, who wanted the rights to Disney licences held by the company.
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