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2016-08-23 
Good morning
Posted by Fred 2016-08-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 A stareo-lens camera?
Posted by Skidmark 2016-08-23 01:58||   2016-08-23 01:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, a 'Stereo Camera'. Probably French made, based on the postcard's 'country of origin'.

Likely a Gaumont, Leullier or Jeanneret & Cie.

Those French manufacturers used the flip-up viewfinders for both their 'mono' and 'stereo' portable cameras. Usually the larger 'frame' was at the rear, though. That allowed the user to get the whole image background aligned and then center it with the smaller front sight as a reference point. Putting the larger frame at the front would be more difficult for stereo photos, in my opinion.

Tricky to use in either configuration. The advent of the optical viewfinder made it much easier.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-08-23 08:48||   2016-08-23 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Yup. Or it's early version of a stereoscope and she's looking at the 'wrong' end.

Posted by Pappy 2016-08-23 08:48||   2016-08-23 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Yep. The virtual reality craze of its time.
Posted by Shipman 2016-08-23 08:56||   2016-08-23 08:56|| Front Page Top

#5 There's a camera?
Posted by Bobby 2016-08-23 13:16||   2016-08-23 13:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Somebody was going to say it.
Posted by Bobby 2016-08-23 13:16||   2016-08-23 13:16|| Front Page Top

#7 First stickless selfie.
Posted by Besoeker 2016-08-23 14:08||   2016-08-23 14:08|| Front Page Top

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