Antique Sculptoscope Penny Arcade Stereoview Card
Early 1900s Whiting’s Miniature Museum stereoview card is double sided with two different views, these cards were used in The American Novelty Company’s Sculptoscope viewer penny arcade machine, viewers had to put a penny in the machine and pull the trigger to view each scene
Richard Ross Whiting and his brother Herbert started their stereoscopic career by selling stereoviews door to door in the late 1880’s. They moved to Cincinnati in 1900 and started the Whiting View Company in April. They offered a line of stereoviews from extra negatives taken while in the employ of the Keystone View Company. Competition caused the brothers to reorganize in 1913 and the new company was called The American Novelty Company. Their product offering changed to a rotary viewing machine called the Whiting Sculptoscope. This machine required a unique stereoview which used a lithographic process.
The Company ended business in 1943 or 1944 with the death of both brothers.
This card has a different stereoview picture on each side and is titled on each side:
Facing The Adversary
Overhanging Rock In The Crest Of Glacier Point, 3,250 Feet Above The Yosemite Valley, California
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