Tea's Weird Week: I'm Looking for View-Masters

I got an idea I’m working on, possibly somewhere at QWERTYFEST MKE or a QF related event– a View-Master Theater, where there are maybe 6 or 8 stereoscopes (View-Master is the popular brand name) that people can scope (sorry for the pun) out.

If you’re not familiar, View-Master is a little device, usually red plastic, that you put a reel disc in, then you look into it and advance through the photos with a lever. I used to enjoy them as a kid and they still make them. The first View-Master was marketed in 1939 and it grew in popularity throughout the decades that followed. Companies made reels based on everything from nature to travel to pop culture.

This idea was spun because I discovered some classic reels related to Milwaukee and Wisconsin, there’s one that shows some famous spots around the state and another that looks like it’s maybe from the 70s with slides from the Milwaukee County Zoo, and another for the Domes (and there’s probably others out there, too). I guess what I’m saying is that I’m low key collecting View-Masters and reels.

I’m especially interested in:
-Anything related to Wisconsin.
-Sci fi/ horror/ fantasy/ super heroes
-1940s-1980s travel/ spotlights on cities or countries
-Music/ bands
-Anything weird, of course
-Not looking for: Disney (they made TONS of reels) or pop culture post-80s

If you got ones you’re willing to part with or sell on the cheap, I’m interested. The’ll go to a good home and I intend to share them with others. E-mail me: teakrulos@gmail.com

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