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Object name(s):
camerascope; cigarette card; optical toys; souvenir; toy
Brief description:
Camerascope black metal viewer patent no 173849, open nose piece, pair of magnifying lenses to look through, opposite slots to take a pair of cards, five pairs of cards, three in the series, Peeps into Many Lands, showing native business quarters Bombay, Mohammed Ali Mosque, Cairo and Jama Maslid, Delhi, one in the series Camera Studies Cockington village and one of the series Glorious Britain, the Clifton Suspension bridge, viewer folds up to fit in pocket, cards issued with Army club cigarettes, about 1925
Collection:
Norfolk Museums
Acquisition date:
1978
Acquisition method:
gift
Associated concept:
2.811
Associated concept:
domestic life
Associated concept:
toys
Associated concept:
creative, educational and activity toys
Associated concept:
2.837
Associated concept:
crafts and hobbies
Associated concept:
collecting
Associated concept:
2.95
Associated concept:
holidays and movements
Associated place:
India
Place status:
country
Associated place:
Bombay
Associated place:
Egypt
Associated place:
Mohammed Ali Mosque
Associated place:
India
Associated place:
Jama Maslid
Associated place:
England
Associated place:
Clifton Suspension Bridge
Current location:
Not on display - In store
Object name:
camerascope; cigarette card; optical toys; souvenir; toy
Object number:
NWHCM : 1978.52.7
Object production date:
1925
Date - earliest / single:
1925
Date - latest:
1925
Other number:
52.978.7
Other number type:
assigned number
Responsible department/section:
Strangers' Hall

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/36f30916-e73e-3d52-9590-2e62bf26fb1a

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/36f30916-e73e-3d52-9590-2e62bf26fb1a, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC

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