- 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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