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9999.00063


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Debusscope

OBJECT TYPE: Viewer
MANUFACTURER: Unidentified Maker (French)
NATIONALITY: French
PLACE MANUFACTURED: France, Paris
INTRODUCTION DATE: ca 1850
IMAGE SIZE: 3½ x 3½ in.
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: kaleidoscope

NOTES:
  Cardboard viewer with two polished metal mirrors 30 degrees apart. The
  Debusscope is placed on top of the 3½ square inch views. The views
  which resemble wall paper samples, are reflected in the two mirrors
  producing an image similar to hose viewed in kaleidoscopes. -TG 3/99.

MATERIAL VIEWED/PROJECTED: paper

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: 9999.00063

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Debusscope

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