Pocket Rotoscope
Region: United Kingdom Period: 1890–1930 Tag: N. P. G.
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The Pocket Rotoscope is a metal miniature stereoscope designed for the 3 x 7 cm paper stereoviews. The viewer was produced by the Rotary Photographic Company in London, a subsidiary company of the German N.P.G. The company sold their stereoviews in sets of 12, packaged in small cardboard boxes. A larger model was also distributed under the name Rotoscope.
The Pocket Rotoscope was also distributed under other names and rebranded as promotional material for company brands.
Related items:3 x 7 format N. P. G. Rotoscope
Specifications:
Classification:
Hand-held / Single-view / Folding / Pocket
Introduction:
c. 1900
Maker:
Rotary Photographic Co.
Construction:
Metal
System:
Open
Medium:
Paper
Format:
3 x 7
Lens:
Convex
Lens focus:
No
Inter-ocular adjustment:
No
Further reading:
- Wing, Paul. Stereoscopes: The first one hundred years (1996) , p. 216
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Published: 05-04-2026 Last modified: 23-05-2026