View Outfit
Region: United States Period: 1890–1930 Tag: Whiting
© Vintage 3D Viewer collection
Richard Whiting patented several folding stereoscope designs between 1897 and 1904. The designs share a number of common features: a Holmes-Bates type stereoscope positioned at an inclined angle and mounted on a wooden box or frame. The first design is a single-view model, while the later patents depict multi-view viewers in which a stack of stereoviews can be flipped through. From the second patent onward, the name “View Outfit” was used to identify the design.
The single-view model was introduced to the market, but it is unclear whether all design features shown in the various patents were actually implemented in production models.
Related items: Holmes-Bates stereoscope Whiting View CompanySpecifications:
Patents and registrations:
Number: 580024
Stereoscope
Filing: 06-04-1897, Applicant(s): Richard Ross Whiting. via: worldwide.espacenet.com
Number: 695978
R. R. Whiting View Outfit
Filing: 25-03-1902, Applicant(s): Richard Ross Whiting. via: worldwide.espacenet.com
Number: 720204
View Outfit
Filing: 10-02-1903, Applicant(s): Richard Ross Whiting. via: worldwide.espacenet.com
Number: 765219
R. R. Whiting View Outfit
Filing: 19-07-1904, Applicant(s): Richard Ross Whiting. via: worldwide.espacenet.com
Further reading:
- Wing, Paul. Stereoscopes: The first one hundred years (1996) , pp. 162-163