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2016-08-23
Posted by:Fred

#7  First stickless selfie.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-23 14:08  

#6  Somebody was going to say it.
Posted by: Bobby   2016-08-23 13:16  

#5  There's a camera?
Posted by: Bobby   2016-08-23 13:16  

#4  Yep. The virtual reality craze of its time.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-08-23 08:56  

#3  Yup. Or it's early version of a stereoscope and she's looking at the 'wrong' end.

Posted by: Pappy   2016-08-23 08:48  

#2  Yes, a 'Stereo Camera'. Probably French made, based on the postcard's 'country of origin'.

Likely a Gaumont, Leullier or Jeanneret & Cie.

Those French manufacturers used the flip-up viewfinders for both their 'mono' and 'stereo' portable cameras. Usually the larger 'frame' was at the rear, though. That allowed the user to get the whole image background aligned and then center it with the smaller front sight as a reference point. Putting the larger frame at the front would be more difficult for stereo photos, in my opinion.

Tricky to use in either configuration. The advent of the optical viewfinder made it much easier.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2016-08-23 08:48  

#1  A stareo-lens camera?
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-08-23 01:58  

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