"View Master Bicentennial Gift Pak," 1976

Artifact

Set (Group)

Date Made

1976

Creators

Harrison, Charles, 1931-2018 

GAF Corporation 

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York 

United States, Oregon, Portland 

Creator Notes

View-Master designed by Charles Harrison for Sawyer's Inc., a subsidiary of GAF Corporation. Made in Portland, Oregon, by GAF Corporation, headquartered in New York, New York.

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2024.74.1

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Plastic
Color film (Film)
Paperboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in

Diameter: 6.25 in

Inscriptions

on front of View-Master: gaf VIEW-MASTER on back of View-Master: gaf VIEW-MASTER / MADE IN U.S.A. GAF CORPORATION PORTLAND, OREGON / T.M. REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. - MARCA REG. - MARQUE DEPOSEE on top of reel container: America's Bicentennial Celebration / CONTAINS TEN STEREO REELS on front of order form: GAF / View-Master / MAIL ORDER FORM / FULL-COLOR / STEREO / PICTURES / JUST / LIKE / REAL! on packaging lid: GIFT PAK / gaf / VIEW-MASTER / STEREO PRODUCTS on front of packaging: gaf / View-Master / Bicentennial / Gift Pak / 200 Years of American History on back of packaging: gaf / View-Master / Bicentennial / Gift Pak / Titles Include: The Revolutionary War, / Forging A Nation, / Westward Expan- / sion, 20th Century, Landmarks of Ameri- / can History, Historic Boston and Historic / Philadelphia. [...] / Recommended for Ages 4 and up. / GAF Corporation / Photo and Repro Group / Pictorial Products / 140 W. 51st Street / New York, New York 10020 / (R) T.M. U.S. PAT. OFF. MARCA REGISTRADA: MARQUE DEPOSEE; GAF CORPORATION, NEW YORK, N.Y., U.S.A PRINTED IN U.S.A. Stock No. 2381

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