The article reflects on the nostalgic experience of using a View-Master, a toy allowing children in the '80s to view 3D images by flipping through cards with slides. It draws a parallel between the View-Master and Eadweard Muybridge's early photographic experiments, emphasizing how both showcase sequential images to evoke motion and narrative. The author recalls how View-Masters captivated young audiences by offering a more vivid interpretation of beloved movies compared to the limitations of print media at the time, ultimately enriching their childhood memories.
When you bought them, you also got a bunch of little round cards dotted along the edges with slides. The card fit into a slot, and every time you pushed the lever, a new slide would pop up with a new image.
It was kind of 3D and it was better than reading a short interview in some teen magazine, which is all you could really get in those days if you were a kid looking for more engagement with your favorite movies.
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