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These stereoscopic viewers are placed on a pedestal so that the holes are at eye level, the ideal way to use comfortably (id 8307 and 7908.). Both are metal, modernist style and color very own an amusement park
These viewers come from the famous amusement park Tibidabo in Barcelona, is unique machines stereoscopic coins early century XX sure you've all recently seen the current version of this type of viewers. placed in strategic places like amusement parks, which show 3D images of landmarks. well, these machines is that I want to talk today.
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the amusement park Tibidabo in Barcelona began construction in June 1900 and officially opened in October 1901. in those first you decades of the amusement park offering activities such facilities was very different from what we know today . the first major attraction of the park was the funicular, and other leisure points such as automatic scales or vending machines postcards. at about telescopes and binoculars were added, swings , bowling games, mirrors, automatons station pigeons ... and events of all kinds, such as orchestras or balloon ascensions. it was not until 1910 when the electric carousel and 5 years later settled the ropeway, which would the entrance to the main attractions. How our leisure has changed since then!
it is in this context of the early years of the Tibidabo where we fit in. our stereoscopic viewers, since both belong to the first ones decades of the century XX
But the lives of our viewers are not been limited to the amusement park because given its interest as collectibles from a bygone era both were exposed at the opening of the Grand Museum of the FC Barcelona , which was attended by important personalities from the world of sport as Juan Antonio Samaranch (as sure know president of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2000) Proof of this is the photo that. Samaranch appears watching curiosity through what is now one of the viewers of our collection
