FITASKOP 2, stereoscopic viewer metal Stereoscopic 4.5 x 10.7cm. Made in Germany since 1918. The apparatus was distributed by BW stereoscopic photographic series Bing Werke before Gebrüder Bing G. A., Nuremberg. BING company was founded in 1866 by brothers Adolf and Ignaz Bing Bing (1840-1918) as a wholesaler of household goods and toys in Nuremberg. At the beginning the company was limited to sales to the wholesale, in 1879 and entered production in 1885 and employed 500 people. Ten years later he became a corporation. There were numerous branches throughout Germany and abroad. Before the First World War, Bing"" the biggest toy factory world"" autodenominaba. At that time, the company had a total of more than 4,000 employees. Ignaz Bing died in 1918, after which the company was renamed Bing-Werke AG. In the 1920s, new business areas were added and the company was divided. In early 1920, the Neue Gesellschaft Photographische NPG, Berlin-Steglitz, gave exclusive distribution of its stereoscopic images and stereoscopic devices to BING-WERKE A.G., Nuremberg, FITA department, Dusseldorf. In the spring of 1928, BING-WERKE sold his department DER VERLAG FITA to SCHÖNHEIT, Dresden. Measures Viewer / Glass 3x7
