This little black bakelite viewer was manufactured by Church-Craft Pictures Inc, Saint Louis, USA in the early 1950's. It takes small cards, each one containing a stereo pair. Typically these were of either a religious, geographic, educational or children's stories. The viewing cards are prone to warping unless they have been stored carefully. The picture quality and stereo effect of the slides is generally quite good. A set of six slides used to sell for around 49cents.

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A Pair of Stori-View Slides and close-up scans of their pictures below (circa 1952)

A Stori-Craft Pixie Viewer
(PAT Applied For).
Notice the area on top for storing a set of slides.

A very simple, inelegant, but functional viewer. When sold in the late 1950's these could be purchased in a pack complete with twelve Fairytale slides for around $15.00

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A 'POST' Viewer manufactured in Canada for Stori-Views, USA (circa 1962)

A scan of a Stori-View slide X-15 Rocket Ship Series H No.1 (circa 1962)

A typical early Stori-View outer packet
(early 1950's)

A later 'wallet' style packet. These held either six single view slides or three double image slides. (early 1960's)

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