Les visionneuses "Bruguière"


Stereoscope out of cardboard n°1. The French market of the stereo viewers for children was dominated/ in years 40-50 by the brand Bruguière. Its stereoscope out of cardboard made it possible to look at ONE  stereo view 45 x107.

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The first views were in black and white. The support in celluloid was inserted in a “sandwich” plastic transparency, hardly more rigid. The current defect of a good amount of these views is that they are warped. The relief feels some. The catalogue offered subjects as varied as the Côte d'Azur, Lourdes or Bouglione Circus. Each box contained 12 plates.

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A few years afterwards, appeared colours views (Stéréocolor) appearing under a true rigid plastic cache. The boxes contain nothing any more but six plates.

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The views are not protected any more by a transparent plastic. These views are to be always watched one by one on the same stereoscope out of cardboard. The colours of these views are very beautiful. It is indicated on the caches that it is about a Kodak film, taken with a Verascope (Richard) 40.

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Bakelite n°7 stereoscopes

The viewer n°7 is made of a very fine matter, which I compare to bakelite. It has the same eyepieces as the number n°9.

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Stereoscopes out of cardboard n°8 and n°9

On the catalogue of this time, are reproduced: two stereoscopes n°8 and n°9 without more details.

The n°9 is a version much more luxurious of preceding stereoscope out of cardboard. On this one, the cardboard, more solid, is covered with a red paper imitating of the skin of reptile. The eyepieces are out of black and ivory plastic. If overall the principle of functioning is the same one, the unit is more solid than the previous model.

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Bruguiere was adapted to the market when new competitors appeared by offering viewers allowing to watch viewd organized in cardboard plates.

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The viewer out of cardboard was replaced by a plastic viewer.

Automatic plastic stereoscope n°10

On this model of viewer, it is possible to advance or move back the card of views thanks to a cursor of each side of the viewer.

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Photograph kindly lend by a Internet user.

Stereoscope “Stéréoclic” automatic out of plastic

Similar model to the precedent, but bearing the name”Stéréoclic”, but any more the n°10

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Stereoscope”junior” out of plastic


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Stereoscope “Stéréoclic Junior” out of plastic

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Stereoscope “Stéréoclic de luxe” out of plastic

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Stereoscope “Stéréoclic Super" out of plastic

This model is two-tone. White-grey on one side, brown on of the other. The system of focusing was modified.

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Stereoscope “Stéréoclic Super Renault”

This model is anthracite. It does not bear any more the word “Stéréoclic”, but the name and the logo “Renault”. The card which accompanies it presents the factories of the Régie National des Usines Renault in the Sixties. One finds Billancourt there (to late for going in situ), Flins, Cléon and Sandouville. On the assembly lines, one sees of R4, R10 and R16 (thus after 1965). It seems seen various markings present on the card, which it is about a reward given at the time of the challenges of highway code organized in the schools, by the National police: “10 of conduct”.


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Projector mono “Lumiclic” Lumiclic made it possible to project the photographs into mono.

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