"Graphoscope No. 979, 952" dated 1910 and made by John A. Parker. Stands slightly over 20" tall, see the 35mm film cassette at its base for scale (not included). Very good condition, especially since it's 115 years old. We don't fully understand how this is used...can anyone tell us? There is a small hand written sticker on it that says "Patent Model Viewer".

A fellow Ebay offered up: "The round circle spot would’ve have a magnifying glass in it. This is a type of photo viewer. There would’ve been a piece inside that held one or possibly even multiple photographs- then you’d look through the glass to see the image enlarged. These came in all different types and sizes. More or less a really big fancy magnifying glass, great piece of photography history."

WHO WE ARE: Oddog2 is a husband/wife team, home-based small business specializing in the buying/refurbishment/selling of primarily photographic equipment. We do occasionally have other types of things to sell that come to us as a result of our search for camera-related items. We have over 50 years of experience with photographic equipment, both as a shooter (17 years newspaper photojournalist) and as a collector/restorer/seller. We have been on eBay as Oddog or Oddog2 since September 1999.