DISK, STEREOSCOPE

Description: CIRCULAR DISC CONSTRUCTED OF PRESSED PAPER. 14 SLIDES ARE ENCLOSED AROUND THE OUTER EDGE OF THE DISC. EACH SLIDE DISPLAYS A COLOR SCENE OF SIGHTS NEAR WATERTON, AB. THE DISC IS PIERCED IN THE CENTER AND AT 7 POINTS ABOUT THE OUTER EDGE. OBVERSE IS MARKED "321 WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK ALBERTA, CANADA", "COPYRIGHT 1948 SAWYER’S INC. PORTLAND 7. OREGON", “VIEW-MASTER REEL MADE IN U.S.A.”, “CAN PAT. 406 893”. IN ADDITION 7 TEXT PANELS ARE DISPLAYED BENEATH THE SLIDES THAT READ, “1 – APPROACHING WATERON LAKES, 2 – LAKES FROM PRINCE OF WALES HOTEL, 3 – ARRIVAL OF THE LAKE STEAMER INTERNATIONAL, 4 – PRINCE OF WHALES HOTEL, 5 – CAMERON FALLS, 6 – ON THE BERTHA LAKE TRAIL, 7 – BERTHA LAKE.”. ONE SLIDE HAS EMULSION SCRAPED AWAY TO CLEAR PLASTIC. DISCOLOURATION AROUND OUTER EDGE ON FRONT AND BACK WITH VARIOUS STAINS THROUGHOUT. REVERSE IS UNMARKED.

History: *NOTE* OBJECT WAS ORIGINALLY DONATED TO THE ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT ON APRIL 18, 2005. IT WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT ON OCTOBER 17, 2012. VIEW-MASTER DISK WAS LIKELY USED BY GRANGE TAYLOR. OBJECTS BELONGING TO GRANGE, AND HIS PARENTS JOHN AND MARGARET TAYLOR WERE DONATED BY GRANGE’S WIFE TERRI. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, “GRANGE TAYLOR WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE 1944 AND PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 6, 2002 AFTER A STRUGGLE WITH HUNTINGTON DISEASE.” FOR DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO JOHN AND MARGARET TAYLOR, PLEASE SEE P20110036001. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.