Luke's Eclipse Viewer Pages

August 31, 1932 eclipse

Solar-Scope

Manufactured by Solar-Scope Co., Westport, Connecticutt.

The viewer is cardstock with the film lens glued in.

The reverse features information on the various features of the eclipse, including Bailey's Beads.

The 1932 eclipse was a major astronomical event in New England, and spawned more than a dozen different types of viewers as advertizers capitalized on the interest in it.

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