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<p>View-Master is the trademark name of a line of special-format <a href="/facts/Stereoscope/YLMTVd8X">stereoscopes</a> and corresponding View-Master "reels", which are thin cardboard disks containing seven <a href="/facts/Stereoscopy/jfHumNV8">Stereoscopic 3-D</a> pairs of small transparent color photographs on film. It was originally manufactured and sold by <a href="/facts/Sawyer%2527s/G1znjye2">Sawyer's</a>. </p><p>The View-Master system was introduced in 1939, four years after the advent of <a href="/facts/Kodachrome/DTw4Xjow">Kodachrome</a> color film made the use of small, high-quality photographic color images practical. Tourist attraction and travel views predominated in View-Master's early lists of reels, most of which were meant to be of interest to users of all ages. Most current View-Master reels are intended for children. </p>