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Analog View This week Brandon reminisces about the old style viewing machines, and shares an image from near the Statue of Liberty.

Hello and Happy Friday;

I think we all remember when we were younger and we saw these viewer 
machines out at a variety of landmarks and scenic areas.  I think they
are a great piece of Americana and hope they survive for years to 
come.  They remind me of the recent loss of parking meters in NYC and 
other cities -  the constant change to digital forms of all devices. 
 
Perhaps one day there will be a device at the Statue of Liberty or 
Grand Canyon where you put a quarter in and the image pops up on an 
LCD and you lose the experience of climbing up and looking through the
viewfinders.

The Tower Optical Company has been making these 10x42 
viewers since 1932.
( http://www.toweropticalco.com/ )

Sort of like the classic View-Master 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View-Master). 

A relic in the digital age.

Have a nice weekend.

Brandon

© 2008 Brandon Remler

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