Tray-Stereoscope ‘Le Taxiphote, modèle simplifié’ with Storage Base

A bake­lite tray con­tain­ing 25 glass slides can be insert­ed by flip­ping down the front of the view­er. Then, by turn­ing a crank on the right side of the hous­ing, one slide after anoth­er can be exam­ined. On the left side of the view­er, there is a counter which indi­cates the num­ber of the slide and allows nav­i­ga­tion to a spe­cif­ic slide while the cen­tre knob is pressed. There is also a small­er knob on the left which serves to swing aside a black mask inside the view­er allow­ing the slide title to be read.
The base of the view­er con­tains three draw­ers with four trays each, mak­ing it pos­si­ble to store a total of 300 slides. The base is not attached to the view­er so it can be removed if desired.
In-depth infor­ma­tion on the Tax­iphote can be found here: Le Tax­iphote — the most famous French stereo viewer