View master model E

View master model E
Brown in colour
Unknown age, but have to be over 20 years old
Claer Lead is missing

Model E (1956-1960)

As a replacement for the Model C, this viewer was introduced in early 1956. Streamlined, with a more rounded shape it was a little lighter and easier to handle than the Model C. This model, which dips down in the middle to form a "V" was made of Bakelite and produced in both the U.S. and Belgium. It had several color and knob variations, many of which were unique to the Belgium plant.

Brown with flat ivory knob

Brown with rippled ivory knob

Black with rippled ivory knob

Black with rippled red knob

Unique Belgium color variations include the following: 

Red

Gray

Cream

Maroon

This viewer was also manufactured at the View-Master plant in Australia for a short time in the basic brown Bakelite color. Versions manufactured in France and Spain were also made