View-Master Reels and Packets A Collector's Guide by Harry zur Kleinsmiede (Volume II USA and CANADA)

This is the 2nd volume of Harry zur Kleinsmiede's three-volume collector's guide to ViewMaster.  (The 3rd volume is not yet released.) It is a historical overview of View-Master Reels and Packets since its introduction. It is an absolute necessity for the View-Master collector in the world, written by Harry zur Kleinsmiede, who has been collecting View-Master Memorabilia longer than anyone else in the world, starting in 1952 when he was five years old.  

This second volume lists all the ViewMaster packets made of sites in the USA and Canada.  It also includes listings and contents of all North American Scenic reels and the reels made of Disney parks. This is an even larger book than the first volume and again a must have!

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Table of Contents
(Volume 2 - U.S.A. and Canada)

* Preface
* General information
* Chapter 1: Scenic U.S.A. and Canada
* Chapter 2: United States of America
* Chapter 3: Canada
* Chapter 4: The Disney Theme Parks

* Appendices
1. Old Single Reels 1939-1969
2. Special Reels (SP-Reels) 1947-1954
3. Early Unnumbered Packets 1955-1958
4. Two-Reel Packets 1958
5. One-Reel Packets 1958
6. A-Series - Packet Numbering 1958-1977
7. H-Series - Scenics 1977
8. J-Series - Scenics 1978
9. K-Series - Scenics 1979
10. L/M/N-Series - Scenics 1980-1982
11. 5000-Series - Complete Listing 1982-1997
12. 2000-Series and 4000-Series - Scenics 1982-1997
13. 8000-Series - Complete Listing 1987-1989
14. Spanish Language Packets - U.S. Picture Tours
15. The Color Pages

Hardbound, 400 pages including 16 full-color pages on glossy paper showing a total of 320 three-reel packets.

A Sample Page and the Table of Contents are shown below.

Table of Contents
(Volume 2 - U.S.A. and Canada)

* Preface
* General information
* Chapter 1: Scenic U.S.A. and Canada
* Chapter 2: United States of America
* Chapter 3: Canada
* Chapter 4: The Disney Theme Parks

Sheldon Aronowitz's Review of View-Master Reels and Packets A Collector's Guide by Harry zur Kleinsmiede

I just received Harry Kleinsmiede's new book, Volume 2 (USA and Canada) View Master reels and packets. It far exceeds the high standards I expected and is a pleasure to read and look at. It is a beautiful 383 page hardcover with a great cover design. It is organized much the same way as volume 1, covering USA and Canada. I highly recommend it to any 3D, and certainly to any View-Master, collector - beginner or advanced. Much of the information in this book is not available elsewhere and the research that went into this book is mind boggling and a task that only one with Harry's expertise could accomplish. In the preface Harry asks to be kept informed of any reels or packets not listed in the book. I think I can safely say that even the most advanced collector would be hard pressed to identify a missing reel or packet. On the contrary - they will find numerous reels and packets that they never knew existed!! The 100 page appendix covers a wealth of information regarding numbering, SP reels, 1, 2, and 3 reel packets, A - N series, 5000 - 8000 series, etc. This book is a MUST for your library no matter what your level of collecting. Together with Volume 1 and the yet to be published Volume 3, this will be the definitive scholarly source for View Master reels and packets identification!!! 

Sheldon Aronowitz was a renowned View-Master photographer and collector.