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View Card

Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: unknown
Date made: 1979
Materials: white light transmission; film
Measurements: 6 in x 7 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in
Nomenclature: commercial
Classification: holograms

Two curved pieces of plastic adhered together that can stand on its own; sandwiched between is a yellow piece of cardstock that reads `View Card' at the top and `LOOK! at the windows toward the target' at the bottom (the `O's in LOOK are made to look like eyeballs); 3 small rectangular windows in a horizontal row are cut out in the middle and contain 3 pieces of film; the middle piece is blank; the left piece contains a rainbow-colored hologram showing a diver holding a spear swimming on the left, away from a treasure chest in the middle and a shark on the right; the right piece contains a rainbow-colored hologram showing a female fortune-teller with a hood and large earrings, viewing a poker hand within a crystal ball.


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MOH-1979.75