Description:

Belgian viewing box with adjustable lenses. The glass negatives to be used in the box were kept in separate containers. The first "visitors" to the battlefields were their former occupants, but the first war tourists soon followed. Among other things, they gawped at the impact of the war using 3D viewing boxes with glass negatives. Gradually, the flow of tourists was organised. Social organisations started to lead special pilgrimages too, allowing relatives to pay a final farewell to their loved ones. Soon after, illustrated maps and guides were published and some small (private) museums, hotels and souvenir shops were also set up.