I always loved my View Master - every Christmas Santa left a couple of reels in my stocking. My original View Master is long gone but I still have the one that belonged to my kids. I found something really interesting last week at the Salvation Army - a baggie of old View Master reels - for $2. I was browsing around the store,one of the older lady volunteers stopped and asked me if I knew what was in the bag, I said I sure did - three reels of the Queen's Coronation - from 1953 - what a special thing to find, especially since this is the 60th year on the throne for Queen Elizabeth. The reels show the coronation, the crowds, family pics - they're just so neat. There was also a set of "The Night Before Christmas", one of Banff, one of Lake Louise and Roy Rogers. It's a funny thing too because I had just read this article in
Reminisce Magazine about the View Master - they make mention of the earlier reels that depicted sculpted clay figures - I have some of those - Huckleberry Hound, Three Little Pigs - do children even have View Masters anymore??
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My old reels - I was looking at my favorite - The Partridge Family - I spotted a Pyrex bowl and a snowflake casserole on the table.
I was lucky to find some Pyrex too - a Spring Blossom 043 and a cheery little yellow 473, 1 pt. dish - I think it might belong to the Daisy pattern, I will probably never find the lid..
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It's Monday so I'm linking up to
Flea Market Finds and
Apron Thrift Girl - I like to see what people have found through the week, you must check them out.
