
There is something very appealing about items from the past that were once an everyday item but now have no real use. I love the space age design ethic of the 1950s where mundane objects took on sleek and metallic forms.
I found a slide viewer in its original box at a car boot sale. Now some younger readers may have never seen or used such a thing but I recall turning on the little screen to suddenly see a slide appear in colour.
When I opened this one up I discovered its original batteries. These were astonishing for two reasons…
- They had not leaked despite being over 40 years old
- The brand name was “Flying Bomb” with a most disturbing image on the side.
Maybe I am just a little squeamish, but I don’t think these batteries would sell very well today. I am amazed they sold at the time.
I looked them up on the net and now it seems the batteries themselves are desirable collectible items on the “vintage” market. Go figure!
Hey, I’ve still got a slide viewer! For years I’ve been planning to scan all my slides into my computer but it’s a longer job than I ever imagined as I have thousands. My trusty little slide viewer is essential in helping me occasionally sort out a slide I need to illustrate something. My batteries are up to date, however.
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There is something about slides I still love. The simplicity of the viewers is a great example of what technology meant in another time. Hope you get your slides sorted! Thanks so much for stopping by. TJ 🙂
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Love it!
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Merci to you!
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You just never know–makes me almost wish I’d had room to collect/save things over the last 6 decades…almost, but not really.
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It seems everything these days is “retro”. “junk” is what we used to call it.
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Hahahahaha–yes, “junk” is more familiar to me than “retro”–you’ve cracked me up tonight, and how I’ve missed that!! Thank you!!
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So glad as always to raise a smile. We need them at the moment alas.
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Yes…something in particular where you are? (not to pry) Or just the world in general?
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Just the world in general I think. 🙂
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PS–I think “retro” allows folks to put a fancy price tag on the ‘junk’ 🙂
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Absolutely. Wear “second hand” clothes and people thing you are poor, wear “vintage” and everyone thinks you as just so cool!
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So true–hahaha! Maybe I need to put decals or something on my poverty wardrobe to give the illusion of “vintage”…naah, too much work!
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Haha! We have something here called ric rac, not sure if it is a universal item. That seems to be the thing to add to give a vintage look.
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Ahh Yes! My grandmother sewed ric rac on just about everything–fond memories you’ve evoked, thank you!!
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A pleasure! 🙂
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…Wonder if I could just glue on the ric rac (can’t see to sew)–haphazardly of course… 🙂
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I feel it is certainly ready for a comeback.
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Probably…as everything seems to return if we live long enough. PS, are you going to post about the silver piece you mentioned acquiring?
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Probably on Sunday. Stay tuned! 😉
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Great–looking forward to it!!
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