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09-04-2007, 06:30 PM
Posted By: <b>Alan Elefson</b><p>Hi-<br /> I was curious if anyone might be able to provide me with any information regarding the viewmaster slides scanned below. I am looking for a year of issue, approximate value (I know mine are in rough shape), and whether any other baseball ones exist. Included in the scans below is a sleeve. All three were purchased in identical sleeves (7 wonders of the world), but I thought I heard there was a slightly rare (?) baseball sleeve. If there is, I would love to see one. <br />Thanks in advance,<br />Alan Elefson<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1188865783.JPG"> <img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1188865813.JPG">
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09-04-2007, 08:17 PM
Posted By: <b>dennis</b><p>there was a sleeve that held the wonders of the world sleeves. it was white and had a green image of a pitcher. i sold mine a few years ago so i am going on memory.i think they were from 1953/4. i got about $60.00 for the 3 disks and a view master viewer of that era. they are fairly common on ebay. these are the only baseball issue that i have ever seen.
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09-04-2007, 08:23 PM
Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>I have these three as well and they are the only ones I have seen...I think that's it for baseball in the viewmaster series. They are from 1953 and each one came with a small booklet. I only have one of the booklets with my set.
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09-04-2007, 08:38 PM
Posted By: <b>bobw</b><p>I have seen some discs with the late 70's Yankees and Phillies, early 70's Mets and football Jets. They were instructional.<br /><br />The Booklets<br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/img153.jpg"><br /><br />I scanned some of the Viewmasters a few years ago.You can get some nice pictures<br /><br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/MinnieMinoso.jpg"><br /><br />Smaller size<br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/Campy54.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/VicWertz54.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/Rizzuto54.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/PreacherRoe54.jpg"><br /><img src="http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o186/bobw_photos/JackieJensen54.jpg">
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09-25-2007, 06:03 PM
Posted By: <b>Fred Y</b><p>Here are a couple more pics of the 1953 ViewMaster 3 BB reels, the outer packet the 3 came in and one of the booklets.<br /><br />I have had these since date of issue--the ViewMaster was a hot item in my younger days of the late '40s--early '50s. I have all my original reels, the viewer, a projector that showed the pics on a screen or wall and a Bakelite storage box to holder them. <br /><br />The brown singe marks on the outer packet came from the hot bulb in the projector! <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.deadzoom.com/member/fyoung17/viewmasta.jpg"><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.deadzoom.com/member/fyoung17/viewmastb.jpg">
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09-25-2007, 06:43 PM
Posted By: <b>Alan</b><p>Fred - Can you post a large scan of the Al Rosen image ?<br /><br />Thanks.<br />Alan
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09-26-2007, 05:31 PM
Posted By: <b>Fred Y</b><p>Hi Alan<br /><br />Would be glad to do it if you, or anyone, can tell me how to make a big picture out of that tiny ViewMaster shot!!!