Re: Are stereo slides worth anything ???

[P3D bob wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>it, nor did it have the "pull tab", it was actually opened with a V shaped
>can opener on the top in 2 places.  I do not remember ever drinking any

   Church key - triangular puncture on one side, typically a slot type
puncture on the other to relieve the vacuum - mmmmm, smooth :-)

>That is the basic reason for me aquiring slides of the past.  It is a
>fascination of things that are different from now, and of course seeing them
>in 3-d (as you all know) makes you feel almost as if you are there, and
>nothing but a time mechine could do any better.

Yes - especially Realist format Kodachrome I with a good viewer provides
and immediacy and presence (at least for me) lacking any other way.

Since my mother was big into Realist, I have a bunch of family type
slides (and vacation subjects) from the early 50's thru mid 60's which
mean quite a lot to me since one of my sisters and both parents have
passed on. 

--BW

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