P3D Re: Stereoview collecting

[bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I've also been amazed at the widely-varied reaction asking for
>"stereoviews" produces in antique stores.  Everything from knowing
>recognition to a blank stare.  If you try to explain verbally, often you
>are shown to a ViewMaster viewer!  Bringing an actual card to show has

Me too - I once was in an antique store in a little country town
(which didn't look too promising - it was more of a pawn shop), and
I could never get past the word "stereo" with the counter tender.
No matter what I said, "stereo" meant records or phonographs. I finally
did start carrying around a trash litho card (extremely badly printed
view of the Grand Canyon) with a big "SAMPLE" written across the front
to show 'em what I was talking about.

--Bob Wier

       mailto:wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
       4:24 PM Wednesday, August 18, 1999
     Unix/Internet Systems Administrator
    Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT
      (currently in Ouray, Colorado)



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