Al W, Email me offline - I have an old View Master (1960's I think) and some reels. mamasita6752@comcast.net Gina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Al W" <birds@roadrunner.com> To: <OHCUYAHO@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:55 AM Subject: [OHCUYAHO] View-Master reels of cemetery scenes - information toshare and wanted > You probably know about View-Master, the 3D picture toy with the > round reels and viewer to watch them with. They have been around in > one form or another since the 1938. > > What is less well known is that around 1940 the company issued three > reels of cemetery scenes which were used for marketing and not sold > to the general public. The first two reels have scenes I have > identified as taken in Emlawn Cemetery in a small town near Buffalo > New York. Now I am trying to find where the scenes on the third reel > were taken. Since they include scenes of a chapel exterior and > interior and the business office at the time, there is hope. > > Here is a link to a pdf document on what I know about these reels: > > http://www.drivehq.com/file/df.aspx/publish/alwooden/Auctions/View_Master_Emlawn_Draft5.pdf > > If you have any further information on these reels, please let me > know. Also, I am a collector of View-Master items, so if you have > anything sold by or related to the company that you would like to > turn into cash, email me. > > Al Woodcock > Cleveland, Ohio > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > OHCUYAHO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message