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1948 Playola Record Album "Famous Fables." Three records presenting LM; SW; TH, and BW. album No. 105. Along with a Playola Record Player for $45 on Ebay, April, '12.

The album's four interior pages present each a rhyming quatrain for one of…

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1960 Aesop's Fables. Tru-Vue stereo film card. F-14. ©1960 by Sawyer's, Inc. Beaverton, Oregon: Tru-Vue Company. $6 from Jim Watson, San Antonio, on a contact made originally through Ebay, May, '99.

I did not know that there was such a thing as…

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1950? Tru-Vue Viewer with nine story cards. Beaverton, OR: Tru-Vue Company. $10 from dalton2099 on Ebay, July, ’21.

I had written 22 years ago that I would be amazed if I ever found a Tru-Vue viewer with which to view the fable card I had…

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1900? Fables de la Fontaine: Le Renard et les Raisins. Stereopticon slide. From Sawyer Auctions and Antiques, West Fargo, ND, through eBay, Oct., '14.

I presume that there is a significant collection of fable stereopticon slides. Here at least…

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1950? Fables de la Fontaine 1 and Fables de la Fontaine 3. Lestrade Stéréoscopes #9171 and #9173. Vues sur film Kodak. €5.50 each from Salim Benallag, Chinon, France, through eBay, July, '04.

The existence of this medium was unknown to me until I…

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2000? "Learning Centers Club: Fables and Tall Tales." Boxed set of teacher's aids for teaching writing and math for grades 4-5. $20 from Judy Butler through Ebay, May, '14.

Cataloguing this set of teacher's aids may set a record in this…

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1959 Three View-Master Reels. Color 3-D photography of figurines in various styles. Packet No. B 309. Stories and Adventure Series. Portland, OR: Sawyer's Inc. $11 from Tim Wolfe, Myersville, MD, through Ebay, May, '99.

This seems to be the more…

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1959 Three View-Master Reels. Color 3-D photography of figurines in various styles. Learning Is Fun Series. Packet No. B 309. NY: View-Master Stereo Pictures: GAF Corporation. $9.50 from Pat Aikins, Athens, TX, through Ebay, Feb., '99.

At last I…

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1959 Three View-Master Reels. Color 3-D photography of figurines in various styles. Learning Is Fun Series. Packet No. B 309. NY: View-Master Stereo Pictures: GAF Corporation. Gift of Jodi Kava, with a View-Master viewer, July, '23.

I take the…

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1959 Extra copy of Reel 2 of View-Master Packet No. B 309: “Aesop’s Fables.” Portland, OR: Sawyer's Inc. $5 from Derek Metzer, Luxemburg, WI, through Ebay, May, ’14.

Stories on this reel include TMCM: four images. FC: one image. SW: two images.…
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