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1961 "Aesop's Fable of the Lion and the Mouse." #22. Kenner-Color Slides for use with Kenner's Give-A-Show Projector. Made and printed in U.S.A. Kenner Products Co. $5 from James Smith, Cocoa, FL, through Ebay, August, '99.

7 four-colored panels,…

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1962 "The Boy Who Cried Wolf." #16. Kenner-Color Slides for use with Kenner's Give-A-Show Projector. Made and printed in U.S.A. Kenner Products Co. $3 from John Anway, Redford, MI, Feb., '00.

7 four-colored panels. There is less text here. Panels…

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1981 The Hare and the Tortoise. By Aesop. Illustrated by Arthur Friedman. Paperbound. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates. $4.49 from Cathy Jefferson, Mobile, AL, through eBay, Sept., '08.

I have had this book for twenty-three years, but there was a new…

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1995? Animated publicity still from Aesop's Fables: A Whodunit Musical: An Animated Special from the "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" Series. HBO. July 18, 7:30-8 p.m., ET. $9.99 from Baby Jane of Hollywood, West Hollywood, CA,…

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1950? NIC Ancien Dessin Animé. La Cigale et la Fourmi. Paper Cartoon Movie. €2 from cartapapier on Ebay, August, '23.

Here is a fascinating surprise! I had no idea how this little offering worked. It came as a spindle containing a roll of…

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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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