Cobol - OT: Remember those X-Ray Vision Glasses from the 50's?

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OT: Remember those X-Ray Vision Glasses from the 50's?

Judson McClendon

2008-01-26, 6:56 pm

I was just browsing the 'net and ran across a picture of those old X-Ray
glasses they used to advertize in the back of magazines for 50 cents or
so back in the 1950's. Remember, they appeared to be made of cardboard,
shaped and printed like a pair of glasses, and usually had spiral designs
on the 'lenses', with a small hole in the center. I always new they were
fake and never bought a pair, though now I wish I had, for my curiosity
keeps bugging me every time I see one of those old photos. Has anybody
here ever seen them? Were they what I described above from the photo, or
did they have any type of lens or optical effect? I'm betting just a
pinhole in the cardboard.

The importance of this could hardly be less, but a strong, unsatisfied
curiosity can be a worrisome thing. :-)
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Judson McClendon judmc@sunvaley0.com (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

SkippyPB

2008-01-27, 9:56 pm

On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:19:01 -0600, "Judson McClendon"
<judmc@sunvaley0.com> wrote:

>I was just browsing the 'net and ran across a picture of those old X-Ray
>glasses they used to advertize in the back of magazines for 50 cents or
>so back in the 1950's. Remember, they appeared to be made of cardboard,
>shaped and printed like a pair of glasses, and usually had spiral designs
>on the 'lenses', with a small hole in the center. I always new they were
>fake and never bought a pair, though now I wish I had, for my curiosity
>keeps bugging me every time I see one of those old photos. Has anybody
>here ever seen them? Were they what I described above from the photo, or
>did they have any type of lens or optical effect? I'm betting just a
>pinhole in the cardboard.
>
>The importance of this could hardly be less, but a strong, unsatisfied
>curiosity can be a worrisome thing. :-)

I don't own any but you can get your own. They sell everything on
Ebay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Magic-Trick-X-R...r /> dZViewItem

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Alistair

2008-01-27, 9:56 pm

On 26 Jan, 17:19, "Judson McClendon" <ju...@sunvaley0.com> wrote:
> I was just browsing the 'net and ran across a picture of those old X-Ray
> glasses they used to advertize in the back of magazines for 50 cents or
> so back in the 1950's. Remember, they appeared to be made of cardboard,
> shaped and printed like a pair of glasses, and usually had spiral designs
> on the 'lenses', with a small hole in the center. I always new they were
> fake and never bought a pair, though now I wish I had, for my curiosity
> keeps bugging me every time I see one of those old photos. Has anybody
> here ever seen them? Were they what I described above from the photo, or
> did they have any type of lens or optical effect? I'm betting just a
> pinhole in the cardboard.
>
> The importance of this could hardly be less, but a strong, unsatisfied
> curiosity can be a worrisome thing. :-)
> --
> Judson McClendon =A0 =A0 =A0 ju...@sunvaley0.com (remove zero)
> Sun Valley Systems =A0 =A0http://sunvaley.com
> "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
> whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."

My youngest brother bought a pair which were made of feathers over the
lens part. There is an effect where you get a ghosting of the edge
which would be mistaken by naive people for seeing through the
clothing.

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