OT: Remember those X-Ray Vision Glasses from the 50's?
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From: Judson McClendon on 26 Jan 2008 12:19 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 judmc(a)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."
From: SkippyPB on 27 Jan 2008 11:34 On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:19:01 -0600, "Judson McClendon" <judmc(a)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-RAY-VISION-GLASSES-Amazing_W0QQitemZ180210358468QQihZ008QQcategoryZ11739QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Cheers, //// (o o) -oOO--(_)--OOo- "Well, that kind of puts a damper on another Yankees win." --Announcer Phil Rizzuto, after a news bulletin reporting the death of Pope Paul VI, 1978 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remove nospam to email me. Steve
From: Alistair on 27 Jan 2008 14:22 On 26 Jan, 17:19, "Judson McClendon" <ju...(a)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 ju...(a)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." 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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