Lincoln Heritage Trail View-Master

[emma1231]

The View Masters (herein "VM's") were not red when thy were new. THey were in vibrant faithful colors. These tend to redden with age. I have seen some that have also turned a little blue. Does anyone remember the rectangular plastic case you could buy to house your VM collection? The cover was creme colored, and the base was a reddish brown. It had a space for the viewer, too. The orig. viewers were black. (Is that what Betty O. has?) About 15-20 yrs. ago I began to collect some of the ones I had as a kid. These include TV cowboy shows -- The Lone Range, Wild Bill Hickock, Roy Rogers, The Cisco Kid, and Gene Autry. SOme of the VM's are very expensive, like the Freedomland set and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II set. (I have them both, as well as the landing of Apollo 7. Well, I should get back to Lincoln here, right? So here goes: Did you know there was an episode of "The Lone Ranger" about a man who liked to play Abraham Lincoln? Can anyone list all the Lincoln VM's? (excluding any that show Mt. Rushmore.)

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FOR SALE -- My extra 8 lobby card set from the 1956 Cinemascope movie, "Prince of Players." All are in color and in very good condition. Two depict John Derek as John Wilkes Booth. One shows him hamming it up backstage in a Shakespearian getup with people watching (including Richard Burton as Edwin.) The other shows him after being dragged from the burning Garrett barn. Soldiers and a lady in her bedclothes are kneeling beside him. These are each currently selling on ebay for $20 a piece plus s/h. (That's $ 160!) I'll sell all 8 of mine for only $70 plus s/h.