1942 Carl Lange Stereoscopic Opthomological "Coordinator" Slides - Set 3 sewing kit in metal tube These two sets are "Gift

These two sets are "Gift 3" and Gift 4"

and really love the specificity of its intent: to accommodate a full set of twelve utensils

A very charming shelf-sitter

I have to think this old cast iron cap gun was buried for many years

1942 Carl Lange Stereoscopic Opthomological "Coordinator" Slides - Set 3 sewing kit in metal tube These two sets are "GiftI was pretty excited to find a box full of these handmade slides at the flea market this weekend a box in which many were rolled up in newspaper from 1945, seemingly untouched since then! What I've learned is that Carl W. Lange Sr. and Jr. , who copyrighted this set of stereoscopic slides in 1942, were father and son opthomologists with a practice near St. Louis and a particular commitment to curing myopia (nearsightedness.) They wrote and travelled