Once upon a time, there was a kindly old lady who specialized in creating gruesome murder dioramas. Her name was Frances Glessner Lee, and her little scenes went on to educate criminologists for decades.
If you look here, you'll see an accompanying booklet printed in the old-fashioned 2-color 3-D system. It seems the Erectorscope was nothing more than the cardboard blue/red glasses to view the advertised Gilbert products.
No wonder the kid in the ad is turned away from the customer. It's as bad a scam as X-ray Spex.
Posted By: Paul | Date: Sat Aug 27, 2011 | Comments (6)
Category: Toys, 1930's
Category: Crime, Death, Eccentrics, Education, Toys, 1940's, 1950's