This was a very unique find. I knew this was some type of magnifying glass, but that was all. This type of glass is most difficult to find and one encased like this with felt on the bottom, is RARE indeed. Bought at an estate sale several years ago, it has been a knick-knack in my office. One day, my friend's 91-year-old mom noticed it. She told us that "it was used in schools to help the blind children read". This was probably one of the first examples of "READING GLASSES"...

Original vintage ROY ROGERS paint-by-number pictures. One picture shows Roy Rogers with Trigger, his beloved horse. Bullet, his German Sheppard, shares the other picture. The painter of these pictures did a wonderful job. I would have loved to be able to paint one of these "old" paint-by-number pictures as well. All I ever did was make a mess!! I am unsure on the date of these, but somewhere between 1941 and 1953. I feel certain the wooden frames are the original ones...