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01/21/2004 11:34:05 PM · #1 |
My husband found this stuck away and long forgotten about in the shop where he works. It appears that this camera was once obtained by sending in proof of purchase points in to wheaties. The original box is intact, along with a film box for Kodak Verichrome film V127, there is an entry form to enter a wheaties photo contest in the box where the prize is an all-expense trip to the 1949 world series, along with instructions on how to load the camera and such. Anyway, it's a cute little camera, I can't even figure out how it would work, anyway has anyone seen one of these before? I've searched on ebay and such and I can't find anything like this to compare it to, would it be worth anything?
Just curious if anyone has any information about this cute little camera, any info would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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01/21/2004 11:46:34 PM · #2 |
acutally that is worth about $15.00, i'll be glad to buy it if you are interested in selling it.... :-D Hey, I'll even pictch in a few extra bucks....
if you can get the site below to work you should have some questions answered...it works intermitidly
www.geocities.com/thewheatiesking7/1950.html
Message edited by author 2004-01-21 23:52:44. |
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01/22/2004 12:25:24 AM · #3 |
I followed the link and all I found was a copy of the paper inside the box that describes the camera, which I already have, I was just curious if anyone knew anymore about it in general, the link there said it was from like 1958, but I know it is older than that because like I said before the prize to the photo contest is a trip to the 1949 world series so it had to have come out before then. Other than that little bit I cannot find any mention of this camera on the entire internet...just kind of has me frustrated.
Anyway, I'm not really interested in selling right now, I've thought about listing it on ebay but decided to maybe hand onto it for awhile...if I change my mind I'll let you know.
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01/22/2004 12:28:24 AM · #4 |
Try looking under premiums or cereal premiums.
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01/22/2004 08:05:30 AM · #5 |
I think this might have been an "old-time radio" premium. See this link:
//www.radiogoldindex.com/cgi-local/p2.cgi?ProgramName=Today's+Children
Today's Children, May 9, 1949
Don't know if this will help or not, but it might give you a lead anyway!
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01/22/2004 08:51:57 AM · #6 |
Looks very familiar to the flashmaster camera or the Photomaster. Flashmaster
Photomaster
Back in the day, camera companies sold under many different brand names. They made them by the thousands. Being that this is a Wheaties premium, and you have the literature that goes with it, makes it worth a little more. Hope that helps.
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01/22/2004 09:10:49 AM · #7 |
Have you tried looking on E-Bay to see if anyone else has something like this for sale? First place I would try after Wheaties own site...
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01/22/2004 09:48:52 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by TooCool:
Have you tried looking on E-Bay to see if anyone else has something like this for sale? First place I would try after Wheaties own site... |
Yeah, I've searched ebay a couple times and have come up with nothing, also wheaties.com doesn't mention anything about old offers they had, I'll keep looking it's not that big of a deal, just curious. Thanks for your help.
I'll try some of the other things people mentioned. Thanks everyone.
Shannon |
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